Is there any free or low cost software that will let you put mpeg and
avi on cd and play them on a dvd player. Thanks, John

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Request for Question Clarification by secret901-ga on 05 Mar 2003 19:47 PST

Hi jwesley,
Can your DVD player play VCDs?

secret901-ga

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Clarification of Question by jwesley-ga on 06 Mar 2003 01:22 PST

no it doesn't play vcd

You would need a dvd player that plays vcd's, this is the format that
a cd-writer program converts an mpeg-1 file to.  Nero can convert
mpeg-1 and mpeg-2 files into vcd and svcd respectively but your dvd
would HAVE to be able to play vcd and/or svcd to play them.

If you manage to get hold of a dvd player that plays vcd's, then you
can even convert avi's to mpeg's using a fantastic program called
tmpgenc, you can find it here: www.tmpgenc.net.  The best thing about
this program is, it's completely free.

Here is a website that shows you how to convert a dvd to vcd:
http://www.afterdawn.com/articles/archive/dvd2vcd_with_smart_dvd2avi_tmpgenc.cfm

This is a good site that tells you how to configure tmpgenc well and
also how to predict how large the file size will be (obviously you
dont want any movie to be over 1600mb coz it will then have to go over
3 cd's):
http://www.kvcd.net/guides/kguide/kvcdguide.htm

Personally i just use the project wizard, it rips avi's fine with no
problems at all.

One interesting thing to mention is that you can actually fit 800mb of
mpeg onto a 700mb blank cd, there's mathematics in it somewhere but i
won't go into it here.

But the answer to your original question is you'll need to buy a new
dvd player and make sure it plays vcd's! sorry...

actually there are dvd players that play mpeg files. I have one! I
will let you know the brand and model just let me know if it will be
sufficient answer. Also, never overburn a cd more than 700Mb as stated
in the comment above, it may damage your player, especially the older
models that were never built to support more than 650Mb. (my car cd
changer went bad because of overburn)

buy the new KISS player :D