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I just got a bunch of ECW dvds that I bought off of someone on Craigslist for an unbelievable cheap price. So, when I start going through and watching them, I found out that about half of them aren't even DVDs, but VCDs(Video CDs).
Wont the Saturn, and/or Dreamcast play VCD's? What do I need to make my American Saturn, and/or Dreamcast play VCDs? Are there any other consoles that are compatible?
Feel free to discuss anything else related to VCDs here.
The Saturn needs a MPEG encoder card to play VCD discs, and the Dreamcast needs a boot disc for VCD playback. The PC-FX also plays them, and Wikipedia says the PS2 does, but I've never heard of this.
Also, kudos on the ECW vids! Old tapes are hard to find, so it's nice to see someone stored them on a digital format. :)
EDIT: I forgot to mention, if you really wanted to, there's methods of extracting the MPEG-1 files off of the VCD, allowing you to burn them into a standard DVD. Theres a bit of file manipulation involved, but at least you'd have a choice on how to watch the videos.
Almost any DVD player plays VCDs.
The 3 in my house won't. Niether will my PS2.
I kind of like the idea of being able to watch ECW on my Saturn. Tell me more about this Mpeg encoder card. Expensive? Ultra rare? Will I need to have my Saturn region modded? What about Audio, and Video quality?
ECW?
I could try a video CD in my 3DO if that helps...
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Originally Posted by Guntz
ECW has a lot in common with Sega. They were a wrestling promotion that ran out of Philadelphia, and competed with the WWF, and WCW. The ECW was attractive to a different type of audience than the WWF, and WCW, with much more violence, blood, and overall sleaze(cursing, skanky women, beer, and cigerettes et al.).
The ECW management made a lot of bad decisions, and the company failed to compete with the WWF, and WCW, and went out of bussiness in January of 2001, even though they still had a lot of very loyal fans.
They're fairly tough to find in the wild, but they usually don't go for more than 30 or so, at least, the ones I've seen haven't. No mods are needed, just pop it into the back of the Saturn, same place the battery goes. By default, MPEG-1 video tops out at 352x240 in NTSC mode at 29.97 OR 23.976 FPS, which us comparable to VHS quality in SP mode. Audio is encoded in an MP2 format at 224 Kbps at 44.1 kHz (CD quality).Quote:
Originally Posted by shinobimusashi
Saturn MPEG cards are $20 to 25, plus shipping but don't worry about that as despite their metal casing they're quite small and light (VMU equivalent). Go with Sega or Hitachi brand (ie since the Hi Saturn has these inbuilt you should be getting the same thing). All Saturn equipment works universally on every make of console--except possibly for some rare exception like the Samsung and software problems like the Derby Stallion's. It plugs in above the battery. Its gaming uses are exceedingly negligible.
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Wow. ECW on my Sega Saturn. That is beyond awesome.
The events I have are
Living Dangerously 98
Heatwave 98
November to Remember 98
Anarchy Rulz 99
November to Remember 99
Why wasn't this tech used/promoted more back in the day? Can the 64, or PS1 play movies?
Probably the best option would be to simply stick them into your PC, extract the video using something, and then reburning them using X-to-DVD as dvd discs.
Almost all consoles which can play VCDs need some sort of encoder cards. You can buy them for the 3DO, Saturn, and I believe Amiga as well.
It was...throughout Asia. The next gen just caught up too fast for it to be worthwhile, chiefly in light of maximum CD length for films. I've never heard of the PS1 doing so, probably because it was made as cheap as possible solely for gaming; the Saturn coming afterwards tried to include VCD compatibility for home photos and karaoke (watching films on it seems to have been secondary by far and on VCD in general to belong more to continental Asia). VCDs use MPEG1 encoding, hence the card you need, and the PS1 I believe JPEG nor was its parallel i/o port ever provided with such a thing.Quote:
Originally Posted by shinobimusashi
If you're on a lot of forums you should be able to find a US gamer with one who doesn't want it, especially if he's not a Sega first type, since it's only used for tiny amounts on a few JP games--few of them even anime--and it's only needed for the Lunar MPEG edition (no English language release) which isn't really an enhancement over the Playstation version.
If memory serves me correctly, there's a homebrew app for the Dreamcast that allows you to play VCDs; never used it though. Modded Xboxes can run them if you have XBMC installed.
Sure is. You can find it at the usual places. Works pretty good from what I remember.Quote:
Originally Posted by The Jackal
Ah, so it's wrestling then. I had a feeling it might be that... But I thought it couldn't be. I guess I was wrong...Quote:
Originally Posted by shinobimusashi
No way the N64 can play video CDs. The N64DD is in fact in essence a proprietary Zip drive. The console never saw an optical disc in it's entire life. As for the PS1, well yeah it can't play them either, but other people already said that.Quote:
Originally Posted by shinobimusashi
The ps1 can play vcds with a vcd adapter,i used to watch vcds all the time back in the day on my ps1,their is also a special ps1 which can play vcds out the box.
Other systems which spring to mind,cdi,amiga cd32,3do,panasonic q