page_title: Video CD
section_title: Other features
hierarchical_section_title: Video CD / Technical specifications / Other features
caption_attribution_description: English: stop / return button featured on a vcd player
context_page_description: Video CD is a home video format and the first format for distributing films on standard 120 mm optical discs. The format was widely adopted in Southeast Asia and the Middle East, superseding the VHS and Betamax systems in the regions until DVD-Video finally became affordable in the late 2000s.
  The format is a standard digital data format for storing video on a compact disc. VCDs are playable in dedicated VCD players and widely playable in most DVD players, personal computers and some video game consoles. However, they are less playable in some Blu-ray Disc players, in-car infotainment with DVD/Blu-ray support and video game consoles such as the Sony PlayStation and Xbox due to lack of support backward compatibility for the older MPEG-1 format or inability to read MPEG-1 in .dat files alongside MPEG-1 in standard MPEG-1 files.
  The Video CD standard was created in 1993
  by Sony, Philips, Matsushita and JVC, it is referred to as the White Book standard.
  Although they have been superseded by other media, as of 2020 VCDs continue to be retailed as a low-cost video format.
context_section_description: The VCD standard also features the option of DVD-quality still images/slide shows with audio, at resolutions of 704×480 (NTSC) or 704×576 (PAL/SECAM). Version 2.0 also adds the playback control (PBC), featuring a simple menu like DVD-Video.
caption: PlayBack Control (PBC) added in VCD 2.0 requires a special 'Return' button
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