is it possible to play a dvd on a computer's vcd drive without having a dvd drive?
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no, its not possible. VCD is an older version, you cannot play a newer version to the older, but, you can play a VCD to a DVD drive.
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If your cd drive is a DVD reader then you should be able to use default windows software to play dvds on computer.  I usually watch DVDs with windows media player.  Also if you need other software hardware like that usually comes with some sort of disk.
405870
it depends, if you want the dvd to be on your computer as an image file , than use either Daemon tools, or Alcohol 120%, but if you want it to be in avi format , (which is smaller, and better for playing back on computers) , than use "DVD-to_AVI" program, i downloaded it today, i figured it out on my own, by the way, the dvd program, is trial version so if you want the serial key that i have, contact me at my email on my profile. email me if this helped or not.
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you are wanting to make a vcd?  Put a movie onto a cd instead of a dvd?  If that is the case, you will in most cases need to use a software application to compress the video for you.  Search for VCD or DVD to divx.  There are tons of programs that will let you do this.\n Good luck.
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You can do that with microsoft media player, and you also need a dvd drive, not just a standard cd-r playback drive. More then likley you dont have a dvd drive on your computer, but you might.
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There is NO need to buy any program.  If you have a windows box the microsoft media player will do it.  Realplayer is also free and also will work.  Go to download.com\nhttp://www.download.com/CD-DVD-Burners/3150-2646_4-0.html?tag=dir\nor http://www.freewarefiles.com/cat_6_205_CD-DVD-Burner-Apps.html\nand you can find other free programs.
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ON DVD player/drive u can if u have one installed on your computer
839110
Windows doesn't come with a proper DVD front end. You need software like Cyberlink Power DVD or Intervideo's WinDVD to be able to play a DVD on a Windows PC. Mac OS X has it built in, and in Linux you can cobble it together in an afternoon from illegal download sites (Here in the good old USA, anyway) on the interweb. If you get hold of either program, you should be able to insert a DVD and just watch the movie.
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Use WinISO available at http://www.winiso.com/.\n\nNOTE:\nTo open ISO files you never need a DVD driver.
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Somebodys already mentioned DVD Shrink:\n\nhttp://www.dvdshrink.org/\n\nWhich will play VOB files, its not a great option though.  I recommend VLC Media Player:\n\nhttp://www.videolan.org/vlc/\n\nIt will play VOB nicely, and on top of that its fast, free (open source) and plays a whole host of different formats.\n\nEnjoy!
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If you don't have a DVD burner then you can't. X
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You can download a free programme called DVD SANTA.  Use it to convert various types of files (mpeg, avi, wmv etc..) to VOB files which will allow play in a dvd player.  I've used it, it's easy.
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It may or may not be possible depending on the method you use.\n\nIt is possible to duplicate the VCD using a CD wrting program but i don't think you can edit.\n\nIf you had the video file you could just re-author the VCD and the menus.
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You can create a virtual DVD drive on a computer using one of various tools.  Alcohol 120%, daemon tools (freeware), nero, roxio, etc.  Microsoft also has a virtual drive program you can download but I forget the name.  The problem is, virtual drives use vitual discs.  These commonly come in the form of *.iso files.  The program "mounts" the *.iso file to the virtual drive effectively tricking the computer into thinking it has a drive with a disc in it.  \nThe biggest problem is that you need to have an image file (iso, etc) of the disc to do it.  I'm not sure how you can create these images without a DVD drive.  Secondly, in order to play DVD movies, you will need a program installed to decode to DVD format, e.g. Power DVD, WinDVD, etc.\nTechnically you could make the iso files on another computer, then transfer them over a network or, ahem, download them, but DVD-ROMs go for about $30 these days so all that seems like more trouble than it's worth.\nI use ISOBuster (freeware) to make *.iso files and daemon tools to mount them.\n\nGood luck.
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Open up an audio recording program (I think Windows has a sound recorder accessory), make sure your sound properties are set to wave/mp3, then record the sound file as the dvd is playing.
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You can just copy the contents of dvd on your hard disk for playing them you will need any software that plays DVD's. VLC is one such type free player or Power DVD more common among people but it's not free.\n\nYou can use DivX to convert your .VOB files that actually contain movie to .avi or the format you prefer but yeah conversion takes good amount of time :-)
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You may already have the software to make a VCD (video CD) if your burner came with Nero or EZCD Creator.\n\nWhat you have to do is to have the DVD re-encoded to VCD format. Once burnt, it will then play more like a VHS tape since you will lose many of the DVD features.\n\nAt VideoHelp.com (1) you will find links to tutorials that will teach you the different steps using multiple programs.\n\nSuperDVD Ripper might be simpler (2) It looks like one bit of software does it all. Here's what their Website says:\n" Super DVD Ripper software can also  copy DVD to VCD or SVCD, so to backup dvd movie to cdr discs thus no DVD burner is required,  direct burning to CD which can be played in your DVD player! Super DVD Ripper is a good dvd copy software to backup DVD."\n\nThey have a free trial download to get you started.