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 700
MB CD.
VCDs use the
MPEG-1 encoding
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.
See also SVCD.