VCD is the same as CD-ROM in large sense; the tracks are a little different,
but the data method is the same.. The video stream is simply an MPEG-1 video,
which can take some CPU muscle to decode.

Yann

On Saturday 10 February 2001 07:48 am, Richard Sloan wrote:
> Looking for VCD specs, schematics, etc.... How does VCD work and how might
> you build hardware to support it?
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> Thanks!
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