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CD-i FAQ 2000 Edition Revised February 21, 2001
Latest version and more CD-i info: http://www.icdia.org
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Please note that the CD-i Filesystem Driver for Windows (refer to: 9.4 Can I view the contents of
a CD-i disc on my PC?) needs to be installed on the PC to allow it to access a CD-i disc!
9.8 How can I view Digital Video sequences of a CD-i disc on my PC?
You can view the full motion video clips that are stored on a CD-i disc using a wide variety of
tools, like version 6.0 or later of Microsoft Windows Media Player. This application is available for
free download at Microsoft. Media Player allows you to view a wide variety of media formats,
including the MPEG audio and video formats used in CD-i among others. CD-i allows for a much
broader variety in combining audio and video rates, and hence audio and video quality, than for
example Video-CD where the audio and video bitrates are fixed. Media Player plays most of
them, however sometimes when an MPEG sequence is interleaved with other material on the
disc, the picture may look disturbed.
You can often recognize an MPEG sequence on the directory in which it is placed, for example
FMV or VIDEOS. Also, look for the extension .rtf, which stands for Real Time File (and not Rich
Text Format!). .rtf-files might be MPEG-video sequences, but also other, non-playable media
files. Just try this out by loading the file in Media Player. Note that it is possible in this way to view
movies that were released in the pre-Video-CD CD-i format, but also video sequences from other
titles like games.
Please note that the CD-i Filesystem Driver for Windows (refer to: 9.4 Can I view the contents of
a CD-i disc on my PC?) needs to be installed on the PC to allow it to access a CD-i disc!