Compooter ficky needs help

[sumo]

Hi dudes and dudeesssss,Sumo needs help?
Im trying to make sure my DVD player will play the dvd discs for uxbridge so I downloaded the vids for here and burned them onto a disc.(ok so far) BUT neither my home or porable player will recognise the disc (disc error is all I get)
So please can anyone tell me (in words of one cylable and NO computer speak) how to do it? and wot to save it as.
I got a valve driven pc running windows 98.
My portable is a Goodmans and reponds to Region 2 only.
cheers
sumo.

[Scubasurf]

Hi dudes and dudeesssss,Sumo needs help?
Im trying to make sure my DVD player will play the dvd discs for uxbridge so I downloaded the vids for here and burned them onto a disc.(ok so far) BUT neither my home or porable player will recognise the disc (disc error is all I get)
So please can anyone tell me (in words of one cylable and NO computer speak) how to do it? and wot to save it as.
I got a valve driven pc running windows 98.
My portable is a Goodmans and reponds to Region 2 only.
cheers
sumo.

Check which format you are recording in and which format your player will recognise. there are several recording formats and some DVD player will only play specific formats.

[stara]

make sure your player supports VCD (video cd's), also movie files should be in mpeg2 format, if it is in wmv, you will need to convert it, there are a number of free 'dvd creator' progs you can use.

[slim]

Hi dudes and dudeesssss,Sumo needs help?
Im trying to make sure my DVD player will play the dvd discs for uxbridge so I downloaded the vids for here and burned them onto a disc.(ok so far) BUT neither my home or porable player will recognise the disc (disc error is all I get)
So please can anyone tell me (in words of one cylable and NO computer speak) how to do it? and wot to save it as.
I got a valve driven pc running windows 98.
My portable is a Goodmans and reponds to Region 2 only.
cheers
sumo.

are you talking about dvd format or video cd?????


i have tried dffrent methods of recording dvd and to this day it can still be a bit finicky. most errors are caused cause of bad media or a media that your dvd recorder/players doesnt like. try a few diffrent media types and c where that takes u. the media that i now use appears to work with most branded dvd recorders but not all!!! what software are you using as getting a good software may reduce some complications there is a lot of good freeware that will do the job ok

oh forgot in some cases depending on what software that you are using recording dvd can take up a lot of temp hard drive space this can also cause probs depending on the size of the dvd.....


hope u manage ok and happy recording
john

[Danno]

To be honest if your pc is old as you say and running win98 you'll struggle to encode the video into a DVD format.

I have tried all sorts of encoding software, and DVD's and have yet find any media ( blank DVD's ) that'll work!! Take my advise and stick to using software called Nero to encode and burn a VCD. A VCD will work in a PC but not all standalone DVD players will play them.

DVD's are notoriously complicated to make work in my opinion. Have a look at www.vcdhelp.com or www.dvdhelp.com ( same site ). Loads of tutorials on the site, and links to free encoding and authoring software.

BTW The majority of standalone DVD players will only accept DVD-R media. Not DVD+R, and only SOME branded media. So don't buy cheapo PC world muck!! Although they are ok for data storage.