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How to play VCD, XVCD, MPEG1 in Windows You can play VCDs with Windows Media Player, insert the VCD in your CD-ROM or DVD-ROM and browse to the MPEGAV folder and double click on the .dat file and associate it with Media Player and open them with that. To play a VCD with menus and still pictures use WinDVD or PowerDVD, insert the VCD and just hit Play. Use a low resolution, like 640x480, on the monitor when watching a VCD to get best quality. in Mac Play VCDs with VLC Media Player / Videolan. in Linux Play VCDs with VLC Media Player / Videolan. Problem playing VCD If you have problem playing VCD on your computer try different video player software, in Windows try WinDVD or PowerDVD(software DVD Players but supports VCD). It can also help if you install ASPI. If that does not help extract the video to your HD with Isobuster, read here how to convert a VCD to MPG video. How to watch VCD,SVCD or DVD±R/W on your TV with a standalone DVD Player Insert the VCD,SVCD or DVD in your DVD Player and hit Play if the movie doesn't start automatically. If you want menus and still images in VCDs or SVCDs you should turn on PBC, refer your DVD Players manual for more information how to do that(usually enabled by start the VCD,SVCD by pressing the Play-button on your remote). If you want the "display time" on your DVD Player turn off PBC (usually by start the VCD, SVCD by pressing the 1-button on your remote). Whether a VCD/SVCD will autorun/auto play or not on a standalone player is hardware dependent. It depends completely on the player. There is nothing that you can do to the VCD/SVCD itself to make it autorun or not. Some players will autorun all VCDs/SVCDs and some not. New! If you don't get any audio when you play your homemade DVD be sure to test to set the audio output to PCM in your DVD Player settings. Remember also to check what formats your DVD Players supports in our DVD Players compabilitiy list. If your video source is DivX you must convert it to VCD,SVCD or DVD first, read more here or have a DVD Player with MPEG4 support.