Where is the VCD from? India and Pakistan protect their VCDs with bad sectors and possibly also corrupt TOCs. Hong Kong, China, Taiwan and South Korea do not protect their VCDs. I mention that because if your VCD is not from India or Pakistan, you probably should try it on another PC and be sure that the problem isn't with your drive. If you search at the top of the Forum Index (searching only works at the top of the entire forum - it is broken within each individual section), you may be able to find some old thread we had maybe 2 years ago in the Authoring (VCD/SVCD) section that talked about this type of VCD copy protection and how to defeat it.
If I remember correctly it was possible to copy such discs, but the process was complicated and required the user to have some understanding of VCD format. Where is the VCD from? India and Pakistan protect their VCDs with bad sectors and possibly also corrupt TOCs.
Hong Kong, China, Taiwan and South Korea do not protect their VCDs. I mention that because if your VCD is not from India or Pakistan, you probably should try it on another PC and be sure that the problem isn't with your drive. If you search at the top of the Forum Index (searching only works at the top of the entire forum - it is broken within each individual section), you may be able to find some old thread we had maybe 2 years ago in the Authoring (VCD/SVCD) section that talked about this type of VCD copy protection and how to defeat it. If I remember correctly it was possible to copy such discs, but the process was complicated and required the user to have some understanding of VCD format.
My VCD comes from Singspore/Malaysia and is pretty old about 5 years ago. I have tried 2 PCs but to no avail.
PC drive simply don't read the disc. China, Hong Kong and Taiwan do protect their VCD. My VCD comes from Singspore/Malaysia and is pretty old about 5 years ago. I have tried 2 PCs but to no avail. PC drive simply don't read the disc. China, Hong Kong and Taiwan do protect their VCD.
Singapore and Malaysia VCDs should NOT be copy protected! I was in Singapore 2 years ago and bought many VCDs. None of them were copy protected. China, Hong Kong and Taiwan do NOT protect their VCDs.
You do not know what you are talking about. Most countries do NOT copy protect VCDs because it can cause playback issues. India and Pakistan are rather unique in protecting them.
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In fact, the more I read this thread, the more I think that you really do not understand what you are dealing with and as such you are extremely unlikely to ever copy the disc. I admit that I have had a few problems copying Hong Kong VCDs, and I rarely copy them, but those had nothing to do with copy protection and I was able to work around them. My VCD comes from Singspore/Malaysia and is pretty old about 5 years ago.
I have tried 2 PCs but to no avail. PC drive simply don't read the disc. China, Hong Kong and Taiwan do protect their VCD. Singapore and Malaysia VCDs should NOT be copy protected!
I was in Singapore 2 years ago and bought many VCDs. None of them were copy protected. China, Hong Kong and Taiwan do NOT protect their VCDs. You do not know what you are talking about. Most countries do NOT copy protect VCDs because it can cause playback issues.
India and Pakistan are rather unique in protecting them. In fact, the more I read this thread, the more I think that you really do not understand what you are dealing with and as such you are extremely unlikely to ever copy the disc. I admit that I have had a few problems copying Hong Kong VCDs, and I rarely copy them, but those had nothing to do with copy protection and I was able to work around them. If the VCD arr not copy protected, can you kindly explain to me why my pc see no data in the VCD, but DVD player can play them and can read the data. Why PC cannot see the VCD data. It is blank inside.
Any kind soul here to explain this phenomenon to me. Thank you very much. Welcome to our forums, avatar123!
You have rightly perceived that jman98 doesn't qualify as a 'kind soul', as has been revealed in so many of his posts. You have now joined many of us with first-hand knowledge. As a possible workaround, could you try playing it while using a standalone DVD recorder to capture the output? I tried that once, although it was a non-protected DVD, not a VCD. Probably a long shot if the DVD recorder recognizes the disc as copy-protected like most do for a copy-protected DVD and refuses to record. I've never had a commercial VCD for experimentation. I had a VCD that had some protection like you and I could not read it with my computer.
I've just tried to extract each track from 'Track 02' with and right click with 'extract Track 02' and 'Treat as video ONLY, Extract but FILTER only M2F2 MPEG Video Frame (.mpg)' option I've burnt the tracks with as a VCD compilation and it played fine for me I've done that a number of times, most recently a VCD of Egyptian antiquities my sister brought home. It was PAL and overburned. To the OP, have you read this: Specifically on VCD: Extraction options: Have you run a scan first and created a managed image? Try a number of extraction methods, I feel certain that if the disc can be played, you can eventually recover the data. Note that you should try different drives if possible.
