Short for Video Compact Disc VCD is a CD
(CD-R or CD-RW) that
contains moving pictures and sound. A VCD can hold up to
80 minutes of motion video and stereo sound on a 700MB CD.
VCDs use the MPEG-1encoding
standard. On a VCD you can have chapters,
video, digital images,
album slideshows, audio, or a combination of media files. A VCD can be played on
most DVD players and on computer DVD-ROMs and computer CD-ROMs with the aid of
software.
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