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Can I play AVI on my DVD Player?
Name: Pete2008 (by Steven2008) Date: January 24, 2005 at 16:30:27 Pacific OS: Windows 98SE CPU/Ram: P3/256Mb
Comment:
Is there anyway I can view AVI on my current DVD player? Are there any DVD's that do this?
How can I convert a AVI without it taking 5 hours? Also I only have a CD writer is there anyway I can do it on that?
Name: Amir Banuazizi Date: January 25, 2005 at 02:42:25 Pacific
Reply:
You can use Nero to make a Mini DVD (on a CD) and convert the AVI to DVD (mpeg2).
No you can't view avi on DVD player because AVI is a general file type that can contain a video with almost any codecs... including divx codec.
And yes, it's normal to take several hours, and that's on a P4, and you've got a P3... so be patient.
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Response Number 2
Name: Bryco Date: January 25, 2005 at 03:44:16 Pacific
Reply:
Burn the CD as SVCD and it will play on a DVD player capable of playing SVCD. My cheap DVD player plays them just fine. They are not high quaility though.
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