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Old 09 July 2002, 02:20 PM
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If a friend were to have a VCD copy of a film and was trying to play it on his PC how would he go about it?

He has WinDVD2000 and interactual DVD and Windows Media Player
and cannot get the feckin thing to play ????

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Old 09 July 2002, 02:43 PM
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Depends on the codec required. Is it a proper VCD?
Old 09 July 2002, 03:15 PM
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Open the MPGAV folder, right click on the .DAT file and open with Media Player.
Old 09 July 2002, 03:29 PM
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Or just download a VCD player software
Old 09 July 2002, 03:29 PM
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I use a free app called QuickVCD.

It is avil from winfiles.com

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Old 09 July 2002, 04:33 PM
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Paul,
pass me your mates mail address and I will send him Power VCD, works fine for me. Mal
Old 07 September 2002, 02:56 PM
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Drag the aviseq01.dat (or something ) file into your player.

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