Topic: video CD

[Lona]

Somebody gave me a video CD of a movie which is supposed to play on PC. I have inserted it into my dvd drive and rom drive but cannot get it to play. Am I supposed to install it? It's 500meg.

[Rodders]

Look at the disk with Explorer, Lona.  What kind of files does it show?

[daveeb]

Lona, if its a vcd (mpeg1) then it should run using windows media player. as it doesnt autorun try opening windows media player first then find the file to play.
if it is an s(uper)vcd then it will need a program such as power dvd or windvd to play it as it will be in mpeg2 format.
 

[Sandra]

If you double left click on it Lona it should open into about 4 or 5 files click on mpeg segment and that should play in your default movie player  

[Lona]

The disc has 6 folders.
CDDA
CDI
KARAOKE
MPEGAN
SEGMENT
VCD
I tried to open VCD folder in media player but it said the format was not supported.
The CDDA folder has nothing in it

[Sandra]

Just click on segment Lona  

[Lona]

The segment folder is empty Sandra and the mpgan folder is in notepad and it will not open.

[daveeb]

lona, is MPEGAN a typo do you mean mpegav, that is the one that should contain the actual video files.

[Lona]

Sorry Dave it was a typo. When I try to open it, the damn think won't open and now the bloody drawer is stuck. I will reboot and see what happens.

[daveeb]

if you open media player, click on FILE then OPEN,
(find the drive that the disc is in, and ensure file type is media files(all types) it should run.
if it doesnt then you probably have an svcd file which needs a plug in to run. try a search engine using the words "svcd plugin".

[Lona]

The PC would not shut down. I had to switch it off. Got the disc out on reboot. Tried disc2 but the mpegav folder which is in notepad will just not load. I give up

[daveeb]

sounds like you've assigned mpeg files to open in notepad.  if you right click on the mpegav folder and select "open with" you can change it to media player. then instead of clicking the mpegav folder, try open windows media player and play the file as previous post.  i'm off to bed now but good luck.

[Lona]

Dave followed your instruction to the letter and it worked a treat. I don't know how it got into notepad. The person who gave me the disc must have had it in notepad for some reason.
Thanks a million

[Sandra]

No they didnt Lona,it was your PC that was set to associate those file extensions with notepad  
Did you remeber to click the little box that says always use this with this file etc? That way you will be able to open another one straight away  

[Lona]

Now who would set my PC to do that Sandra? Not me must have been somebody else . These computers have a mind of their own sometime