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Video CD

optical home video format
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Video CD

Summary

Video CD is a file format[1]. It has Wikipedia articles in 36 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2]

Key Facts

  • Video CD's instance of is recorded as file format[3].
  • Video CD is owned by Sony Group[4].
  • Video CD is a type of home video[5].
  • Video CD is a type of compact disc[6].
  • Video CD is a type of file format[7].
  • 1993 marks the founding of Video CD[8].
  • Video CD's file extension is recorded as vcd[9].
  • Video CD's described by source is recorded as Museum of Obsolete Media[10].
  • Video CD's described by source is recorded as Code4Lib Journal[11].
  • Video CD's participant in is recorded as LaserDisc[12].
  • Video CD's different from is recorded as CD Video[13].
  • Video CD's exact match is recorded as http://rs.tdwg.org/format/values/m045[14].

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Definition and Type

Video CD's instance of is recorded as file format[3]. Recorded subclass of include home video[5], compact disc[6], and file format[7].

Origins

1993 marks the founding of Video CD[8].

Why It Matters

Video CD has Wikipedia articles in 36 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . Controlled Vocabulary for Dublin Core format. Retrieved . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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  1. 19h ago · Nyuhn · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Image → OD Compact disc.svg
    Logo image → VCDlogo.svg, VCDaltlogo.svg
    Owned by → Sony Group
    Microsoft academic id (discontinued) → 89358936
    + 16 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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