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Discussion in 'DVDR' started by whiteboyg, May 14, 2005.

  1. whiteboyg

    whiteboyg Guest

    I have a cd burner at my house and i downloaded a movie and put it to a blank cd as a data disc.. Then i went to my friends house and tried to copy that cd-r to a dvd (he has a dvd burner) it seemed to work but it didn't play on a dvd player. I tried this with nero and a cheapier type of program, none worked. Someone please let me know where i went wrong and what i should do
    thank alot
     
  2. colw

    colw Active member

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    Buy a DVD burner and burn to DVD
     
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  3. whiteboyg

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    any other ideas please
    thanks
    i burned it to a cd and then from that cd to a dvd
    can i do this any other way so that it'll work
    thanks
     
  4. Trife

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    did u try using the software vso divx to dvd convert the file in 2 that 1st den use dvd shrink 2 compress it after that it should automatically burn wit nero n work perfectly does with me n i have no probs
     
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    What are the files that you burned to the cd, these files may not lie within the dvd standards, so although you have burned it to dvd, and the data is there, it may not be recognised as a valid dvd compilation for the standalone to play it.

    List the files here of what is on your cd, they may just need converting to the correct compliancy or even just lumping into a VIDEO_TS folder.

    We need to know what files you are using?



     
  6. Rotary

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    hi there

    as stated above need tons more info file types as mentioned and the whole process from start to finish and what apps were used!!!

    everything plus the kitchen sink please....
     
  7. whiteboyg

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    thanks for all the help so far, heres what i can tell u about the movie i tried to copy
    the audio format value is MPEG layer -3
    the video compression value is DivX codec..
    when i put the cd i originally copied it to inside a computer it just shows up as the movie when i go 2 it, it doesn't show any files, just the name of the movie, it pplays, but only on computers, it's a data disc... I just tried the dvd in my computer and it doesn't play, it showed the name of the movie but it wouldn't open and play it
    thanks again
     
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    hi

    try film machine and good quality RITEK GO5 8x media id code.
     
  9. creaky

    creaky Moderator Staff Member

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    @whiteboyg ..it won't play in a standalone player, just a PC as you've done a data dvd copy, ie just put a file on a data dvd. You first need to convert it to dvd-video format. Then you can burn using Nero or your program of choice.
    Here's something i use myself (there are others out there) - you can download a trial version of it here - http://www.winavi.com/WinAVI_Video_Converter.exe
     

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