How do I burn a pc video file on a DVD-R so that my DVD player...

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can play it? It is a large avi file.

Thanks,

[philosophie_en_rose]

1. I have a program that does it for me.

I don't know how you would do it otherwise, but I think it also depends on your DVD player.

Mine is a cheapie, so it only plays converted files and mpegs.

If yours can play avi files, then you just need to burn it to a disc.

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2. What program do you use?

I didn't think just burning it would work...

[philosophie_en_rose]

4. Intervideo WinDVD

It was pre-installed on my computer.

[Lost-in-FL]

3. Post your question here...

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topics&forum=242

They are a great help. :hi:

[TheBaldyMan]

5. you need to burn it in a format that your DVD can read

that means the video and audio both have to be of the right format.

It helps if they are both the same kind of 'flavour' for encoding and decoding.

Perhaps your media player allows you to save the *.avi to a DVD in DVD format, this would look like a *.vob file extension in the "Save as ..." option if you have one. I think that certain versions of Windows Media Player can do this.

this link gives a very basic intro to http://www.digitalfaq.com/dvdguides/basics/dvdintro.htm">burning video to a DVD format.