Video CD conversion?

[Silvereclipse00]

anyone know of a good program to convert VCD folders into playable movie files? I have folders with files like .r00 and .r01 but I don't know how to play them. A friend gave me a video cd of a Japanese movie I'd really like to watch, and I have the folders but no way to play them! Help!

 

[Natobasso]

Most DVD Players are set to play local DVD's and not international DVDs. In fact, even if you played that DVD on your system you could only do it 5 times before you end up resetting your player to Japan, thereby restricting you from playing US DVDs.

As far as compiling your files into a cohesive movie, I don't have a clue.

 

[Satcomer]

I use a converter app called Mpeg2Works. Also, if you just want to watch them then use VLC or try MPlayer.

 

[Zammy-Sam]

r00, r01... files are rar-files. Use UnRarX

 

[fbp_]

stuffit handles rar files, you might need to rename the first to .rar intead of .r00 for it to be recognized though