My computer works with Windows Professional XP and I used the DIVx directons to burn the CD, if that helps.
Playback on DVD Player
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sking
Playback on DVD Player
I completed my project and the CD-R plays beautifully on my computer but when I try to play it on the television using a built in dvd player it says there is a disc error, can anyone help me to understand what I need to do to get this to play on the television?
My computer works with Windows Professional XP and I used the DIVx directons to burn the CD, if that helps.
My computer works with Windows Professional XP and I used the DIVx directons to burn the CD, if that helps.
DVD Player?
What type of disc did you create? VCD, SVCD, DVD (miniDVD)?
Since you are burning to a CD-R, keep in mind that not many DVD Players will recognize miniDVD's (DVD format burned to a CD-R). So if that's the type of disc you created, it could be that your DVD Player just doesn't recognize it. You would have to go with a VCD or SVCD format to see if your DVD Player can read those. Or burn your DVD to an actual DVD disc (DVD Burners and media have come down -- OfficaMax has a 4x DVD Burner for $29.00 without rebates, and you can get 25 DVD-R's for about $5.00 nowadays).
Since you are burning to a CD-R, keep in mind that not many DVD Players will recognize miniDVD's (DVD format burned to a CD-R). So if that's the type of disc you created, it could be that your DVD Player just doesn't recognize it. You would have to go with a VCD or SVCD format to see if your DVD Player can read those. Or burn your DVD to an actual DVD disc (DVD Burners and media have come down -- OfficaMax has a 4x DVD Burner for $29.00 without rebates, and you can get 25 DVD-R's for about $5.00 nowadays).
George
Uh, yeah. If you really put video on a CD-R, you're off the bottom of the compatibility chart.
CD-R = BAD (for video)
DVD-R = GOOD
In fact, you cannot make a homemade DVD that will play on every player. The best you can do is make one that will play on about 90% of players:
1- Use a DVD-R blank (DVD+R is a close 2nd)
2- Use MPEG-2 video
3- Use AC3 or LPCM audio
4- Author the DVD like a normal video DVD (with the VIDEO_TS and AUDIO_TS folders, etc.)
If you have the owner's manual for your DVD player, it should tell you what formats it will play. But, you may have to experiment. If you are going to be making lots of DVDs, you really need a player that can play DVD-RW or DVD+RW, so you can experiment with your DVD creations without making "coasters".
CD-R = BAD (for video)
DVD-R = GOOD
In fact, you cannot make a homemade DVD that will play on every player. The best you can do is make one that will play on about 90% of players:
1- Use a DVD-R blank (DVD+R is a close 2nd)
2- Use MPEG-2 video
3- Use AC3 or LPCM audio
4- Author the DVD like a normal video DVD (with the VIDEO_TS and AUDIO_TS folders, etc.)
If you have the owner's manual for your DVD player, it should tell you what formats it will play. But, you may have to experiment. If you are going to be making lots of DVDs, you really need a player that can play DVD-RW or DVD+RW, so you can experiment with your DVD creations without making "coasters".
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mbelli
Are you sure about compatability problems with video on a CD-R?
I don't think any DVD player in North America or Asia ever created cannot play VCD format. Players wer able to play VCD even before DVD. So, I think compatability wise VCD is just as good if not better than DVD-R, even with older DVD players.
Now you will hit a wall with the fact that like DVD-R your VCD's are burned and not replicated, so that could snag you on some machines.
I give VCD's to clients and use them as cheap backups to mission critical DVD-R's and I've never had playback problems from them.
If you go any other format onto CD-R like divX, Windows Media, Quicktime, raw MPEG1 -- then that of course those will not play in 99% of DVD players. But going VCD should be fine.
Remember though, you take a massive rreslution/quality hit going VCD over DVD-Video.
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I don't think any DVD player in North America or Asia ever created cannot play VCD format. Players wer able to play VCD even before DVD. So, I think compatability wise VCD is just as good if not better than DVD-R, even with older DVD players.
Now you will hit a wall with the fact that like DVD-R your VCD's are burned and not replicated, so that could snag you on some machines.
I give VCD's to clients and use them as cheap backups to mission critical DVD-R's and I've never had playback problems from them.
If you go any other format onto CD-R like divX, Windows Media, Quicktime, raw MPEG1 -- then that of course those will not play in 99% of DVD players. But going VCD should be fine.
Remember though, you take a massive rreslution/quality hit going VCD over DVD-Video.
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