How burn CD for use in TV/DVD player

I have downloaded a film. It's a 680 MB AVI using DIVX.

I want to burn it onto a CD so that a domestic DVD player (attached
to the TV) can play it.

Google gives me all sorts of info but I can't find my situation.

Can someone point me to a good web page or maybe just tell me an
outline of what I should do.

Thank you.


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"Peter" <peter@invalid.com> wrote in message
news:Xns9B28ECE51AB9C37E1A@unknown.hwng.net...
>I have downloaded a film. It's a 680 MB AVI using DIVX.
>
> I want to burn it onto a CD so that a domestic DVD player (attached
> to the TV) can play it.
>
> Google gives me all sorts of info but I can't find my situation.
>
> Can someone point me to a good web page or maybe just tell me an
> outline of what I should do.
>
> Thank you.
>
>
> --
>
>
> NB: crossposted to DVD and CD groups

If your DVD player plays DivX, most do these days unless it's very old, just
burn the file as data - Nero will do or any burning program, no conversion
necessary. If the player doesn't handle DivX files then you need to convert
it to DVD format and a program like VSO ConvertX toDVD will do it but you
will need a DVDR blank not a CDR

Netmask wrote:
> "Peter" <peter@invalid.com> wrote in message
> news:Xns9B28ECE51AB9C37E1A@unknown.hwng.net...
>> I have downloaded a film. It's a 680 MB AVI using DIVX.
>>
>> I want to burn it onto a CD so that a domestic DVD player (attached
>> to the TV) can play it.
>>
>> Google gives me all sorts of info but I can't find my situation.
>>
>> Can someone point me to a good web page or maybe just tell me an
>> outline of what I should do.
>>
>> Thank you.
>>
>>
>> --
>>
>>
>> NB: crossposted to DVD and CD groups
>
> If your DVD player plays DivX, most do these days unless it's very old, just
> burn the file as data - Nero will do or any burning program, no conversion
> necessary. If the player doesn't handle DivX files then you need to convert
> it to DVD format and a program like VSO ConvertX toDVD will do it but you
> will need a DVDR blank not a CDR

If "Peter" has only a CD writer and his standalone player does not
handle AVIs, he can also burn the file to VCD - an older format which
will not retain full quality, but it works on almost all DVD players.

This can be complicated since the maximum time on a VCD is 80 minutes.
In addition, it depends on the mastering software available, but it may
be the only recourse.

Mike
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