Do any DVD players play avi or Mpeg?

[Findedeux]

I know this is probably a dumb question, but I have asked around and a few peole profess that they have DVD players that play Cd-r discs encoded with avi and mpeg files. Is there an inkling of truth to this? And what is the difference between Mpeg and Mpeg 1? Thanks for any comments.

[kitty]

There are a few rare DVD players that will play MPEG files burned as data files and not authored to a VCD / SVCD / DVD.

MPEG-1 and MPEG-2 use different encoding algorithms. MPEG-1 is used in VCDs and MPEG-2 in SVCDs and DVDs. For technical details see http://bmrc.berkeley.edu/frame/research/mpeg/mpeg_overview.html

[musher70]

sampo 612(n) WILL PLAY, get this, a dvd-r loaded w/mpg
data files,my backup disc, has 60 short mpg's on it, and
it plays them in sequence, or u can pick or chosee, no
avi's though, they are compressed video...

[Findedeux]

So if a cd-r contains an mpeg video file, does that make it a VCD (say using easy cd creator) or do you have to use some other program? Thanks.

[Conquest10]

if it falls under the specs then it is a vcd. but it has to be authored as a vcd. you can't just burn the mpg as a data file. some dvd players will play the file however but not all.

[kitty]

a CD authored as a VCD has to be configured to strict specs as a Mode 2/XA disc unlike "normal" data discs which are burned as Mode 1. A special authoring program like VCDeasy/vcdimager and others knows the format and will take your MPEG and author a disc image appropriately.

[Findedeux]

So, does that mean that I can create authored VCD's that will read on almost any dvd with easy cd creator, since that is one of the software tools on this site for making vcds?