playing VCD's on PS2 or XBox

[jwg]

What do I need to do in order to be able to play a VCD I burn on an XBox or PS2? I use Nero to burn my CD's and DVD's, so is there anything in particular that I need to change in the settings to enable a VCD to play on my PS2 or XBox? Thanks.

[gd_nimrod]

You need a "mod-chip" for either console. That will also enable you to play copied games.

[NDeh_is1]

I think you might have to change the extensions to .psf or something like and use some sorta plugin with tmpgenc when encoding for it to play on a ps2. I forgot what the extension was (at school right now) but I've got some info on that stuff and I'll post it later.

[thePest]

Hello "jwg"

You won't like the results but the program you are after for a PSX2 is called JadePSX. You will need to convert the Mpeg1 into a pss file that can be read by the PSX2.

here is a section of the readme file

To use the vcd player follow these simple steps.

1.Unzip the PS2VCD.zip to your C:\

2.This should make a directory C:\PS2VCD

3.Now encode your pss. Follow the instructions in the included document.

4.Take you encoded pss and name it MOVIE0.PSS

5.Place the MOVIE0.PSS file into the \MV directory replacing the existing file

6.If you wish to include a title screen for your movie make a picture of the dimensions 640x448
Use the included tool to change in into a TIM file take and name this file MOVIE0.TIM
Replace the TIM file in the \DATA dir with your TIM

7.Now Unzip and open up the enclosed the program CD/Dvd Generator

8.Select File\Open then locate the VCD.CCZ in the C:\PS2VCD\

9.Open this up and then select Export iml file

10.Now export this iml file to the C:\PS2VCD directory

11.And finaly run the Go.bat file

12.This will build the image needed

13.Burn this image in CDRWIN using Mode2 CDROM-XA Options

14.Swap using your favorite trick and enjoy.

An audio convertor
and TMPGenc is supplied to help in the pss conversion process

Another longer way around that I have found to work is by authoring the mpeg1 into a Mpeg2 DVD -/+ r or rw. PSX2 can read DVDrs once made into a DVD.