From the wording of your post I assume you primarily speak French?<P>VCD simply stands for Video CD, and it is, well, a video for cd format. It really isn't used much, as the limited space of a CD ...

My friend picked up some old vcd's from a swap meet and we can play them on the pc. I thought ALL modern dvd players had VCD and SVCD capability. At home the g/f and I have a Sony and it says it plays ...