TSGL: DVD to CD

[Geoff Glave]

>I understand the created CD is in MPEG format which should play on my DVD 
>player

Typically this is not the case - The DVD format is a version of MPEG, when 
you compress it way down to 700 meg its changed into another format - 
Typically a variant of DIVx or AVI.  Not all players can play these formats. 
although many of the very new ones can.

I'm puzzled by the use case though - Why do you want to play the CD in your 
DVD player if you have the original DVD?  Why not just play the DVD?  If 
you're playing a 'backup' (nudge, nudge, wink, wink) then you need to create 
a burned DVD, not a burned CD.

Cheers,
Geoff



>From: "Russell W. Coover" <coover at fastmail.fm>
>Reply-To: Tech Support Guy Mailing List <list at tsgserver.com>
>To: "'Tech Support Guy Mailing List'" <list at tsgserver.com>
>Subject: Re: TSGL: DVD to CD
>Date: Tue, 24 Oct 2006 23:32:58 -0700
>
>In order to follow my recommendation, you need to set your computer to
>display file extensions. If your computer does not display these extensions
>(such as the .dll in the file cabinet.dll), go to "MY Computer", "Tools" 
>and
>then to "Folder Options". Open the "View" tab, go down to "Hidden Files and
>Folders" and click on "Show hidden files and folders". Continue down and
>uncheck "Hide extensions for known file types". And while you're at it,
>uncheck "Hide protected operating system files". The operating system will
>complain about you doing this, but do it anyway.
>
>Now that you are showing all files and their extensions, place the CD in
>your computer CD-ROM. Don't let it run. If it starts, stop it. Right click
>on the CD in "My Computer" and then left click on "Explore". You will then
>be able to see the extension of the file you have placed on the CD. It may
>be, for example, a MPEG as you have suggested, or it may be something else.
>
>Now check the manual you received with the DVD machine to see if it 
>actually
>plays that extension. If, God forbid, you don't have or can't find the
>manual, you can probably get a copy over the internet by going the the DVD
>manufacturers web site (such as http://toshiba.com ) and searching for it.
>
>Russ Coover
>
>
>
>I am trying to find myself. If you see me before I do, please ask me to 
>wait
>until I return.
>-----Original Message-----
>From: list-bounces at tsgserver.com [mailto:list-bounces at tsgserver.com] On
>Behalf Of Dieter
>Sent: Tuesday, October 24, 2006 7:51 PM
>To: Tech Support Guy Mailing List
>Subject: TSGL: DVD to CD
>
>Question:  Does anybody in TSGL land have experience with DVD to CD ...
>meaning using a clean (decrypted) 4+ GB DVD movie and after encoding and
>compressing, burning it onto a 700 MB CD disk for playpack on a PC or on a
>DVD player?
>
>I tried it for the first time using the Ashampoo Compress & Burn 2 program.
>The audio and video quality on the PC was quite good (good enough for me, 
>at
>
>least).  However, I was unable to get any output from my DVD/CD player.  It
>indicated there was no audio and no image.  I understand the created CD is
>in MPEG format which should play on my DVD player.
>
>Perhaps someone with experience in this area could help me out.
>
>Dieter
>Sacramento, CA (USA)
>go2dieter at comcast.net
>
>
>
>
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