Dvd to file -help

[BadTast]

Hi! I need to know how can i burn a movie so it is in a file when i go to play it on my dvd player.I cant play any of my movies on my dvd players but they work in my pc and my dvd/vcr player.When i play them on my dvd/vcr they turn off after 5mins into the movie.I use Nero to burn to a Dvd disk.Can someone help me please??

[mats.hogberg]

With not much to go on, I'd say bad/incompatible media.
Could you describe your process in a little more detail?
What is your source material? What do you do with that (every step until you've got a Video DVD disc in your hand)?

/Mats

[BadTast]

Ok i use Cucusoft to change it then i use IFO then i use Nero.When i use Nero i do dvd burn it gives me 2 files Audio_ts & Videos_Ts i then add them to the Video file. I use DvD-RW's disks.If you need more info can you tell me what kind of info you need -) It will work in my friends dvd play just not mine.I know the dvd play works it might work if the movie is in a file i just dont know how to put it in one.Thank you for your time!

[mats.hogberg]

Avoid using words like "it" (i use Cucusoft to change it ) when nobody has a clue as to what "it" might stand for!
It's not easy when you're new to things to know what's relevant and not, but descriptions like:

I have an AVI with X fps, YxZ resolution, a bitrate of D, encoded with the xyz codec. The audio is encoded as Q. It's z minutes long. I load it into Z, cange the q setting to p, the w setting to h, and click Start. Then I take the z file from Z output, load it into J and change the U setting and save.

are what at least I like to see to be able to pinpoin problems.

Never used Cucusoft, but that the DVD plays fine in your friends player, suggests a media incompatibility issue with your player. It might not like DVD-RW at all, or not the manufacturing of the DVD-RW you use or... Try other types of media (+RW, +R -R) and other brand/manufacturer of media.
The movie shouldn't be "in a file" for best compatibility - it should be authored as VOBs IFOs and BUPs in a VIDEO_TS folder, so you're on the right track.

/Mats