Most DVD players can only play mpeg2 files, either as standard .vob or as plain .mpg files. A few can play Divx or xvid encoded .avi files (Philips). So the short answer is you need to find a program to convert the file, and also (if desired) make a standard DVD.
The newest WIndows Movie Maker might do it. Whatever DVD program you have there might do it. A bit more complicated, but free is Super (http://www.erightsoft.com/SUPER.html). On Mon, Dec 28, 2009 at 3:12 PM, Richard P. <[email protected]> wrote: > A friend sent a video DVD on which he had put some home movies. It > wouldn't play in the DVD player/TV set, but played OK in the computer. > What's the correct way to burn a DVD video so that it can be watched > on either a computer or stand-alone DVD player? Any suggestions will > be greatly appreciated. ************************************************************************* ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *************************************************************************
