I have a DVD player that plays avi files. It expects them to be divx encoded. So far it has played all of the discs that I had backed up from a couple of years ago. The CDs are just normal CDs with one or more avi files on them. I think I picked up the player for about $60.
If you want to create S/VCD or DVD compatible disks though, you might want to check out: http://qdvdauthor.sourceforge.net/ for DVD http://www.cornelinux.de/web/linux/kavi2svcd/index-english.html for SVCD Most of my experience has been with going the other direction (DVD to avi), but with the price of DVDs having dropped, now I usually just recode the original DVD so the backup fits on a 4.5 Gig disc. > Ok.....are you just copying an avi data file as a file onto the CD and > putting that into the player? > > Dennis > > > R. Busch wrote: >> On Wed, 16 Aug 2006, Sebastian Smith wrote: >> >> >>>> As I look on the web for options - they are all over. >>>> >>>> I have some avi's I would like to slap on a cd or dvd and play on >>>> my home dvd player. >>>> >>>> Recommendations on the least painful way to accomplish that? >>>> >>>> >>> You could use transcode, but it is quite painful. Do you know the >>> encoding of the video and audio streams? >>> >> >> lol >> the least painful is spending $75 on a >> player than can play avi's outright ;) >> >> my $0.02 >> >> Rainer >> >> p.s. I bought some Philips player @ circuit city for a friend >> Seems to work fine. >> >> > > > _______________________________________________ > RLUG mailing list > RLUG@rlug.org > http://lists.rlug.org/mailman/listinfo/rlug > > _______________________________________________ RLUG mailing list RLUG@rlug.org http://lists.rlug.org/mailman/listinfo/rlug
