I found that using a DVD- disk worked better in all my DVD players, my pcs,
and my old Mac Cube. It's the older "standard" so that may be why it works
in more players. Still didn't play in my little portable DVD player, though.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Gregg Pfaff" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Tuesday, June 22, 2010 11:20 AM
Subject: Re: [PCSOFT] video format
> The program I use is "ConvertXtoDVD" and haven't had any problems playing
> even DVDRW's in any DVD player. Hope it helps you too.
> http://www.vso-software.fr/products/convert_x_to_dvd/
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Russ Cox" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Monday, June 21, 2010 9:18 PM
> Subject: [PCSOFT] video format
>
>
> I converted a video from a Sony handicam to an avi file that plays on my
> computer with Media Player (on an XP machine and on a Win 7 machine with
> the latest Medai Players). I found a conversion program (Avi To Dvd Free
> Converter 5.6 (Windows) that converted the avi file to a DVD file and
> burned it to a DVD+ disk. Worked slick! It plays just fine on my pcs and
> on my Panasonic Blu Ray DVD player. But it won't play on my other
> Panasonic DVD player nor on a portable DVD player nor on a Mac G4 OS10.3.
> What's the problem? I can't identify the file format on the DVD when I
> check properties on the pc. It just says Type: file folder.
> What file format do I need to play on most standard DVD players? What
> software do I need to convert from the avi format to the DVD format?
>
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