Ok, I'm a bit of a newbie when it comes to electrical equipment so any help si mucho appreciato.

I've just ordered a DVD player. Here are some of the specs:


What I'd like to know is:

a) If I download an mpeg or avi can I put it directly on a CD-R and play it on the dvd player?
b) If not what format should I choose?
c) What is the difference between VCD and SVCD
d) If the answer to question a is yes, what is the best codec to use?

Merci :)

Edit: I have read some stuff regarding VCD/SVD online but am looking for personal experiences too.

Lots of hard questions. I just installed a firewire card and a software based non linear editing system to edit digital video, so have started playing with this kindo of stuff.

I wrote a couple things, erased them and you would probably be better served by going to one of the digital video editing sources for information:

http://www.dvddemystified.com/dvdfaq.html
http://www.digital-digest.com/
http://www.dv.com/
http://www.dvdrhelp.com/
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Rob

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Thanks. I'll check those out.

I did a few tests yesterday and using TMPGEnc I can convert the mpegs into SVCD and that works on the dvd player.