What is SVCD?
SVCD stands for
Super Video Compact Disc (called also SuperVCD or Chaoji VCD).
SVCD is a new CD standard developed in 1998 by Chinese consumer
electronics manufacturers, Chinese government and VCD consortium
(Sony, Philips, Matsushita and JVC) that allows regular CD to contain
35-60 minutes of video and audio. A SVCD is very similiar to a VCD,
although SVCD's video bitrate is normally higher than VCD's. SVCD
contains very good quality full-motion MPEG2 video along with up
to 2 stereo audio tracks (MPEG1 stereo audio layer II, MPEG2 stereo
audio layer II or MPEG2 Multi-Channel 5.1 surround audio) and also
4 selectable subtitles. A SVCD can be played on many standalone
DVD Players and of course on all computers with a DVD-ROM or CD-ROM
driver with the help of a software based decoder/player.
Just like VCDs (and audio CDs), SVCDs require a specific way how
they are burned on the CD -- just sticking all the required files
into CD structure doesn't make disc a SVCD compatible. Most of the
new CD burning applications support SVCD already, so authoring your
own SVCDs should be relatively easy.
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