DVD or VCD?

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I realize this isn't the specific newsgroup I need but hoping someone
here knows the answer. A family member got a company to put 3 VHS tapes
onto a DVD but it won't play on their player. This leads me to believe
it's a VCD not a DVD. Is there a way I can tell if it's in VCD format?
Like by opening it on the computer or something?

 

[Bill James]

A VCD will play from a normal CD drive.

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A VCD will play from a normal CD drive.

They burned the material onto a DVD tho, but it won't play on the DVD
player that's why I'm thinking they must have put it in VCD format onto
a blank DVD. If it wasn't on a DVD I'd try it in a CD player. Just
trying to find out how to tell if it's in VCD format.

 

[David Webb]

Here are two file formats from my DVD and VCD discs:

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DVD File Format (Video)
TreePrint listing of: K:\
K:\
\---VIDEO_TS
VIDEO_TS.BUP
VIDEO_TS.IFO
VTS_01_0.BUP
VTS_01_0.IFO
VTS_01_1.VOB
---
VCD File Format
TreePrint listing of: K:\
K:\
+---CDI
| CDI_IMAG.RTF
| CDI_TEXT.FNT
| CDI_VCD.APP
|
+---EXT
| LOT_X.VCD
| PSD_X.VCD
| SCANDATA.DAT
|
+---MPEGAV
| AVSEQ01.DAT
| AVSEQ02.DAT
| AVSEQ03.DAT
|
+---SEGMENT
| ITEM0001.DAT
|
\---VCD
ENTRIES.VCD
INFO.VCD
LOT.VCD
PSD.VCD

Note: The quantity of files within each folder will vary with the total play
time of each video.

| Bill James wrote:
| > A VCD will play from a normal CD drive.
| >
| They burned the material onto a DVD tho, but it won't play on the DVD
| player that's why I'm thinking they must have put it in VCD format onto
| a blank DVD. If it wasn't on a DVD I'd try it in a CD player. Just
| trying to find out how to tell if it's in VCD format.