I just burnt a dvd on my computer for the first time, it refuses to play in my set top box.

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  1. wtpholdem

    wtpholdem Member

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    Ok i did i did a site search but nothing really helpful came up. Could someone please help or point me towards help? I will list in order the steps that i did.

    Steps 1 downloaded file off internet
    2 burnt useing the basic mydvd program that came on my comp
    3 played in computer abd it worked just fine.
    4 tried to play in tv dvd play and got a no play back warning.

    My tv dvd player/recorder is a -r model and my comp works with both - and +r. I know the kinda disk i used to burn the movie works in my tv player as i use them all the time to back up vhs tapes. The file i downloaded is .avi and i believe it was encoded with divx as a divx symbol apears on screen when the movie first starts playing on my comp. Could someone teach me how to make the dvd playable in my set top box?
     
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    Also i can understand if nobody wants to teach me step by step. If that is the case could someone provide with a link that will help me with this issue.
     
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    unless your stand alone dvd player playes dvix it should play the disk, so what you havee to do is use a program like vso convertxtodvd, this program will convert the avi file to dvd complyment so it can play in your dvd player, there is a trial version of the program and it will convert your file but it will leave a watermark on the disk untill you buy the program , verry good program worth the money good luck happy burning have a nice day. no verry easy to use. now just open your burning program and find where you put your converted files and burn to dvd, nice and easy
     
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    ty i will give it a try.
     
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    Ok i'm dling now. I'm not gona need a degree in video editing to use this program am I?
     
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    Ok i'm dling now. I'm not gona need a degree in video editing to use this program am I?
     
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    Ok i converted a .avi movie file but decided i did not want to burn it right then as i had something else to do so i stoped the program. Now when i look up old projects i see that it has seperated the audio and video into 2 distinct folders. What do i do now? Or would it be easier to convert the original file again and just burn the dvd when it prompts me to do so?
     

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