Dreamcast VCD/MP3 player demo w/ The Empire Strikes Back and The Iron Giant!
Somewhere in China, a VCD/MP3 player was developed for the Sega Dreamcast. It is a rather rare little device and at one point I owned two of them. However, I sold the one that was mint in its box for just a few bucks shy of $100. Because the Dreamcast runs Microsoft’s embedded OS “Windows CE,” the programmers of this software simply had to take advantage of the console’s ability to playback MPEG-1 video (VCD) and MPEG-3 audio (MP3). The set includes a boot disc which runs that software as well as a remote control and receiver dongle. The dongle must be plugged into any of the Dreamcast’s 4 controller ports for the VCD/MP3 player to boot. After the disc is inserted and the console is powered on, the software will boot and ask for the VCD or MP3 disc. This video demonstrates the playback of two VCD movies. On is “The Iron Giant” which contains both Cantonese and English dialog on the left and rght audio channels, respectively. The other movie is “Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back.” This demo shows the many features of this player, like switching audio channels for vcds with dual-audio like “The Iron Giant.” The remote also allows for skipping forward and backwards amongst the discs tracks as well as rewinding and fast forwarding. There are also other useful things that the Dreamcast VCD/MP3 player is capable. Unfortunately this video does not demo the playing of MP3 discs, but after seeing this video it is easy to imagine. Similar to the Dreamcast’s built-in CD player, the MP3 player in this set shows a disc spinning while music is played. When compared to standalone VCD players or DVD players capable of VCD playback, the Dreamcast adapter certainly stands its ground. The only features missing from it are menu support, which, while nice, is rarely found in VCD movies. The other is the ability to seek a track by a specific time, instead one must fast forward or rewind repeatedly. This player’s audio and video quality are superb and equal that of any standalone player.
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To the right is the video description that I wrote out. It will answer all of your questions about this device, which is why I put it there ;-) If you read it you wouldn’t ask about the boot disc!
The Utopia Boot Disc is NOT needed for this VCD set. However, the set itself IS necessary. It can ONLY be purchased and not burned. This is because the software refuses to run without the receiver dongle being present in one of the Dreamcast’s 4 controller ports.
Look into GypPlay. It allows you to create self-booting discs for the Dreamcast that contain up to an hour of video. If you’re even an intermediate computer user, you should be able to figure GypPlay out without a problem.
I see. Maybe thats why sega chose not to mention the video playback. because there would have been alot of returned dreamcast because the laser would wear out fast.
I agree. Although, the Dreamcast’s GD-ROM laser was not designed to withstand the constant reading require for playing back VCDs. So who knows? Heheh ;-)
Sega should have allowed user to automatically play video cd’s out the box instead of programming dreamcast to block vcd’s from being played on it. It made no sense!!!
Great video ! Im sure you make your own vcds to play in dreamcast. Please help me…So i need to have a Utopia boot disc, buy a vcd/mp3 add on, convert youtube-flv videos to vcd-mpeg1 video onto a vcd, then im good to go or do i need a swf. file to put on vcd as ive been reading online – whats that? Please answer, kool video – where you buy that hong kong?
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Unfortunately, I have sold both of my Dreamcast VCD players. I’m posting this to avoid any messages inquiring about its availability.
Wow, they must be rare! I wish i had one…Dreamcast was way too underrated :(
I actually had two of these players and just sold one of them on eBay a week or two ago for $93 in total. They’re VERY rare these days. I would never give up the player that I still have, sorry =
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