VCD selecting audio channel

Hi,
I have some vcd's with two different audio channels. Left for cantonese and right for mandarin. I would like to watch those vcd's with quicktime 7, but I can't find out how to select the audio channel. Does someone have an idea? I have also VLC, but it's not really working well with vcd's =(
Best Regards,
Fung

A VCD is just a MPEG-1 file with a different name.
Mount the VCD and open it using the Finder. Drag the blah.DAT file to your Desktop (it will copy) and change .DAT to .mpg
Editing audio in the QuickTime Player is a "Pro" feature but the free Player can give you some control over audio playback.
With the file open in the QT Player hit Command-K and the A/V Controls window will open. Set the balance slider to the right or left to hear the different tracks.
MPEG Streamclip (free) can extract the audio (not much help for these mixed tracks) but maybe you could use third party software to delete one of the channels.

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