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what video formats generally play on all dvd players?

Posted: Fri Dec 02, 2005 9:49 am
by Grandpa Stu
i have a divx video that i wanna burn to a cd so it can be watched on a dvd player. will burning the divx file straight to the cd work or do i need to convert it to some other format? if i do need to convert it then what format and what program should i use to convert it?

tia

Posted: Fri Dec 02, 2005 10:49 am
by SOAPboy
Raw AVI, Some mpeg, just depends..

Dvdhelp.com look up your dvd player

Posted: Fri Dec 02, 2005 5:51 pm
by hax103
The only format which will play on all DVD players is MPEG-2. There are several programs to convert avi files to true DVD formats for burning. i.e. avi2dvd or tmpenc

http://www.tmpgenc.net/e_main.html

Note that not all MPEG-2 files will even play. There are specific bitrates and resolutions which are meant for DVD. Other ones might not work depending on your player.

Posted: Fri Dec 02, 2005 6:08 pm
by SplishSplash
dvd or vcd

Posted: Sat Dec 03, 2005 2:59 am
by Grandpa Stu
kk. yeah i basically want a vcd to play on a dvd player. i'll check out the links. thanks.

Posted: Sat Dec 03, 2005 3:04 am
by SOAPboy
Erm i was wrong..

http://www.dvdrhelp.com

Forgot the R