VCD's?

[neoadorable]

did anyone manage to play VCD's on their 360? i've heard rumors but haven't tried yet.

i get a lot of stuff on VCD and it would be nice to have this work...i know the 360 isn't supposed to play them but i am tempted by what other ppl are saying.

[DarkGashX]

Would also like to know this, I don't have VCDs (well the odd one) but it would be handy to know. If it does, that is a plus one for the 360!

[neoadorable]

indeed, it would be nice to have this capability, if only for knowing that they had as many users as possible in mind...that's a rarity in the console market!

[Sheppard]

Put one in and find out.

[Cavalyr]

will be trying this tomorrow just to see. easier to have a philips dvd player that plays everything.

[neoadorable]

lol Sheppard, so said my first high school "sweetheart". anyway, i was trying to see what others have found, coz it does vary. i've seen PS2's that could play em, but mine never did. of course those consoles may have been modded, i don't know.

what did you find, Cavalyr?

[DarkGashX]

VCD and SVCD support: The Xbox 360 console will play video CDs and super video CDs in addition to DVD movies, audio CDs, and games.

According to the official UK Xbox.com webpage here. About half way down the page :).

[neoadorable]

HOLY OPTICAL DRIVE BATMAN! where the heck was this hiding and how come nobody ever knew about it?

now it's time for the test...

thanks much darkgash, that's awesome you looked it up! i did google searches for 360, xbox, vcd and combos, didn't catch this page. thx!

[DarkGashX]

I googled "XBOX 360 VCD" and I think it was the third result, but I have Personal Search for Google enabled with my Google Account :).

Your welcome :).

[neoadorable]

thanks again, will try it tonite and report any findings. Hentai heaven here i...come...

[neoadorable]

well darkgash, i don't know what they were on when they wrote that thing, but it doesn't work. put in one of my fave hentai VCD's, got ready for some lovin', then 360 tells me she's got a "mixed media disc" in the drive and go to media blade to peruse it. of course none of the files could be read, although it was divided into the usual VCD folders of CDI, Segment, MPEG etc...

thus far no dice!