making a dvd
 

This may seem obvious, but how can I make a DVD that I can play on a regular DVD player using my computer's DVD burner?

I've always just burned data onto DVD discs but never experimented with making actual DVDs, aside from copying actual DVDs. But if I have a movie, an .avi file, how can I make it so that I can put it on a DVD that I can just pop into a DVD player and watch?

Unless your DVD player is DivX compatible, you'll need to re-encode the movie using something like WinAVI.

If your DVD player is DivX cmpatible, just burn the movie(s) as data and it should recognize them.

This works

http://www.amazon.com/Philips-DVP642.../dp/B000204SWE

http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage....=1138083263982

If you're just copying a plain dvd, use something like DVD shrink to clone and fit it on a single layer dvd.