DVD / VOB

[Rex A. Butcher]

Hi there,

I have a favourite film on a disk as an avi file and it plays just fine on the computer. I want to give the film to an elderly friend who only has a TV and DVD player.

So I redid the avi through a converter to create a series of vob files. Tested on my computer with PowerDVD and all was fine; but on her DVD player, zilch.

Next, I found an ISO file of the film, and burnt that to a DVD. Expanded file size is only around 22.8gb but again, opens and plays just fine on my computer. However, testing it on a DVD player attached to a TV, the message 'Unsupported file format' appears.'

Probably the issue is with either a DVD+ disk, burnt at home not being readable, or the player only likes a full disk. Is there any way to make the burnt DVD play on a DVD player?

Thanks

Rex

[fink]

How did you burn the iso to the DVD? if just burned as a file in won't play in a DVD player. you would need to burn it specially as an iso file using something like Nero or CDburnerXP or..

http://www.petri.co.il/how_to_write_iso_files_to_cd.htm

Also you say it's only around 22gb.. that's huge for any type of media file.. is that the correct info? 22gb would be something like 5 full length feature films with extras.

[Broni]

Use free DVDFlick to burn .avi file to DVD: http://www.dvdflick.net/

[General Winters]

Windows Vista and Windows 7 have the inbuilt Windows DVD Maker to create the movie DVD, or http://www.hanselman.com/blog/HowToC...DVDStyler.aspx