CD or DVD?

[coody]

I have taken the video by a still digital camera and saved them as .AVI and .mov in my computer. I would like to copy them into a disc so that I can play them in a DVD player. Should I copy .avi and .mov files into a CD R or DVD R disc?

[Bjs]

1: Make sure home dvd player supports mpeg4 playback or divx certified
2: Use gspot to determine what type of video and audio compressors are used in avi's

As a general rule, avi using video compression (xvid) and audio compression (mpeg layer 3), are fine in home dvd players supporting mpeg4 / divx playback

3: Mov, not supported

Use MP4Cam2AVI to convert these over to avi
Then use virtualdub to re-compress these new avi's, using xvid for video and mpeg layer 3 for audio compression

From there, burn to cd or dvd, and enjoy

[yoda313]

Can your dvd player play avi files? Are they in divx form? I don't know how many dvd players can play .mov files but I don't think the list is very large.

For a better chance of playing them you should convert them to dvd format mpeg2 and then author them to a dvd. That way they will be read as a normal dvd.

There are conversion guides in the HOW TO section on the left. Links to tools mentioned in them are in the TOOLS section.

If you have an xbox 360 or ps3 you can play divx and wmv. I don't know if either can play .mov. I own both consoles but don't have many .mov files to test with.

As far as the recordable media it doesn't really matter as long as you can fit it on a cdr you can use a cdr. However some of the really old dvd players don't like recordable media. Some read cdrw and no cdr or vice versa. But if its a relatively recent model (only a few years old) then it should read recordable media pretty well.

[guns1inger]

There is a good chance that the files wont play without some form of conversion. Standalone DVD players usually have a pretty limited range of file types that they are happy with.

My suggestion would be to try them out with a CD RW or DVD RW first, then convert the files that won't work to a more suitable format before commiting to a real burn.

Frankly, I see CDs for movie play back as a false economy. Yes, they are cheap, but I can fit 6 CDs worth on a single DVD, which saves on CDs, storage and cases. I have a couple of RWs for those times I need to check something now, and wait until I have enough to fill a DVD before committing to a final burn.