This is the type of CD-i that I have.
For more information about what a DVD-Audio disc is, read this website.
One guy sent me a CD-i disc with a video on. He also explained a bit about what he had found out about it and other CD-i/VCD discs. This is basically what he said:
There seems to exist three different formats of CD-i/VCD discs.
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Type 1 is marked "CD-i Movies" in one corner, and "Video CD" in another. This VCD works in all DVD-players that can play VCD (WhiteBook). |
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Type 2 is marked "Digital Video on CD-i", but there is no "Video CD" marking.
This is a so called GreenBook CD, and cannot be read by PC's without special
software to access the contents on the CD. This is the type of CD-i that I have. |
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Type 3 is only marked "Video CD" (no "CD-i" marking). This is a (WhiteBook) VCD that can be played in all DVD-players that supports VCD's. |
So to sum up:
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When the marking "Video CD" is on the cover (regardless of any "CD-i" marking), the CD is a so called WhiteBook-format CD, and can be played in any VCD-compatible DVD-player. |
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When no "Video CD" marking is on the cover, the CD is a so called Greenbook-format CD, i.e. a CD-i disc with MPEG-video that may not conform to the standards when it comes to bitrate, MPEG-structure and/or picture-size. On the CD is also a special CD-i program which is used to play the video from the disc. |
I have a disc of type 2 above (a GreenBook CD), so to be able to play this in a DVD-player, the player has to support CD-i fully.
When I insert the CD-i disc into the NorthQ, this is what happens:
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The NorthQ tried to identify the CD, but did not succeed. Instead it opened the DVD-tray! |
I also have another CD-i title:
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The NorthQ had the same problems with this CD-i title. It tried to identify the CD, but failed and opened the DVD-tray. |
So apparently, the NorthQ 7100 does not support CD-i!