Mortify CD-Player or PS to play VCD

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Does anyone know how to motify a cd player or playstation 1 to play VCD movie?

-- Philip chong (philipchong88@yahoo.com), December 02, 2001

Answers

You can get an external VCD module for either the old PS1 provided it has a parallel port on the back (The later models don't have this) or an internal module for the new look PS1 which can usually be fitted at the place where you got it from. I've purchased the external module for a friend and the quality is quite shit and it skips a lot but for the price you pay (I paid $90 Australian) it's the best you will get as the playstation was NOT designed for this in mind. I don't know what the quality is like on the internal version but I wouldn't expect much.

Also menus don't show up but the menu entry points still work and chapters also seem to work.

Most places which mod playstations will know where to get these VCD modules.

Have fun.

-- AS (bosss7@telstra.com), December 03, 2001.


With many DVD players costing US$150 or better that can play VCDs and CD-Rs why stoop down that PS1 track?

-- M. Tekdemir (turk690@yahoo.com), December 04, 2001.

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