Posted by Stuart on 03/14/07 09:15

"Todd" <twrexxnospam@earthlink.net> wrote in message
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> Hi, all.
>
> I have some .avi files that I'd like to be able to burn onto a DVD so
> I can play it on my standalone DVD player that's hooked to my
> television.
>
> I've tried burning the files to a "video CD" using Nero, and that
> played fine on my computer but my standalone DVD player doesn't
> recognize it. It reads the disc but just gives me a black screen.
>
> Today I tried converting the files from .avi to .vob and burning to a
> DVD using Cucubus software. Windows Media Player crashed when it
> tried to play that.
>
> I'm at a loss here. What's the easiest way to do this?
>
> Thanks.
>
> Todd
Your home DVD player needs to support DivX or Xvid files to start with. If
it doesn't then all you can do is to convert them to formal DVD format using
a DVDauthoring program like ConvertXtoDVD etc.

It probably would be cheaper to buy a new DVD player that supports DivX
(avi's) than go through the time consuming conversion process then all you
have to do is copy the avi's as DATA onto a blank DVD-R etc

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