How do i get a VCD to work on my laptop?

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  1. iamian

    iamian Registered User

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    How do i get a VCD to work on my laptop?

    it works on my mates dvd player, and was created wi nero, but when i try an get it to work on my laptop all i get are a few files, an none of them seem to work??:spangled:

    is there a player/patch/program i can get to make them work?

    thankies :D
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  3. Sleepy

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    Re: How do i get a VCD to work on my laptop?

    a normal vcd will play jus on media player etc....in the MPEG2 folder....there shud be a huge file.... .dat usually....thats the one u need to open.........

    if its a svcd u need the mpeg2 codec....just install sum dvd playback software...or search on google for a free svcd codec...
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    ahhh.... when i clicked on it it said what program it said it had to search the net to find what prog created it, then it jus went all weird... tried right clicking and 'open with' wi wmp an it works, thanks!

    feel a bit dumb now but i couldn't get it to work before, lol!
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    vcd's are shite :lol:

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