Despite what CobraPilot says, I am not always, ahem, 'difficult' on these boards. Sometimes I am very blunt. And your statement that Hong Kong, etc. Do copy protect VCDs is wrong. I am glad that you copied the disc. However, you had better options, which you ignored.
1) I suggested that you search the forums for an old thread that covered this very topic and described how to copy a copy protected VCD and remove the copy protection. You apparently could not be bothered to try to find it.
And I even told you how to do the search correctly (at the top of the forums) because searching is broken here if you don't do that. 2) Nor could you be bothered, it seems, to read fritzi93's suggestions which also potentially could have given you a copy free of this copy protection, assuming it actually is copy protected.
I find it interesting that worked for you after you reported earlier that it did not. If your VCD somehow has copy protection, which I still find doubtful, then you have just about the only VCD from that region that is copy protected. Now you have a choice here. You can either be helpful to others who might read this later or you can go away.
Your decision. Would you mind to answer the following? 1) Is this a legitimate VCD or did you purchase a bootleg/counterfeit VCD at some stall? Is this on CD-R media or is it a legitimate commercial release that was pressed?
If it turns out that this is some bootleg you bought that was overburned to 90 minute CD-Rs, well, it's certainly possible that we're all correct. You may indeed have a copy protected disc, but people like me and AlanHK are also correct in saying that commercial VCDs don't use copy protection in this region. 2) Would you please tell us what the title is in case others in the future have this disc?
I remain skeptical that this disc is copy protected, especially since you said you couldn't copy it with CloneCD and then later you could. I think the disc is possibly damaged or not really a commercial disc. But in any event if you would give back a little more and tell us what it is and whether it's really a commercial disc or not it would be helpful. If it turns out that this is some bootleg you bought that was overburned to 90 minute CD-Rs, well, it's certainly possible that we're all correct. Well, I've also seen lots of bootleg HK and Chinese VCDs and DVDs; and none of them have copy protection; however they could be non-standard or damaged in some way, as of course there is no quality control. A lot of people here play videos on PCs and laptops, so copy protection that prevented that would have customers demanding refunds.
Also, bootleggers moved on to DVD some years ago as the production cost is virtually the same, and DVD player penetration is very high. It's been years since I've seen new bootleg VCDs on sale anywhere. Commercial ones though are still sold, I think because the licensing fee is lower for VCD than DVD, so they sell for about 1/3 the cost of the DVD release.
So if it's a new VCD it's most likely legit. Five years ago, maybe bootleg. Despite what CobraPilot says, I am not always, ahem, 'difficult' on these boards. Sometimes I am very blunt. And your statement that Hong Kong, etc.
Do copy protect VCDs is wrong. I am glad that you copied the disc. However, you had better options, which you ignored. 1) I suggested that you search the forums for an old thread that covered this very topic and described how to copy a copy protected VCD and remove the copy protection. You apparently could not be bothered to try to find it. And I even told you how to do the search correctly (at the top of the forums) because searching is broken here if you don't do that. 2) Nor could you be bothered, it seems, to read fritzi93's suggestions which also potentially could have given you a copy free of this copy protection, assuming it actually is copy protected.
I find it interesting that worked for you after you reported earlier that it did not. If your VCD somehow has copy protection, which I still find doubtful, then you have just about the only VCD from that region that is copy protected.
Now you have a choice here. You can either be helpful to others who might read this later or you can go away. Your decision.
Would you mind to answer the following? 1) Is this a legitimate VCD or did you purchase a bootleg/counterfeit VCD at some stall? Is this on CD-R media or is it a legitimate commercial release that was pressed? If it turns out that this is some bootleg you bought that was overburned to 90 minute CD-Rs, well, it's certainly possible that we're all correct. You may indeed have a copy protected disc, but people like me and AlanHK are also correct in saying that commercial VCDs don't use copy protection in this region. 2) Would you please tell us what the title is in case others in the future have this disc? I remain skeptical that this disc is copy protected, especially since you said you couldn't copy it with CloneCD and then later you could.
I think the disc is possibly damaged or not really a commercial disc. But in any event if you would give back a little more and tell us what it is and whether it's really a commercial disc or not it would be helpful. 1) It is legitimate VCD. 2) The title is in chinese character.
Some chinese new year song which the people here would not be interested. 3) I reported Clone CD fail when the drive when taking a long time read and indicated error in the meassage for the first approx 2-3 mins plus. But after i reported and after 3min, the drive continue to read using cloneCD and manage to rip the VCD. And I am happy.
4) However the ripped disc is still copy protected and the PC still unable to read the data inside unless i use, then i can see the data inside. 5) Actually this is not the first copy protected VCD i eno.er. I think is the 4rd time.
