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Trivia and Specs of Video CD 2.0:

Video CD disc type: CD-ROM XA Bridge

Max Disc capacity: CD-R: 74 minutes, 730 Meg
Pressed: 82 minutes, 800 Meg


Track Arrangement: Track 1 = VCD data in ISO9660 layout
(menus, scan lists, still pictures, CD-i app, caption text, non-track events...)

Track 2- 99 = MPEG A/V or CD-DA

Note: CD-DA tracks are located AFTER any MPEG tracks


Directories: CDI - CD-i app and other stuff for playing on CD-i players
VCD - stuff specific for playing on VCD and CD-i players
MPEGAV - MPEG A/V clips that are assigned to tracks
KARAOKE - language and text specific to Karaoke
SEGMENT - MPEG A/V events and sequences NOT in tracks
EXT - specific stuff for playing events and sequences
CDDA - CD-DA clips that are assigned to tracks


CD-i Application: MUST have a CD-i app in CDI directory

Max combined Length of Non-Track A/V: 69 minutes (about 690 Meg)

Max number of sequences per disc: 600 to 32,000
14,000; for a disc with 100 menus, 10 hotspots each, and every sequence containing 10 events.

Note: the number of menus, number of hotspots per menu and number of events per sequence effects Max number of sequences per disc. All these items take space in the PSD file, which has a max size of 512 kbytes.


Max number of events per disc: 1981

Max number of events per sequence: 256

Max pause time between events: 33 minutes

Maximum number of menus: 100

Maximum number of hotspots/numeric
selections per menu screen:


104 (99 numeric plus Previous, Next, Return, Default, Timeout)

MPEG moving picture size: 352 x 240 (NTSC), 352 x 288 (PAL)

MPEG still picture size: Low Res CD-i and VCD:  352 x 240 (NTSC), 352 x 288 (PAL)
High Res VCD only:  704 x 480 (NTSC), 704 x 576 (PAL)


MPEG video stream bit rate, max: 1.151929 Mbits/sec

MPEG Audio, trackable: 44.1 KHz sampling, Stereo, 224 Kbits/sec