DVD Won't Play
- Thread starter SkyRider
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sounds like your DVD player doesn't have the video codec required to play the file. are you trying to play the video on your standalone DVD player? or on your computer?
if you download VLC player it should work fine on your computer.
If you need it to play on a standalone player you might need a newer model with more codec support.
Thanks guys, this is more complicatef than I thought. Here is some additional information.
I have two cameras. One shoots video in "AVI" and the other in"H.264(Quicktime?)". I can download both to my computer without any problems. I think I can burn both to a DVD using my computer. Then I insert the DVD into my DVD player because I want to view the videos on my HD 40" TV.
Maybe I'll try burning just the video (no JPEG) on to the DVD disc and see if that plays on the DVD player.
I have two cameras. One shoots video in "AVI" and the other in"H.264(Quicktime?)". I can download both to my computer without any problems. I think I can burn both to a DVD using my computer. Then I insert the DVD into my DVD player because I want to view the videos on my HD 40" TV.
Maybe I'll try burning just the video (no JPEG) on to the DVD disc and see if that plays on the DVD player.
When you "…burn a DVD", you're burning files onto a disc that is labelled DVD because it's capable of holding and playing DVD content, that is a file or files configured the way the player wants them to show you a menu with choices, and let you pick the ones to play. That does not make the disc you burned a playable DVD. Not even when we all call that disc "…a DVD".
Look for software that assembles and converts your stuff into DVD format which you then burn. iDVD is the app that Apple bundles free with their machines, and there are free downloadable apps on the web.
Look for software that assembles and converts your stuff into DVD format which you then burn. iDVD is the app that Apple bundles free with their machines, and there are free downloadable apps on the web.
more often than not it will be more than double the size.
ideally what you really need is a media streaming device, they are not too expensive and you can stream via wifi ANYTHING you have on your computer to your HD TV
plus you can plug in external hard drives and use USB flash drives or memory cards in most.
Western Digital Live, Boxee Box are excellent for that purpose as well as many others
http://canadacomputers.com/index.php?cPath=44_567
http://www.bestbuy.ca/en-CA/categor...spx?path=b7328b0901dae25de8119d65f56ce433en01
http://www.futureshop.ca/en-CA/cate...spx?path=3274db41cdcb3e4d821882750a004972en01
you can do away with the need to convert or burn anything
