Techie help needed please?

[Tam]

I have some video files on my hard drive and I want to be able to put them on a cd that will run on my dvd player, is there a way to do this? I have used about every file format I can think of but maybe I am doing something wrong. I have a new dvd player that will play mp3s and videos and all this, but I can't seem to hit the right format or something. Does anyone know how to make this happen?

Is there something special I have to do when I record them to a cd that will make them play?

Tam

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[Matt]

Do you have a CDR or a DVDR?

[Tam]

It is a CD-RW CRX175E and I also have a DVD ROm in it, but the burner is a cd-rw....... don't tell me, I need it to be a dvdr, right?

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[Matt]

I'd go with the 2 in one.. CDRW & DVDRW

[tenletters]

Originally posted by Tam:
don't tell me, I need it to be a dvdr, right?

That would be my answer.

[Jer]

Tam, you need to convert it to be a VCD.
I don't know exactly how it works, but you convert to some file type, and a software will burn a CD-R and made it a VideoCD (VCD). So if your DVD player supports VCD, it'll play like a DVD.
www.vcdhelp.com

I'll buy a DVD only in January, so I didn't test it yet. Have DVD just at my notebook, and just used it to test a dvd, didn't even watched it.

[yys]

You will have to burn the files as vcd/svcd . The files will also have to be in mpeg format. You should be able to figure out how to do it by reading up at http://www.vcdhelper.com. Hope that helps you
Good Luck

[RK]

Originally posted by yys:
You will have to burn the files as vcd/svcd . The files will also have to be in mpeg format.

That's correct. I recall cd creator pro can burn VCDs (video cds). You don't need a dvd writer.


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vcdgear.com has all the stuff you need tam!

[OsirisPLR]

This might also be of some help: http://www.divx-4.tv/tutorials/burningavcd.shtml



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[Tam]

Thanks guys, I am looking at all of this. I have burnt up so many blank cds that I may well have to buy stock in them soon if this keeps up. lol

You have been a huge help, as I knew you would. Wish me luck here, I am the dumbass in the gfy family, remember? LMAO

Tam

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