play avi files in home dvd player?

hi i watched a certain dvd a while ago(on my home dvd player),
in which when the movie loads it shows a kind of a explorer, where u explore the avi files on the disc and play them, has anyone got any idea of something like this or similar. becoz ive got some avi files that i want to burn to dvd discs as data files(so they take up less space as in running time) to watch on my home dvd player, but my dvd player doesnt support avi files,

Use Nero Vision, with it you can make menu’s and it recodes the files to play in DVD format, however it can take some time to encode, another option is to use WinAVI quick, simple and painless but alas no menu’s, at least that i know of.

Invest in a Divx dvd player u can get one for 50-120$

i concer. A divx player is the way to go.

I recommend the PHILLIPS DVP 5965K. it plays everything and you can even connect up a external Hard Drive to it via USB.

Anyone else know of a good divx player?

i dont know of any DiVX player, but i do know that if you want to burn avi files that are playable on the everyday DVD player, you have to use NaroVision and wait 7 hours for the stupid conversion and the avi files get like...5 times larger, so you cant put a lot of them on a DVD.. so that sucks.. anyone know another way to convert avi files to DVD files so they dont get larger in size???

K-flygon wrote: i dont know of any DiVX player, but i do know that if you want to burn avi files that are playable on the everyday DVD player, you have to use NaroVision and wait 7 hours for the stupid conversion and the avi files get like...5 times larger, so you cant put a lot of them on a DVD.. so that sucks.. anyone know another way to convert avi files to DVD files so they dont get larger in size???

The reason they get larger in size is because of the file format. Dvd movies (comercial ones) are encoded to TS and vob files, which are alot larger than avi files. Tjis is why dvd movies are on dvd not cd.

A avi movie is a compressed movie file format, usualy Divx or Xvid. This is the same principal as Normal Audio tracks and MP3s.

To be played in non Divx dvd players, the file must be convered to a larger file format, as this is the industry standard.

If you wish to play smaller files, go and buy a Divx compatible dvd player. You can get them on E-bay for around $50 Aus. This is the only way to do it unless you convert the movie to vcd, in which case it will fit on one cd.

Just bought a BASE DVD Player -Target brand with usb plays
anything I have put in it including an avi run from the flash drive, Burnt 23 episodes of Star trek to a disk and
just played them with no problems , No more trying to squezze 2 or 3 episodes on to a disk and waiting for ever to convert just get a divx dvd player Target had the BASE on Sale for $40 will try and external HDD but there is a problem with large HDD won`t see a NTFS partition and FAT32
has problems over 32 gig

to make it smaller you can convert avi to flv and then convert to wmv thats what i’m doing it is taking forever but it is working and thats the thing that makes all da converting worth it. total care converter is what i’m using and its great. you can even put parts of da movie together rip from dvds and everything...

ConvertXtoDVD can do it.

Menus or no menus

I got A PHILIPS DVP3962 DVD PLAYER AT WALLMART FOR $40.00 AND IT WILL PLAY AVI FILES NO NEED TO CONVERT JUST COPY TO DVD I USE DIVIX PLAYER TO BURN WITH. BEST DVD PLAYER I HAVE VER HAD

you may search on internet,as far as i know,there are lots ot articles on how to convert avi files to dvd.

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