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MVCD (Wikipedia)

Super Video CD (Super Video Compact Disc or SVCD) is a digital format for storing video on standard compact discs. SVCD was intended as a successor to Video CD and an alternative to DVD-Video, and falls somewhere between both in terms of technical capability and picture quality.

Compact Disc Super Video (SVCD)
Media typeOptical disc
EncodingMPEG-2 video + audio
CapacityUp to 800 MB
Read mechanism780 nm wavelength semiconductor laser
StandardIEC 62107
Developed byPhilips, Sony, Panasonic, JVC
Usageaudio and video storage
Extended fromVideo CD
Extended toDVD
Released1998
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