Playback on a Stand alone DVD player?

[Steve]

Hi, I'm new to all this converting and burning so please go easy. I have literally spent 1 week trying to learn how to backup a DVD Movie to a CD-R or multiple CD-R disks to playback on my stand alone DVD player with no success. PLEASE TELL ME IT IS POSSIBLE.

I have successfully created an AVI for "Tomb Raider" (using the Gordian Knot 0.21beta program) on a CD-R with sound (finally) and it works fine on the computer but how do I get it to work on my stand alone DVD player in my lounge room???

Can anyone help? or tell me which site the answer is at?

Eternally grateful
Steve

[setarip]

Congratulations on your successful .AVI creation!

Unfortunately, to burn a CD-R that MAY play on a standalone DVD player, your .AVI file must be converted to conforming MPEG1-Video CD format. This can be accomplished with the excellent software program TMPGEnc.

The reason I said "MAY" play on a standalone DVD player, is that A) not all standalone DVD players play VCDs and B) most standalone DVD players are finicky about which brands of CD-Rs they are willing to recognize.

Go to this site to see brand/model-specific information regarding your standalone DVD player's capabilities:

http://www.vcdhelp.com/

Let us know of your success ;>}