New Divx dvd player issues

[Special-K]

Hi there, i've just replaced my dvd player with a Nissan DV-98S -

• 5.1 Dolby decoder, MP3, MPEG4, DivX, XVID, DPS
• The newest compression on the market NERO Digital
• Multi regionable
• Plays almost everything you throw at it
• Nero Digital™ is the first audio and video solution completely based the MPEG-4 standard

My question is, can i download a MPEG4, DivX, XVID movie and burn it to DVD to use on the player, or do i have to convert it to something else before i can watch it? To try it out, i have a movie but it's an AVI file, burnt it to disc but player would not read it ?@?#

I would appreciate anyones help, as i am totally new to all this. Have tried searching on the forums, but just getting more confused....thanks in advance !

[jtoolman2000]

First, please don't mention "download" unless of course you don't mean commercial copywritted material. That would be WAREZ. If it is public domain then it's fine.

These players should be able to play any of the formats you mention. Simply burn them as DATA on a CD or DVD/R. Do not convert them to anything else.

[handyguy]

Be sure to close your disc, it might not take multisession disks.

[ROF]

If the download is of a type supported by your player than Yes you can just burn it to a disc, however quite a few downloads require some work in order to make them audible/viewable throughout the entire length. Make sure to download from reputable sources which list how the video was encoded.