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marlowe
from Antarctica on 2005-07-30 17:20 [#01679515]
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Hi, I just bought a DVDrw drive with accompanying software... I can burn IMAGE files fine, but I'm wondering how I can burn AVI and MPG etc files so they will play on a DVD player. Do I need to do something special here, or will creating a 'DATA' disc suffice... I doubt it will, personally.
Any help gratefully accepted.
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JivverDicker
from my house on 2005-07-30 17:24 [#01679521]
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You need to mess around with it before you can authorise it as a dvd. I can't remember what program you need to do that on a pc. give me a minute...
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xceque
on 2005-07-30 17:28 [#01679526]
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You need some authoring software. Most DVDRW drives come with something. Try DVD Architect (was SonicFoundry now Sony I guess). You'll need to "legalise" it cos it's expensive. There may be some free-er one.
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b6662966
from ? on 2005-07-30 18:21 [#01679548]
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depends on your dvd player, some will play mpeg/avis even xvid as a simple data disc. if yours doesnt , then youll have to convert .
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qrter
from the future, and it works (Netherlands, The) on 2005-07-30 19:34 [#01679589]
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you can probably burn and play video-cd's - if it's a file under 700Mb Nero (for example) can burn a video-cd which plays on most dvd players.
it'll not look or sound great, ofcourse.
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xceque
on 2005-07-30 19:41 [#01679593]
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This is also true. My DVD player will play VCDs, SVCDs, mp3s, divx, xvid and possibly DVD too. All those except proper DVD can be played from DVD R data discs, or even just CDRs
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marlowe
from Antarctica on 2005-07-31 06:12 [#01679742]
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Made my first DVD and it looks fine -- I hadn't realised that, like converting mp3s to CDAudio, there is decompression involved -- I had thought I could get the 1st two seasons of The Simpsons onto a DVD! Now I realise I can only do that as a DATA DVD and now a Watchable DVD.
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Aloysius
from what once was / spank me! (Netherlands, The) on 2005-07-31 06:15 [#01679744]
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Google for "winavi", dodgy use of english but it works amazing.
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-crazone
from smashing acid over and over on 2005-07-31 06:29 [#01679749]
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wich prog did you use?
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marlowe
from Antarctica on 2005-07-31 06:48 [#01679757]
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It actually did come with software (two different programs that's why I didn't realise at first)... InterVideo WinDVD Creator 2.
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