Video CD (VCD)
VCD is probably the most common application for MPEG-1 video and has been a popular format in Europe and Asia for many years for movies. Before DVD players existed, VCD players were very popular virtually everywhere except North America. VCD is the same video bit rate and resolution as MPEG-1 but copied to a CD-R in a format that will play in VCD players. The advantage of VCD is that you can record approximately 70 minutes of audio and video on a CD-R. The disadvantage is that the quality will be much lower than a DVD movie.
• Create Video CD’s - they play back in most late model DVD players.
Microsoft Windows Media Video 9
This is Microsoft’s proprietary video compression standard that is similar to MPEG-4. Windows Media video 9 can be captured in a variety of resolutions and video bit rates depending upon the target application.
With Instant Video PCI we have included two ways to create Windows Media Video 9 (WMV 9) content:
•VideoStudio 8 - you can easily select the Windows Media Capture plug-in to capture video directly into a WMV 9 file.
•Windows Media Encoder - install the Windows Media Encoder to capture WMV 9 files on your PC or broadcast video across your home, office network or serve over the Internet.
