What is a Video Compact Disc or VCD?
A Video Compact Disc or VCD is a compact disc that plays movies instead of music. It is in multi-platform format which means you can use many different kind of equipment to play it!  VCDs look exactly like a CD or CD-ROM except that it stores video/audio clips using the compressed and standardized MPEG-1 (Motion Picture Expert Group) format.

Equipment to play VCDs:
* VCD Players. (obviously!)
* Computers. You need to have a MPEG player software, like the Windows Media Player
* DVD Players with VCD capabilities.
* Playstation Consoles with VCD Add-On [ a.k.a the Movie Card ]
* Saturn Consoles with VCD Add-On
* Nintendo 64

How can I play a VCD on my computer?
Almost any computer can play VCDs. A new version of Windows Media Player recognizes the VCD format, finds the video files on the disk and plays them in order. With an older version of Windows Media Player, you have to find each of the videos files for it and then open them.

Using a newer version of Windows Media Player:
* Launch Windows Media Player.
* Insert the VCD in to the CD Drive.
* From the menu bar, select the VCD you want to play.
* If it doesn't begin playing automatically, press the Play (>) button.
* Adjust the screen size.

Using an older version of Windows Media Player:
* Launch Windows Media Player.
* Insert the VCD.
* From the menu bar, choose file>open and select the Video CD you want to play.
* From the menu bar, chosse file>open and open the MPEGAV folder.
* Select the first file and click the "Open" button. On the Player window, click the play button (>).
* Adjust the screen size.
* When WMP has played the file, open the MPEGAV folder again, open the next file and click the play button. Repeat this step until you have played the entire movie.

How do I play VCD on a Power Macintosh?
MacVCD is the # 1 Video CD player for the Macintosh and the only Video CD player that works with Mac OS X. For more information please see http://www.macvcd.com. Alternatively, you will need Quicktime Apple's video technology that allows you to play high quality video directly to your computer. A 4x CDROM and a 604e proccessor is good enough to play VCDs. Alternatively, you can go to WWW.TUCOWS.COM and do a search on VCD Player to get the software. Download a VCD Player 1.4.6 on Macintosh and there you have a software to play VCD on your Mac! VCD Player simplifies the process of playing video compact discs on your Mac. Simply select the Present Movie command, and VCD Player provides full-screen MPEG playback. It features options that control sound and playback, and like an audio CD player, you can select which track to start watching. VCD Player can now "remember" where you stopped playing the movie after you quit the program, restarted your Mac, or changed to another disc then changed back. This update includes support for multiple monitors.