What kind of CD do I need....?

Question

I have downloaded episodes of a TV show onto my computer, but when I burned them to a disc and tried to play it through the DVD player, it said the format was unsupported. That's probably because I used a CD specified for music. So what kind of CD should I get so that I can play it though the DVD player, with picture and audio?

Answer 1

1. You need a blank DVD not a CD so and then you need to encode as DVD-Video

2. Same as above but VCD and encode the video as VCD

3. Encode the file as Div-X (some dvd players support them)

Answer 2

To be sure of being able to play it on a DVD player, you need a blank DVD, not a blank CD, and you need to burn it in DVD-Video format.

Most DVD players cannot play any sort of video from CD media, only audio.

Answer 3

it's not the CD matter,

what you should do is, download a video convertor e.g amadis video convertor or xilisoft video convertor.

convert your TV show video to mpeg or mpg or avi format using the convertor.

Use a good burning software e.g. something similar to nero burner or nero 8

burn video file as burn video file or make.

it might encode your video b4 burning.

Answer 4

You need to burn it as a VCD.If the software you're using doesn't have the option,you need different software.Most DVD players will play a VCD.

Answer 5

Hmmm.... You are probably burning onto a CD-ROM. CD-ROMS are for music and powerpoints, not TV and DVD. I'd suggest DVD-ROMS? You can get some at Office Max or Walmart, wherever. Burning onto those should do the trick

Answer 6

The disc isn't your problem. The fact that you haven't converted the file into one that the dvd can understand before putting it on your dvd-r is. I use HCEnc to convert files into the right format...