Can I burn a movie to a CD-R and it work?

Question

I wanted to know if I burn a movie with a CD-R disc will it even play/work?

Thanks.

Answer 1

Yeah you can, its called a VCD; To make a VCD, you need to encode your video into VCD-compliant MPEG1 video file. Many video editing software packages will let you export your final movie directly into this video format, and some will even burn the VCD for you. The major burning software (Roxio and Nero) will both burn VCDs, though you may need an encoder to create the MPEG1 file first.

After encoding your video(s) into the appropriate MPEG1 format, you can then burn it onto a CD-R. To burn a VCD, you have to tell your burning program to specifically burn a VCD. You can’t just copy the files onto a CD-ROM and expect it to play ... the way that VCD’s are burned is much different than a normal CD-ROM. You have to tell your burning software to specifically burn a VCD. Fortunately, most burning software have helpful wizards to walk your through this.

Answer 2

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Answer 3

yes it will, however,

most movie will not fit on a CD-R (700mb)

and good quality movie is about 3-5 gb (vob format)

you will need a DVD (4.7gb)