.avi movies and a DVD player...

[ken124578]

I just split my 829 mb movie into 2 smaller pieces that fit on a cd but my DVD player somehow can't read the movie? What's the problem?

Here's some more information:

When i first got the movie realplayer/quicktime/windows media player couldn't play it because it lacked a DiV decompressor.

I used "Nera burning rom" and burnt the movie on CD as "data" instead of the other things as that would require me to split the movie into 3/4 pieces.

DVD player: "pioneer: DVD LD-player 909DVL."

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That's all i know. ???

[Apollyon]

Not many DVD players play DivX movies, simple as that.

[number6]

You just can't play video files on a DVD player. The disk needs to be in a specific format. Nero can burn VCD/SVCD's (Video/Super Video CD), but you have to specify that in the disk creation wizard. If you just create a data CD/DVD you will only be able to view the contents of the disk on a PC.

[Apollyon]

Actually some DVD players can play the video files directly, but those DVD players also tend to be the ones that can play DivX and I don't think Ken has such a player.

[ken124578]

You just can't play video files on a DVD player. The disk needs to be in a specific format. Nero can burn VCD/SVCD's (Video/Super Video CD), but you have to specify that in the disk creation wizard. If you just create a data CD/DVD you will only be able to view the contents of the disk on a PC.

So... i should select "video" when i'm burning it on cd?

[number6]

Yes that sounds right. It is under the "other" options of Nero. The problem is that Nero will not be able to burn directly from a divx avi file to VCD. I think you need to convert the avi file to an MPEG video which has less compression than your divx file. Personally I think it is too much effort to burn these things to a CD/DVD. I just go out and get the movie on DVD or watch the video on my computer.

[number6]

Actually some DVD players can play the video files directly, but those DVD players also tend to be the ones that can play DivX and I don't think Ken has such a player.

I have never seen one that can. They must be the real expensive brand DVD players.

[ken124578]

Ah, but you don't know me number6, i'm too cheap for that. ;D

So how can i convert it to .mpeg?

Actually some DVD players can play the video files directly, but those DVD players also tend to be the ones that can play DivX and I don't think Ken has such a player.

I have never seen one that can. They must be the real expensive brand DVD players.

The dvd player i have here costs 1,000 euro's, thank you. :)

[number6]

Go to this link for some good info :

http://www.monroeworld.com/pchelp/convertdivx.htm

[ken124578]

You will need a LOT of free hard drive space (about 25GB for a one hour show)

AHHH :O, 2.5 X 25 = 62.5gb :O. I don't have THAT much free hard drive space. :O

Isn't there another way?

btw. i still don't have an answer to my question, can my dvd player read the movie?

[number6]

If it could you would be watching it now wouldn't you? This is the closest model I could find to yours:

http://www.pioneerelectronics.com/Pioneer/CDA/HomeProducts/HomeProductDetails/0,1422,275,00.html

and that player will not play avi files. The files need to be in mpeg format and the disk needs to have support files too. You just can't copy the file to the disk. That would make too much sense.

Those instructions that I linked to do not have to be followed to the letter. I would just get the "TMPGenc" application and convert the avi's over to mpg format. After that you can have nero burn the VCD.

[Apollyon]

I have never seen one that can. They must be the real expensive brand DVD players.

Actually I got mine for about

[ken124578]

If it could you would be watching it now wouldn't you? This is the closest model I could find to yours:

http://www.pioneerelectronics.com/Pioneer/CDA/HomeProducts/HomeProductDetails/0,1422,275,00.html

That's not the one.

Number 6: Do you know how to seperate the audio from the video using virtual dub?

[number6]

Sorry, I can't help with Virtual Dub. Why not post in this forum:

http://www.monroeworld.com/forum/viewforum.php?f=8

This forum is run by the guy who posted those instructions for creating perfect VCD's from a divx file. The link above is to his PC tech help forum which I think is an appropriate place to ask for help on his procedure.