The last time i did some research but find it very difficult to rip and given up compare to a DVD which is some much easier to rip. But this time i decided to put in more effort to study,ask question and research to solve the problem once in all,so that in future if there is some more this type of copry protected VCD, i can rip without cracking my head. 6) Usually it is more difficult to rip legitimate VCD coz the pc drive cannot see the data. IN the past i really reluctant to do it, but not for DVD coz there is so many tools and discussion availabe in the net for DVD. For those bootleg VCD, no problem ripping at all. Well, the last time I faced off with someone on this site who had a CP VCD, he was bragging that he could make them unbreakably CP.
I was all, 'put up or shut up'. Then he was, 'here's my image. Burn it, try it, and cry, so '! (CloneCD is known to work in this way because of the ability to either IGNORE and/or PASSTHROUGH the disc's sector errors to a full RAW iimage) So I tried it, and got it ripped a few hours later (yeah, it did take that long). What you've got to remember is it's still all BITS. Using, a template-aware hex editor, and some other older CD image tools (, and a few others), you use the 'EXTRACT FROM:TO' function and then search for non-zero, non-random, and non-sectorheader data.
Compare that with what the disc is officially 'telling' you is the sectors, and you can fairly easily see the skips, rerouting and offsets, etc. Then clean off the RAW (and bad) sector + mode info, and you've usually got a clean copy. That didn't even cover the failsafe of D - A - capture & re-record loop. As we've all heard before here, if it can be played it can be ripped. Note: Most VCD and some DVD players are VERY dumb and don't work on a 'file system' level, they work on a raw sector level, which usually ignores the TOC lead-in and leadout pointers.
This is where 'smarter' devices get stuck; they're trying to play by the rules.
This section describes a tutorial on how to play VCD with Windows Media Player. VCD can be played back on standalone VCD player devices. But it can also be played back by computer software.
Windows systems has a built-in VCD player software called Windows Media Player. On my Windows XP system, I can use following steps to use Windows Media Player to open an audio CD:. Click Start All Programs Accessories Entertainment Windows Media Player. The Windows Media Player screen shows up. Insert the VCD into the CD driver. Windows Media Player will start to play the first item on the CD.
A list of all playable items on the CD will be displayed on the right side of the window. If Windows Media Player failed to auto-play the VCD, you can select menu Play DVD, VCD or CD Audio to tell it to read the VCD in the CD drive again.
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Search How to burn video files to DVD that will play on any DVD player This tutorial will show you step by step how to burn video files to a DVD that will play on any DVD player – in a few different ways using free and paid software. You can burn all kinds of video files, such as MP4, AVI, WMV, MOV, FLV, and MKV files to a playable Video DVD. You will also find instructions for adding srt subtitles to your DVD. You can also burn multiple videos to one DVD, but the amount of video files that can be burned to a single DVD depends on the file size of your videos and the capacity of your DVD. Contents Burning video files to a playable video DVD using free and paid ($) software:. Windows:. ★ ($) (easy and fast way).
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It's possible that the subtitle file has already been added in ConvertXtoDVD. If not, then click on the + (subtitle and +) icon, select your subtitle file (.srt) and click on Open. If you want to edit the video (trim, cut, crop, adjust audio volume, etc.), then click on one of the buttons located below the preview player and edit your video. If you want to edit the DVD menu, then click on the Edit Menu button, edit your menu and click on OK (bottom right). If you want to change the DVD format (NTSC or PAL), then click on Default Settings (located in the top menu), choose Output format from the drop-down menu and then select the DVD format and click on OK. NTSC or PAL depends on the region where you live.
If everything's set the way you want, then click on the Convert button located at the bottom. ConvertXtoDVD will now convert and burn your video file to a playable DVD.
This may take a while. The amount of time it takes depends on your computer's hardware and the size of the video file. How to burn any video file to a playable video DVD using DVD Flick DVD Flick is free and open source DVD authoring software which allows you to easily convert and burn any video file type to a playable video DVD that will play on any DVD player. You can download DVD Flick. Note: You can also burn multiple videos to one DVD, but the amount of video files that can be burned to a single DVD depends on the file size of your videos and the capacity of your DVD. Insert a blank DVD into the DVD burner drive of your PC.
Open DVD Flick. Click on Add title located on the right side. Go to the location on your PC where the video file(s) is stored you want to burn to DVD. Select the video file(s) and click on Open.
Your video file(s) will now be loaded. Click on Project settings located in the top menu. Here you can change settings from basically every aspect of the DVD including audio, video, playback, burning, and general settings. Most settings are set good enough. But: There are some settings you might want to change, like:. General:.
Title here you can enter a title for your DVD. Video:. Target format here you can select a DVD format. Choose between PAL or NTSC (depends on the region where you live). Click on the? Button for more information. Burning:.
