VCD stands for Video compact disc .

VCD is often a commonplace developed during the early 1990's that enables regular CD to contain seventy four minutes of audio and video. Both, video and audio, square measure encoded in MPEG1 format and persevere on the CD in specific format. A VCD are often compete on the majority standalone videodisc Players and in the end on all computers having a DVD-ROM or CD driver using the assistance of an code dependent decoder/player.

VCD could be a very fashionable methodology for moving picture distribution in China, Singapore, Malaysia, etc.. Some studios unleash several their movies formally for VCD format in Asia . it's virtually fully replaced regular VHS format in Asia, as a result of low-cost VCD recorders square measure wide available there. VCD's successor is termed SVCD.