Open VCD Using VLC on Ubuntu


If you have installed VLC player. To open a vcd you may type in the terminal:

/usr/bin/vlc vcd://

As you close the terminal, VLC also closes. So how to close the terminal without closing VLC? Well, I can’t figure out how to close the terminal without closing VLC, but there are alternative approaches:

There are two alternative ways:

a. One way is to press Alt+F2, in the prompted box, enter the command we mentioned earlier:

/usr/bin/vlc vcd://

b. Another way is that you can open vcd directly through vlc. Under the ‘Disc’ tag view, under ‘Advanced Options’, just changed the value from vcdx to vcd2. See the screenshot below:

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  1. #1 by Ragflan on August 19, 2008 - 7:31 am

    Hey thanks a lot man. Changing the VCDX to VCD2 made my VCDs work! I’m really grateful towards your contribution.

  2. #2 by admin on August 19, 2008 - 10:55 am

    hi, Ragflan, glad to know it helps. :)

  3. #3 by Kunal Chakraborty on August 19, 2009 - 12:59 am

    though changing from vcdx to vcd2 made the video possible but still the audio is not smooth.

  4. #4 by manuel on April 1, 2010 - 10:27 pm

    hola broder muy bien ah me has salvado la vida very good

  5. #5 by manuel on April 1, 2010 - 10:29 pm

    y para reproducir mp3

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