Check 'Burn project to disc' to burn directly to DVD after conversion. Disc label here you can enter a label name for your DVD. Drive make sure that the DVD-burner of your computer is selected. Speed here you can choose the burning speed (how fast your DVD will be burned). The top speed depends on your DVD burner and DVD. Click on Accept to save the settings.
If you want to add subtitles to your DVD, click on Edit title located at the right and then click on Subtitle tracks. The subtitle file might already be loaded in DVD Flick. If not, then click on Add, select the srt subtitle file (stored on your computer), click on Open and when the subtitle file is added, you click on Accept.
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If you want to add a menu to your DVD, then click on Menu settings located in the top menu. Here you will have the following options:.
On the left side, you can select a theme for your DVD menu. Auto-play menu (if you want your DVD to start playing automatically). Show subtitle menu first. Show audio menu first Click on Accept to save the settings.
If everything's set the way you want, then click on Create DVD located in the top menu. DVD Flick will now convert and burn your video file to a playable DVD. This may take a while. The amount of time it takes depends on your computer's hardware and the size of the video file. How to burn any video file to a playable video DVD using WinX DVD Author WinX DVD Author is free DVD author software which allows you to easily convert and burn any video file type to a playable video DVD that will play on any DVD player.
You can download WinX DVD Author. Note: You can also burn multiple videos to one DVD, but the amount of video files that can be burned to a single DVD depends on the file size of your videos and the capacity of your DVD. If you want to add srt subtitles to your DVD, then make sure that the.srt subtitle file(s) is in the same folder as your video file and has exactly the same file name as the video file. Example:.
Movie.mp4. Movie.srt 1.
Insert a blank DVD into the DVD burner drive of your PC. Open WinX DVD Author. Click on Video DVD Author. Click on the (+) button located at the bottom left. Go to the location on your PC where the video file(s) is stored you want to burn to DVD.
Select the video file(s) and click on Open. Your video file(s) will now be loaded. If you placed subtitles in the same folder as your video, then they should be included automatically. If you see a blue light with the text SRT next to your video file, then the subtitle file(s) is included. If the subtitle file(s) is not included, then click on Subtitle located next to your video file, click on the ( + ) button, select your subtitle file, click on Open and then click on the (✔) (check mark) button to save.
If you don't want to add a DVD menu, then uncheck the box located next to Create DVD Menu. Click on the button to go to the next step. If you chose to include a DVD menu, then you can style it now (theme, audio, buttons, etc.) and then click on the button to go to the next step. Now you will have the following options:. DVD Burner. Device Name: here you must make sure that the DVD-writer of your PC is selected.
Write Speed: here you can choose the burning speed (how fast your DVD will be burned). The top speed depends on your DVD-writer. Disc Volume: here you can enter a label name for your DVD. Output Property. Output Folder: here you can choose the location on your computer where WinX DVD Author will save your converted video file (don't worry, after the conversion it will be burned to DVD). Output Format: here you can select a DVD format. Choose between PAL or NTSC (depends on the region where you live).
Encoder Engine: here you can choose the quality 12. Click on the Start button.
WinX DVD Author will now convert and burn your video file to a playable DVD. This may take a while. The amount of time it takes depends on your computer's hardware and the size of the video file. How to burn any video file to a playable video DVD using Wondershare Video Converter Ultimate is a well-known video converter which allows you to easily convert your videos to all kinds of video formats. And: With Wondershare Video Converter Ultimate you can also convert and burn your video(s) to a playable Video DVD that will play on any DVD player. You can find Wondershare Video Converter Ultimate.
Insert a blank DVD into the DVD burner drive of your PC. Open Wondershare Video Converter Ultimate. Click on Burn located in the top menu. Click on the Add Files button. Go to the location on your computer where the video file(s) is stored you want to burn to DVD. Select the video file(s) and click on Open. If you want to add subtitles to your DVD, then click on the T None button located at your video.
Now you will have the following two options:. Select the subtitle track from the drop-down list. Click on Add Subtitle from the drop-down list, go to the location on your PC where the subtitle file is stored, select the subtitle (SRT) file and click on Open. At Burn Settings located at the right sidebar, you will have the following settings:. Change Template: here you can select a theme for the start screen of your DVD.
DVD Label: here you can enter the name for your DVD. Burn to: here you can choose if you want to burn straight to DVD or to a DVD folder (like VIDEOTS) or to a ISO file. Quality: high, standard or fit to disc. Aspect Ratio: 16:9 or 4:3.
More: here you can select a video standard (NTSC or PAL) 9. Click on the Burn button located at the bottom right.
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