How to play video files on DVD?

Question

Okay, I made some avi files on the computer, converting to mpeg is not a problem. Does dvd player play mpeg as well? And let's say if I have 10 mpeg files. How do I tell my dvd player to play them. Does it work like DVD or special software is needed to have it convert first???

Answer 1

Most dvd players read mpeg files. Some of them will play them automactly and some will show the files on the tv's screen so u can select which one u wanna play first. U shouldnt have any problem playing them with ur dvd player, however u can play those avi files in certains dvd player, which of course, are more expensive.

Answer 2

As far as I know, the DVD players we commonly use will only play DVD movies if it finds the specific files/folders that it expects (eg, VIDEO_TS folder with associated files**), or JPGs or MP3s, etc. If the player finds an AVI file, I do not believe it will play this format, but I could be wrong.

**Just pop in one of your DVD movies into your PCs DVD drive and browse the folders.

So, normally, when downloading movies from say a mini-DV video camera, the file will be a very high quality, very LARGE (1hr approx. 12-13GB), and is an AVI file. You then need to 'produce' a movie using software such as Pinnacle Studio, ULEAD, etc...by this I mean you edit the scenes you want to shorten or exclude, add music, pictures, text frames, menus and chapters, and then you wait overnight for the rendering to process, and in the end you will have a directory structure filled with appropriate files. Then it's just a matter of copying these files to a DVD disc, and voila, you can play this in your DVD player.

If there is a new type of DVD player on the market that plays AVI file natively, I apologize for this inappropriate answer.

Answer 3

Use Windows Media Player or Quicktime to play these videos.