Super Video CD

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

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.


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