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viewing burned dvds

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  • 22-09-2009 4:17pm
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    RubyXI
    Registered Users Posts: 1,596 ✭✭✭


    Im trying to burn some movies i have on my laptop onto dvds.
    But when i put the dvd into my dvd player, "unknown disc" comes up.
    I've tried a few different discs now and all the same.
    It's not my dvd player because i can view discs other people have burned. I must just be doing something wrong. Can anyone help me out?


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    #2
    wolfric
    Registered Users Posts: 1,190 ✭✭✭wolfric


    You should be asking what you're doing wrong when you burn them. Generally you have to format the disk and write it in such a way that it's an actual dvd not just a copied avi file. How are you attempting this?


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    biko
    Registered Users Posts: 81,223 ✭✭✭✭biko


    What burner?
    What settings/format?


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    wobzilla
    Closed Accounts Posts: 112 ✭✭wobzilla


    get http://www.dvdflick.net/
    and http://www.imgburn.com/


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    RubyXI
    Registered Users Posts: 1,596 ✭✭✭RubyXI


    i've just been dragging and dropping them onto the dvd folder.


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    wolfric
    Registered Users Posts: 1,190 ✭✭✭wolfric


    Yes that's exactly what not to do (as my first post said about the avi). You need to use a program. Try the one posted earlier


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    Overheal
    Registered Users Posts: 81,851 ✭✭✭✭Overheal


    drag and drop treats it like a file. your dvd player doesnt read it like that at all, it needs to read it as raw video. burning software will take care of the conversion if done right.


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    snappieT
    Registered Users Posts: 3,357 ✭✭✭snappieT


    Alternatively, if you want to avoid having to do this transcoding each time you burn a disc (it takes time, and you won't fit nearly as much onto a disc as you're getting now), you can get a DVD player that can read from the file and play onto your TV. Look for "DivX DVD player", they're not too expensive. Here's one: http://www.maplin.co.uk/Module.aspx?ModuleNo=227101


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    Overheal
    Registered Users Posts: 81,851 ✭✭✭✭Overheal


    DivX kinda went under, format wise. you wont always get files in it either. most i run across are avi or mpeg4, though there are plenty of wmas and yeah the odd divx. it should support several formats if going that route.


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    RubyXI
    Registered Users Posts: 1,596 ✭✭✭RubyXI


    Thanks for yer help guys i got the videos working using those programmes.
    sorry for my ignorance, but i have one more question!
    When i put them on i only fit one video on a disk but i have seen disks of the same size with 4 or 5 videos on it. Do you know how i can do this?
    Thanks for yer help


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    snappieT
    Registered Users Posts: 3,357 ✭✭✭snappieT


    Overheal wrote: »
    DivX kinda went under, format wise. you wont always get files in it either. most i run across are avi or mpeg4, though there are plenty of wmas and yeah the odd divx. it should support several formats if going that route.
    Jesus Christ, do a bit of research. AVI is a container format, where the video may be encoded with DivX, which is a type of MPEG4 codec.


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    Gone Drinking
    Registered Users Posts: 2,809 ✭✭✭Gone Drinking


    snappieT wrote: »
    Jesus Christ, do a bit of research.

    SnappieT, no questions needed about where you got the username.

    Relax there matey, lifes too short to be getting stressed out over little mistakes here and there.


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