Converting Ordinary Cdrom Drives To Vcd Drives

[M.H.A.Q.S.]

I know this isn't hard to do. But I can't seem to get an idea where to start.

[M.H.A.Q.S.]

OK guys what is the problem here, I think its the fourth thread I've started to get some help. although none of them had any concern with me.

Some of my friends needed help.

Is it that the topics were difficult to answer or something else.

The threads are like dead...

http://forums.emulator-zone.com/index.php?showtopic=298

And I don't remember where are the rest of the two.

[Jet Set Willy]

I don't think we understand the question. You can read VCDs on any CD-Rom drive.

[Lefteris_D]

You just need a software capable of playing VCD's to view them in your PC. Power DVD can play VCD's as well besides DVD's.

[M.H.A.Q.S.]

I want a CDROM Drive to be used as a VCD player being stand-alone. Not connected to a Computer or something.

Infact its a project to use a CDROM Drive, without hooking it to a PC, as a multimedia player.

I just need the circuit diagram to do that.

[Jet Set Willy]

You'd need to program some DSP hardware as an MPEG decoder, I think. It would be hard.

[Lefteris_D]

Plus the fact that you are going to need alot more stuff than just a cd-rom like some circuit that handles video output as well as the MPEG decoding.

I've seen home made audio cd players made from cd-rom drives but vcd would be really hard to impossible to make without the proper equipment.

[DanielW]

I'm assuming you're doing this as a fun/learning activicty and not to save money, because you can get DVD players for $30 now.

[M.H.A.Q.S.]

Yup that's a project. Although I tried enough to find some circuits on the net for a normal VCD player. All that I could find was forum rubbish.

[donkeyknob]

would buying an eternal hard drive, putting the VCD software on that and having the output connected to a TV be enough, or would the CDROM/HD still need the other components of a pc?