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Services - VCD Slideshow VCD Slideshows provide interactive slideshows of your pictures.  They are recorded in a format called Video CD (VCD).    VCD was a way of publishing movies on ordinary CD disks, before DVD was widely available.  They could be played in a VCD player connected to your television or displayed on your computer using special VCD software and an ordinary computer CD player.  VCD format is also widely supported by modern DVD players. The media used for a VCD  is an ordinary recordable Compact Disk.  The general features available on a VCD slideshow are similar to DVD slideshows with some minor restrictions in audio support. Features Summary Each "slideshow" consists of  one or more pictures. Each VCD can store multiple slideshows. Each VCD can hold approximately 500 pictures. Slideshow can be played with automatic slide advancement at a rate you decide at the time of purchase. Normal DVD/VCD control features such as forward, back, pause, play, zoom, etc can be used to manually control a slide show Usage instructions will be included with each VCD. Audio Capability It is possible to add an audio background to a VCD slideshow however some slideshow control functions must be sacrificed if this is done.  Snapshot-Archive does not support audio backgrounds on VCD slideshows. General Recommendation We recommend the purchase of a "Basic Scanning" disk with all our non-computer slideshow formats.  A "Basic Scanning" disk is a re-useable archive of your digitized images.  This provides a  low cost basis for ordering other formats in the future, or for creating a replacement tape if your slideshow is lost or damaged.