I tried:
$ mplayer vcd://
It would come up with:
Playing vcd://.
track 01: adr=1 ctrl=4 format=2 00:02:00 mode: 1
track 02: adr=1 ctrl=4 format=2 00:08:72 mode: 1
...
but exit without playing the tracks.
Track 1 also failed to play, however track 2 did playback the video.
$ mplayer vcd://2