VLC and VCD problem

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  1. wisredz, Jan 11, 2007

    wisredz macrumors regular

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    Hi there,

    I have been experiencing this problem for quite some time and I'm tired of switching to Win to watch a VCD.

    VLC opens up the file no problem, the problem is with the playback, the sound and the video is jerky. I can't fid a solution to this. If you have encountered and solved the problem please help. I'd like to get other media player applications recommendations as well.

    Thanks in advance
     
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  2. balamw, Jan 11, 2007

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    IIRC QT will play VCD content just fine if you rename the DAT file to MPG.

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  3. theBB, Jan 11, 2007

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    I've had VCD issues with VLC as well. VLC is very particular about how VCD is supposed to be setup, otherwise it crashes with an ear-splitting noise.

    In the end, balamw is right. Using Finder, go into your VCD, in one of your folders there will be a file that has the extension .DAT. If you copy that file onto your Desktop and change its extension to .mpg, QuickTime or VLC should play it fine.
     
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