Is Video CD compatible with DVD?
Sometimes. It’s not required by the DVD spec, but it’s trivial to support the Video CD (White Book) standard since any MPEG-2 decoder can also decode MPEG-1 from a Video CD. Panasonic, RCA, Samsung, and Sony models play Video CDs. Japanese Pioneer models play Video CDs but American models older than the DVL-909 don’t. Toshiba players older than models 2100, 3107, and 3108 don’t play Video CDs. VCD resolution is 352×288 for PAL and 352×240 for NTSC. The way most DVD players and Video CD players deal with the difference is to chop off the extra lines or add blank lines. When playing PAL VCDs, the Panasonic and RCA NTSC players apparently cut 48 lines (17%) off the bottom. The Sony NTSC players apparently scale all 288 lines to fit. All DVD-ROM computers can play Video CDs (with the right software). Note: Many Asian VCDs achieve two soundtracks by putting one language on the left channel and another on the right.
Sometimes. It’s not required by the DVD spec, but it’s trivial to support the Video CD (White Book) standard since any MPEG-2 decoder can also decode MPEG-1 from a Video CD. Panasonic, RCA, Samsung, and Sony models play Video CDs. Japanese Pioneer models play Video CDs but American models don’t. Toshiba players other than the new model 2100 don’t play Video CDs. VCD resolution is 352×288 for PAL and 352×240 for NTSC. The way most DVD players and Video CD players deal with the difference is to chop off the extra lines or add blank lines. When playing PAL VCDs, the Panasonic and RCA NTSC players apparently cut 48 lines (17%) off the bottom. The Sony NTSC players apparently scale all 288 lines to fit. Most DVD-ROM computers will be able to play Video CDs (with the right software), since its already possible with current-model CD-ROM computers. Note: Many Asian VCDs achieve “two” soundtracks by putting one language on the left channel and another on the right. They will be mixed together i
Sometimes. It’s not required by the DVD spec, but it’s trivial to support the White Book standard since any MPEG-2 decoder can also decode MPEG-1 from a Video CD. Panasonic, RCA, Samsung, and Sony models play Video CDs. Japanese Pioneer models play Video CDs but American models don’t. Toshiba players don’t play Video CDs. VCD resolution is 352×288 for PAL and 352×240 for NTSC. The way most DVD players and Video CD players deal with the difference is to chop off the extra lines or add blank lines. When playing PAL VCDs, the Panasonic and RCA NTSC players apparently cut 48 lines (17%) off the bottom. The Sony NTSC players apparently scale all 288 lines to fit. Most DVD-ROM computers will be able to play Video CDs (with the right software), since its already possible with current-model CD-ROM computers. Note: Many Asian VCDs achieve “two” soundtracks by putting one language on the left channel and another on the right.
Sometimes. It’s not required by the DVD spec, but it’s trivial to support the Video CD (White Book) standard since any MPEG-2 decoder can also decode MPEG-1 from a Video CD. About two thirds of DVD players can play Video CDs. Panasonic, RCA, Samsung, and Sony models play Video CDs. Japanese Pioneer models play Video CDs but American models older than the DVL-909 don’t. Toshiba players older than models 2100, 3107, and 3108 don’t play Video CDs. VCD resolution is 352×288 for PAL and 352×240 for NTSC. The way most DVD players and Video CD players deal with the difference is to chop off the extra lines or add blank lines. When playing PAL VCDs, the Panasonic and RCA NTSC players apparently cut 48 lines (17%) off the bottom. The Sony NTSC players scale all 288 lines to fit. Because PAL VCDs are encoded for 25 fps playback of 24 fps film, there is usually a 4% speedup.
Sometimes. It’s not required by the DVD spec, but it’s trivial to support the Video CD (White Book) standard since any MPEG-2 decoder can also decode MPEG-1 from a Video CD. About two thirds of DVD players can play Video CDs. Most Panasonic, RCA, Samsung, and Sony models play Video CDs. Japanese Pioneer models play Video CDs but American models older than the DVL-909 don’t. Toshiba players older than models 2100, 3107, and 3108 don’t play Video CDs. VCD resolution is 352×288 for PAL and 352×240 for NTSC. The way most DVD players and Video CD players deal with the difference is to chop off the extra lines or add blank lines. When playing PAL VCDs, the Panasonic and RCA NTSC players apparently cut 48 lines (17%) off the bottom. Sony NTSC players scale all 288 lines to fit. Because PAL VCDs are encoded for 25 fps playback of 24 fps film, there is usually a 4% speedup.
