please help conversion!!

[beginner62]

hello
I know this probably sounds like a realy stupid question. but i was wondering do you need a DVD burner to play videos on a dvd player or could i just use my normal burner to make a cd that is watchable on a dvd player. thanks
recap: is there any way i can download a movie from kazza and make it a vcd svcd dvdr or what ever else there id out ther with a normail burner
ps: the movies i download are divx
thank you very much!!!!!!!!

[beginner62]

somebody please
all i want to know id do i need a dvd burner

[moose667]

Howz it goin!

Yes you need a DVD burner to make DVDs that are playable in a DVD player. A regular CD burner will not accomplish this as they are two different media types. I hope I understood your question correctly, and if I did not, please feel free to send me a message so that I may clarify the answer. I reccommend the Sony DRU 500A DVD burner as it is compatible with most media types at this time. (ie, DVD-r, DVD+r, DVD-rw, and DVD+rw). Hope this helped!

Sincerely

Bruce

[beginner62]

okay thanks you ansered my question.
so there is no way with my cd burner i can take a movie from my computer and make it in a playable format exvcd dvd svcd ect.) that will play in my dvd player
And if thats what you are saying how much is a dvd burner thanks

[furdog]

You can make a VCD or a SVCD using a CD-Burner. I have made quite a few VCDs, as my main DVD Player doesn't play SVCDs.

MOST DVD Players will play at least VCDs (look for it on the box, or Compact Disc Video), but recent Apex players don't play VCDs, and doesn't address it anywhere in the box or manual, so unless it states that it does play them you can't count on it.

The quality of a VCD is nowhere near that of a DVD, so DVD would be preferred if the source (Divx) is of high enough quality. If the source files are lower quality, then you don't really lose anything.

I recently burned my first few DVD-R's, and found it very useful to have practiced quite a bit on VCDs first.

Obviously you will need to re-encode the Divx to MPEG-1 for VCD (see elsewhere on this site). I like TMPGEnc for encoding, Nero's wizard has VCD on it.

I am using VCDs to distribute videos that I capture (plus some indie video posted to the internet) to family/friends, so VCD is still a useful alternative to DVD-R (DVD-R when quality is important)

[beginner62]

okay thanks so i can make vcds that will play on a dvd player with my cd burner. but your saying the quality isn't that good? what is the quality like?
ex vhs or what. will some dvd players accept svcd?
thank you very much for your cooperation

[Conquest10]

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[beginner62]

well could you just tell me please

[furdog]

Yes some DVD Players will play SVCDs. You can check the players list on the side. Oddly enough the original Apexes were some of the better ones on different formats.

The quality would be like VHS in 6 hour mode. They are quite watchable. A Video CD is 352 by 240 pixels, so there is only so much resolution, plus the MPEG-1 compression. The source quality affects it.

SVCDs are higher resolution, but fit less on a CD. I have not tried one yet, Although I will.

I find VCDs good for TV shows that I capture (Win-TV PVR250 hardware MPEG1/2).

Recomendation: Make VCDs, since you already have the CD-Burner, but keep the original DIVX files, so that later if/when you get a DVD burner you can make DVD's if you want to. The freeware TMPGEnc will make VCD MPEG1 (the DVD MPEG2 requires the purchased version). There are supposed to be DVD players coming out/already out that will play DIVX files directly off a CD, so you would not need to convert to DVD then.

[Conquest10]

well if you make a xvcd (non-compliant vcd) you can get pretty good quality. some dvd players might have a problem with these discs though. svcd also can give you great results. the only thing is that many dvd players cannot play them. you can use the header trick. that will help in alot of cases. to be sure, you can check the compatiblity chart to see if your player can handle these discs.

[beginner62]

okay thank you very much