hi friends, I've received some VCD from Asia, but it is not working, it needs Vpplays(Video Pressed Player) from Sony corporation. do you have any idea how can I watch them? thankx, Taghi

-- taghi Ziarani (taghi.ziarani@gmc.ulaval.ca), March 06, 2002

Answers

I am after similar answers. I have a set of two latest VCD discs from Asia that plays well in a machine VCD player. Using CloneCD, CDwin or Nero copy programs, the tray and disc will be ejected, hence making reading these VCDs impossible. Windows explorer will say they is no disc in tray. SthSVCD or MediaPlayer cannot play these VCD discs. Cleaning VCDs with liquid cleaners makes no difference. Cannot extract bin/cue images either. New kind of protection for VCD?

-- tomo (tomong@iprimus.com.au), March 06, 2002.

I've never heard of this. It might be a new type of copy protection. VCD piracy is a big problem in Asia and the format offers no support for copy protection. This might be an attempt to offer some copy protection. Would you or Tomo mind posting a followup? Please let me know the specific names of any VCD either of you have that seem to be uncopyable or unplayable. It would be great if you know of a reliable internet source that could be used to purchase these VCDs. I might get a few and take a look at them.

-- Jason (Jason.Shumate@equant.com), March 07, 2002.

Info update on the set of 2 weird Asian VCD karaoke discs. These original pressed discs are not readable in any one of the 10 burner units been tested on, but could be read and played on CDROM, DVDROM and VCD machines.

Using CloneCD to read from CDROM to hard disc and then copied image to CD-R media were successful. The copied discs can now play on burner units and VCD machines. However, the original pressed discs will still not be read in any burner unit and is reporting each time that there is no disc in tray and ejects tray.

TO JASON: - this may not be a VCD protection system. There may be no lead-in or lead-out or the VCD is not closed when authoring.

-- tomo (tomong@iprimus.com.au), March 11, 2002.

I had already such kind of problem, after a lot of investigation I found that the adaptor which connect VCD to TV had problem. By changing that the problem was solved

-- Ali Sabbagh Ziarani (ali_sabbagh@yahoo.com), May 28, 2002.

I am experiencing the same difficulty at the moment, but it plays fine in a DVD player. Where do you find a copy of vpplays.exe? John

-- john holloway (johnholloway@hotmail.com), June 15, 2002.

i got some VCDs asking for the same files " *.exe & *.sys "... anyway all u have to do to watch the movie is to play the *.dat file with Xing Media Player...thats all & it`s gonna play fine.... btw..these files aren`t some protection files guys ;)

-- SaWaF (sawaf11@hotmail.com), October 03, 2002.

I know a friend who has that application.

-- Same my e-mail's (kelvinfranco@hotmail.com), November 04, 2002.

Ok! but where do you find vpplays.exe ?

shiv

-- Shiv Reddy (prancing_shiv@hotmail.com), November 17, 2002.

http://www.toadworld.org/PublicArchive/Multimedia/Sony_VIDEOPRESS/WIN/

you are able to download 7 files LIBVIP.DLL README_E.TXT README_J.TXT VPPLAY.SYS VPPLAYS.EXE VPPLAYS.HLP VPPLAYSJ.HLP

hope i can be of help

-- Me (adrianisfatandgay@hotmail.com), November 27, 2002.

Hi just I want send to me the software "Vpplays,Sony Vided press player light" to download in my computer

thank you muhaned khalid

-- muhaned khalid hana (muhanedkhalid@hotmail.com), February 14, 2003.

I want send to me the software Vpplays.exe to download to my computer

-- Celso S. Ayap (csayap@digitelone.com), December 09, 2003.

its my first time to come a cross this software: sorry have no clue

-- dick kesenwa (healthfirst@net2000ke.com), January 03, 2004.

hey i had the same prob. i just right clicked and opened it in my comp and all was right & i cld c the movie without any more prob. truly that was a trial & error try and it clicked. hope it works for u guyz too.

-- Preetha (preeth_29@hotmail.com), March 08, 2004.