DVD-Player

Hey ppl.
i got this new DVD-Player, Panasonic DVD-F85 , and its amazing. i just one problem. i burned a movie into a CD-R and the file format was .avi and when i put it in the player, it said can't play this type of format. can u ppl out ther just give me some info on which file formats can be played on my dvd-player? in detail or general. apperciate it bye.

 

It can play DVD-video,VideoCD (VCD), and SuperVideoCD (SVCD), most likely, and maybe Divx. Check your instruction manual to be sure.

 

thx. anymore ideas ppl?

 

try browsing for it on the panasonic website and if it doesn't give you the info you're after, give them an email.

 

okay thx.
one more thing, about DVDClone, if we rent a movie from blockbuster and put it in the comp, can i burn it into a CD-R so that i can keep it ? and one more thing, i downloaded a movie with format .avi and audio .ac3, how can i burn it into a CD-R? thx alot ppl for ur help.

 

No you can't put it to cd-r it won't fit and you need a dvd writer and to burn it. You can write .avi files to disc, but it can take ages, took me 13 hours to put 2 hours of .avi film i recorded during a holiday onto a disc using nero 6, had to convert it to the correct files. You really should be using dvd-r discs for video files, not cd-r.

 

oh ok, so if i get some DVD-R, i can burn the movies right? and for DVD burner what do mean? l have a CD burner would that work?

 

Your DVD player will not play .AVI It will only play MPEG2, which is another compressed file format. It is lesser quality than MPEG4 (DVD), but the compression is what allows you to fit in onto a 700Mb CD-R. As mentioned above, if you create a VCD from your MPEG videos (with Nero 6, etc.) it will play on your DVD player. The quality though, will be crummy.

You need a DVD+/-R burner for your PC. Go to this website: www.Doom9.org and download DVD Decrypter and DVD Shrink. DVD Decrypter will decrypt and copy all of the individual audio and video files (.VOB files) to a directory on your hard drive, and DVD Shrink will, in addition to burn to DVD, allow you to choose a ton of options, including what to keep and what to omit (subtitles, interactive crap, etc.), whether to use compression and how much, etc. All of this is for the sake of keeping the movie on one disc.

Burnable DVD's only hold 4.7 Gb. A Commercial DVD movie is dual layer and holds over 9 GBs (ever notice that part of a movie about 3/4's of the way through where it seems to "freeze" for a split second? That's called layer shift.)

So, you have two options, use compression - or span two recordable DVD's. For example, I copied Elf last night. The total movie, including all of the extra's is 7 point something Gigs. I used no compression, but by omitting everything but the actual movie, I got it down to 3.8 Gb's. This allowed it to fit onto one DVD. I did all of this using DVD Dycrypter and DVD Shrink (did I mention that both of them are FREE?)

The only problem is, my DVD player is a bit old and only plays DVD-R. My burner is alos old, and only burns +R. So, most of the movies I make, I can't even watch. They'll play in the PS2 just fine though.

Anyway, let me know if you have any more questions.



Steve

 

not entirely correct, you can rip it to your pc as a .avi then burn it with Nero as "VideoCD (VCD)" or "SuperVideoCD" (SVCD), these discs can be played on the dvd player IF it supports VCD and/or SVCD

edit: note that you will not have the menus.

 

Your'e right, but when you create a VCD, the .AVI's are converted to MPEG 2 in the process. If you were to look at the files on a VCD, they are MPEG's.



Steve

 

so does that mean that i can watch movie in my player in a good quality?

 

Well, becuase a VCD uses heavy compression, not really. It all depends. I prefer the absolute best quality possible if watching say an action/adventure movie with lot's of special effects. If it's a comedy, MPEG 2 is probably fine. Quality is ones opinion.



Steve

 

thx for the help. for the DVD Burner, i have a CD-R/RW burner, would that work? i myself hardly doubt it

 

Trust me dude, you gotta get yourself a dvd burner, its like a cd-rw drive only cd-rw drives can write cds whereas dvd-rw drives can write cds and dvds, dvds holding more space, something like 4.7gb per disc.

 

If you are running Windows XP, you can use Windows Movie Maker to burn them to a VCD that should play in newer DVD players.

When you get the cash, this is definitely good advice.