Video CD
| Media type | Optical disc |
|---|---|
| Encoding | MPEG-1 video + audio |
| Capacity | Up to 800 MB/80 minutes of Video |
| Read mechanism | 780 nm wavelength (red) semiconductor laser |
| Standard | IEC 62107 |
| Developed by | Philips, Sony, Panasonic, JVC |
| Usage | audio and video storage |
| Extended from | CD Video / Video Single Disc |
| Extended to | SVCD |
| Released | 1993 |
| Optical discs |
|---|
Video CD (abbreviated as VCD, and also known as Compact Disc Digital Video) is a home video format and the first format for distributing films on standard 120 mm (4.7 in) optical discs. The format was widely adopted in all of Asia (except for Japan and South Korea), superseding the VHS and Betamax systems in those regions until DVD-Video became more affordable in the 2000s.
The format is a standard digital data format for storing video on a compact disc. VCD discs/disc images are playable in dedicated VCD players and widely playable in most DVD players, personal computers and some video game consoles with an optical disc drive that is programmed to understand VCD discs.
The Video CD standard was created in 1993[1][2] by Sony, Philips, Matsushita and JVC; it is referred to as the White Book standard. The MPEG-1 format was also released that same year.
- ^ Hardware and Software Get an Early Start, Sony, archived from the original on June 25, 2010, retrieved 2008-02-13
- ^ Super Video Compact Disc, A Technical Explanation (PDF) (PDF), Philips System Standards and Licensing, 1998, p. 2, archived from the original (PDF) on 2008-05-28, retrieved 2008-02-13