After downloading particular .avi and .mpeg from Groxster i was wondering is it possible to write these to CD-R or CD-RW and watch them on a standard DVD player.

I have tried to do this using what i have (pretty basic stuff that comes with the pc (AMD+1700, 512MB Ram 60GB WindowsXP)) and when i play back on DVD player it reads it as a standard music CD so only plays sound.

Please help unknowledgeable computer person.

Thanks,

Adrian

-- Adrian Forrest (adrianforrest69@hotmail.com), May 27, 2002

Answers

Many DVD players don't support burnable media at all. I suggest you go to www.vcdhelp.com and look at the DVD player compatibility list and see if your player supports CD-R/W discs. Also, you say nothing about how you tried to burn the disc. If you didn't make a VCD but simply burned the AVI file, you'll never be able to watch it on any standalone DVD player.

-- Root (Root@yahoo.com), May 28, 2002.

Some newer dvd players now play avi files burned as data.

-- william l riccio (luigidel@bellsouth.net), May 28, 2002.

I have a Apex 1100w DVD player and i can burn just mpg files and it will plat them but there no fastfoward or rewind

-- ivan (anitadorey@ns.sympatico.ca), May 31, 2002.

Well when you download an avi movie and want to make a vcd you will have to encode it. so u will have to download a encoder program so it will trun the avi into a mpeg so u can burn it and play it in your dvd player. *Make sure you dvd players can play vcd if it cant it will not work*.

-- Rick (rickhicks23@hotmail.com), July 27, 2002.