i download films burn 2 dvd play them but half of them dont work it says unknown file y please help?

Answer 1

The films need to be converted to DVD format.
Most DVD players will not recognize AVI or MPG files.

Use Nerovision (part of Nero 7) to do the conversion & DVD burn for you simultaneously :

http://www.nero.com/nero7/enu/Nero_7_UE_Full_Installer.php

regards,
Philip T

Answer 2

These days it doesn't really matter if it is +R or -R. what does matter is the format.
If you have downloaded full DVDs and just burned them as data then you could get this problem. You need a program capable of burning a DVD film as the files may need reorganising. Nero will do this if you choose the 'burn dvd files on hard drive' option.
Otherwise the only other things I can think of is that you are using Windows media player and it hasn't got the correct codec. Ditch WMP in this case and get Gom
http://www.gomplayer.com/main.html
(my favourite)
or VLC
http://www.videolan.org/vlc/
They'll play just about anything.
If you are trying to play it on a stand alone dvd player it may not support the file format and if so you are better converting the film to dvd before burning. Use Avi2dvd
http://www.trustfm.net/divx/SoftwareAvi2Dvd.html
Hope this helps a bit and enjoy the films.

Answer 3

are you burning them to a dvd+r or a dvd-r make sure its the right disk for the dvd player

Answer 4

ok: listen up very carefully ! yourself can use "InstantPhoto Shop "
where a software must be down loaded into your Hard drive
first ! then cd-writer/dvd-rom combo is required too because
that also 48x32x16x48xmaxspeed . Refer http://www.instant.photoshop.microsoftware.com or
http://yahoo.photos.editbin.com