They are indeed xvid & divx formats and my panasonic (although a recent
purchase) does not play them. Will the third party software (roxio or ?) be
able to accomplish the task I need to play outside my pc. NOTE: encoding at
least at this point in my experience is still 'greek' to me
Thanks for you response and interest NOOB

"Meathead(MS MVP)" wrote:

> Actually the first and most important issue is what format the original
> download is. Generally speaking most of the tv programs I have downloaded
> are in divx or xvid format. If this is the case, unless you have a DVD
> player capable of playing such files you will have to re-encode the file to
> mpeg or mpeg2 which will make it look like shit. However if you have a
> phillips 642 or similar dvd player then all you need to do is burn to a data
> disk(either cd or dvd) and you can watch it. If the formal is mpeg2 or if
> you encode the file to mpeg2 then you will need to author a dvd or svcd
> using one of many programs available out there.
>
> The Real MVP
>
> "Cari (MS-MVP)" <Newsgroups1@coribright.com> wrote in message
> news:e$5aBWe9FHA.3804@TK2MSFTNGP14.phx.gbl...
> > You need to use third party burning software and burn a video DVD....
> >
> > Roxio, Nero, PowerProducer, WinDVD Creator etc etc
> > --
> > Cari (MS-MVP)
> > Printing & Imaging
> >
> >
> >
> > "Disk NOOB" <Disk NOOB@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> > news:51C57BAA-EE56-4843-9163-59ADDB73471D@microsoft.com...
> >> Recently downloaded old television show from internet. ('Connections' by
> >> way
> >> of Bit Torent, peer to peer)
> >> Wrote this to disk (CD-RW)
> >> I would like to view it on my DVD player but apparently I am missing a
> >> step,
> >> (Encoding? Finalizing? Format?) as it will only play on the computer.
> >> DVD player does read -R -RW +R +RW and RAM
> >> Can anyone give me some fedback on where to look for this process I've
> >> missed?
> >> Thank you NOOB
> >>
> >
> >
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