How to play SVCD?

[LiQiCE]

Anyone know how I can play an SVCD? I downloaded an SVCD off the Internet and it plays about the first 3 seconds of it and then dies in PowerDVD XP 4.0 ... I think the movie is in an MPEG2 format. I'm pretty sure the movie is OK because I downloaded it twice from two different places with no problems and others have reported it to be working. WMP won't even open the file. If anyone knows a player that is compatible or a codec I could grab I'd appreciate it!!!

 

[LordMaul]

Originally posted by: LiQiCE
Anyone know how I can play an SVCD? I downloaded an SVCD off the Internet

That would be a legal, un-copyrighted, home video, right?

 

[LiQiCE]

LordMaul,

I have no idea until I can actually play it

 

[bigshooter]

PowerDVD 4.0 works great for me. I just want to find a way to get my DVD player that plays VCD's to play SVCD's.

 

[LiQiCE]

hmmm, maybe the file just is corrupted! That would suck.

 

[bmacd]

i play SVCDs in my turbo-duo grafx.

-=bmacd=-

 

[kami]

Is it an ISO or BIN file or something? Extract the MPEG file with VCDGear then try playing in windows media player.

 

[rubix]

in powerdvd you have to manually load up the "big file" in file mode to play it. the big file has an .m2v or .mpg. or .dat extension, i forget. you can do the same in windows media player but you have to install special decoder/filter files or whatever first.

 

[LiQiCE]

I finally figured out my problem. Apparently, since I went to Windowsupdate and grabbed the latest patch for CD Recorders, it broke my version of Nero! I upgraded to the latest version and after burning a fresh copy, I was able to play the movie back with no problems. Can't use Windows Media Player still (guess I dont have the right codec), but I'm able to use WinDVD with no problems (good thing that my video card came with WinDVD for free, and I actually managed to find the CD lying around!!) ... PowerDVD still freaks out, even when you just load the MPG file off of the SVCD. Not sure why, but at least I finally got the thing to play!

Damn Windows XP and Microsoft! Looks like integration/bundling finally bit me in the ass

 

[Instan00dles]

just play them on your dvd player if you have one

 

[LiQiCE]

Instan00dles,

My DVD player unfortunately is not SVCD compatible, nor does it support CD-Rs (only CD-RWs). Its a Sony DAV-S300 all-in-one system and while it would be nice to replace, I unfortunately don't have the money to get a new one (hopefully when I do, I'll be buying a Progressive Scan DVD player too, hopefully to go with an HDTV!)

Anyways, I finally did get it to work, the burns were bad, so I don't think it would have worked on a set-top DVD player anyways!