BURN Damn You!!

[Flip]

Ok so I'm downloading torrents and trying to burn em onto DVDs, and like half of em say "disc error. may not have playback feature" or something when I try and play it in my dvd player, even though it works in my media player on the cp. They have the same ".avi" extention but some work and others don't. What am I missing here?

...help me...

[sNyx]

I did the same yesterday, where I took the two avi's from WOTW and threw em on one pimpin DVD. I attempted to burn them onto CDR but they came up to 900mb encoded files. I think the problem is the fact that they have been encoded in other countries which DVD players are formatted to play based on topographical settings (ie. japan dvd's wont play here). Now im no torrent techy, but my first thought was to recode the files (avi/mpeg/dvix) using some software and then burning them. I will update ya along the way.

[Lil Jenna]

HI FLIP!!!!!!!!!


It was so good to see you at the party last weekend :) You are looking gooooooood :p

[mystery]

you need to encode it to mpeg2 format then use some sort of DVD authoring program to create the proper directories and VOB files so your DVD player can read it.

[Flip]

Originally Posted by Lil Jenna

HI FLIP!!!!!!!!!


It was so good to see you at the party last weekend :) You are looking gooooooood :p

I always look good baby! But you were lookin FIIIIIIIINE Girl!! So aside from this past weekend, we haven't seen each other in ages. You should make a point of coming out to my new pad some time soon. Well it's not new, I've been there since last August but I don't think you've been over since I moved out of my last place. Hurry, I'm thinking of selling this place and moving again in the next 3 or 4 months, but don't worry I'm not going too far. So yeah were abouts are you living now a days? Why have I not heard from you hmmmm? Call me, sweet-cheeks.

Oh and J-DAWG I'm gonna try that, silly me assumed burning DVDs would be as easy as burning CDs. Stupid me!

[stringbeans]

Originally Posted by J-DAWG

you need to encode it to mpeg2 format then use some sort of DVD authoring program to create the proper directories and VOB files so your DVD player can read it.

right on the money

[sNyx]

Originally Posted by J-DAWG

you need to encode it to mpeg2 format then use some sort of DVD authoring program to create the proper directories and VOB files so your DVD player can read it.

I got a copy of DIVX Create bundle thingy, it seemed to be just the the Doc ordered. However it crashed out on me when I woke up and I didn't have time to see what happened. I will update on its success tonight.

smallbeans - why not add to the topic, not attempt to sound like some smrtass shit

[stringbeans]

haha awesome, bad karma from myles again.

i was about to post the same thing as jdawg but i noticed he had already posted the correct information. i wasnt trying to be hostile/smartassed at all but i guess you need someone to take out your anger management issues on.

anyways, movie dvd's have a strict directory structure it follows which involves having a VIDEO_TS folder and AUDIO_TS folder. your avi will also need to be converted into mpeg2 vob files otherwise your dvd player wont be able to read the disc properly. like jdawg said, there are many dvd authoring programs out there. im not sure if it does dvd authoring, but check out "dvd shrink" www.dvdshrink.org

[Flip]

Yup, I've got dvd shrink on my cp, I've just never used it. So I just go into the program and open the file with dvd shrink then it will get it into the right format, ready to burn? I'll give it a whirl. Thanx all.