Cannot get DVD's to play on stand alone recorder/player. I have tried several
different formats and converter software without any success. What format
is needed to play avi on vcr player? What program should I use to convert it?

Thanks

TNRoadHog wrote:
> Cannot get DVD's to play on stand alone recorder/player. I have tried
> several different formats and converter software without any
> success. What format is needed to play avi on vcr player? What
> program should I use to convert it?
>
> Thanks
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VCR? I'm guessing you mean DVD player?

Some stand alone DVD players will not
play a home made DVD...there's nothing
you can do about that. But...assuming yours
will play one...you need to create a Video
DVD...not a Data DVD.

Possible authoring software choices may
be...Nero, Roxio, Ulead, WinDVD, ProShow
Gold...etc....

The main thing is that your choice of authoring
software is compatible with .avi files.

Good luck...

Maybe these articles will offer some ideas:

Turn your Movie Maker 2
video into a DVD
http://tinyurl.com/4k97d

Wojo's Web...DVD Creation
http://tinyurl.com/g64gb

Burn a Movie Maker Project to DVD
http://tinyurl.com/644me

How do I make a DVD
http://www.rehanfx.org/faq.htm

Windows Movie Maker Forums
http://www.windowsmoviemakers.net/forums/

Movie Maker 2 and DVD Burning Software
http://www.papajohn.org/MM2-DVD.html

Burning DVDs With Windows Movie Maker 2
http://tinyurl.com/jqfz

How do I save my movie as a
DV-AVI file in Movie Maker?
http://tinyurl.com/8ktlw

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John Inzer
MS Picture It! -
Digital Image MVP

Digital Image
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This is not tech support
I am a volunteer

Solutions that work for
me may not work for you

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Cari (MS-MVP) wrote:
> Depends on your standalone player, but I use the Divx Converter and
> burn data DVDs and they all play fine on my standalones. www.divx.com
>
============================
Data DVDs? Just wondering...if you
explore the completed DVD what file
formats do you find?

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John Inzer
MS Picture It! -
Digital Image MVP

Digital Image
Highlights and FAQs
http://tinyurl.com/aczzp

Notice
This is not tech support
I am a volunteer

Solutions that work for
me may not work for you

Proceed at your own risk

Just divx extensions. We have a Philips DVP-642 and a Philips DVP-5960.
You can fit half a standard 22 epsiode season on a data DVD and they play
beautifully.
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Cari (MS-MVP)
Windows Technologies - Printing & Imaging
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"John Inzer" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message

> Data DVDs? Just wondering...if you
> explore the completed DVD what file
> formats do you find?
>
> --
>
> John Inzer
> MS Picture It! -
> Digital Image MVP
>

Cari (MS-MVP) wrote:
> Just divx extensions. We have a Philips DVP-642 and a Philips
> DVP-5960. You can fit half a standard 22 epsiode season on a data DVD
> and they play beautifully.
>
>> Data DVDs? Just wondering...if you
>> explore the completed DVD what file
>> formats do you find?
=======================
Thanks for the info. Those formats
won't play on my Toshiba DVD players...
maybe it's time for me to upgrade )

--

John Inzer
MS Picture It! -
Digital Image MVP

Digital Image
Highlights and FAQs
http://tinyurl.com/aczzp

Notice
This is not tech support
I am a volunteer

Solutions that work for
me may not work for you

Proceed at your own risk

Get something cheap... the cheaper ones can easily be persuaded to play all
Region disks as well.... it seems the more expensive the player, the harder
that part is!
--
Cari (MS-MVP)
Windows Technologies - Printing & Imaging
http://www.coribright.com/windows

"John Inzer" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message news:%
> Thanks for the info. Those formats
> won't play on my Toshiba DVD players...
> maybe it's time for me to upgrade )
>
> --
>
> John Inzer
> MS Picture It! -
> Digital Image MVP
>
> Digital Image
> Highlights and FAQs
> http://tinyurl.com/aczzp
>
> Notice
> This is not tech support
> I am a volunteer
>
> Solutions that work for
> me may not work for you
>
> Proceed at your own risk
>

Cari (MS-MVP) wrote:
> Get something cheap... the cheaper ones can easily be persuaded to
> play all Region disks as well.... it seems the more expensive the
> player, the harder that part is!
===================
Thanks for the tip )

--

John Inzer
MS Picture It! -
Digital Image MVP

Digital Image
Highlights and FAQs
http://tinyurl.com/aczzp

Notice
This is not tech support
I am a volunteer

Solutions that work for
me may not work for you

Proceed at your own risk