All right the term newbie can certainly be applied to myself.... Here's a question I have and any serious sensible help would be appreciated... I have a system set up to copy my own dvd's... I had to do some reading.... (a whole lot of reading...) and I'm confused about a couple of steps .... I am not trying to do the SVCd thing I'm am trying to do the DVD-Dvd thing... I have gotten all the way to the step of trying to burn the files back to the DVD burner (yes I have a (Pioneer's DVR-A03) 60 gig HD an 850 amd.... I build my own systems... (yes its a sick hobby)... I have dsl... I have downloaded a movie I wanted to watch and save on a regular dvd..... As well as go through the steps to strip and convert my own disks...... The file format I have converted from a regular DVD ended up being saved in a mpeg2 format.... It seems the freeware available didn't like the A03.... I have in the past couple of days had some good results with nero... Yes I had to find a guide to show me/guide me along... But all I seem to have been able to do is burn 3 dvd disks and they play beautifully on the computer... I can't get either of my stand alone units to play them... I know its just something I'm missing....

But I have another (probably more serious question) if after watching the movies on the computer widows media viewer (7.1) I think... I dunno windows 2000 pro seemed to save them into a windows clip movie now..... so .... I'm stuck and not sure what to do .... do I need to convert them back with tpengc program... is there something I am screwing up when i try to burn them with the latest version of nero??? Should I stick to the software for watching DVD movies on the compter that came with the DVD burner??? and avoid the files being changed.....

Any helpful/tactful suggestion would be appreciated.... I've done so much reading and looking I am confused and a little bewildered ... but I enjoy this kind of thing... I have 2 other regular CDRW burners and use them all the time... Its just all the muliple steps that are a little confusing til you have somone show you the basics...

Thanks again for any and all help....

Dex