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Chienworks wrote on 4/8/2003, 12:53 PM
That mostly depends on the DVD player. I've got an Apex 1200 and it plays just about any media file i put in it. I can burn a disc with MPEG files, WAV files, MP3 files, JPEG files, etc., place it in the player, and get a menu showing the files on the disc. I can click on any file to play it, or have it play all the files sequentially.

Not all players are this graceful. Some will require a disc be in proper DVD format.
mcmullgr wrote on 4/8/2003, 2:10 PM
That sounds like a really nice DVD player...It is my understanding that DVDs are encoded in the MPEG-2 format and was curious if most (if not all) DVD players would be able to read this format. I have heard you need a vob file to have the DVD player read it, but if DVD is in MPEG-2 format, I'd think it should play in DVD players using the .mpg format burned directly to the DVD.
Chienworks wrote on 4/8/2003, 2:30 PM
Oddly enough, some of the nicer/pricier DVD players won't recognize non-standard DVDs. The Apex 1200 was $56.83 at Wal*Mart. Go figger.
jboy wrote on 4/8/2003, 2:33 PM
Chienworks, does your 1200 play DVD-R and -RW's ? I have a 1500 which has a reputation for playing just about anything, but wont play DVD-RW's-haven't tried the -R's yet, and I'm looking for a cheap player that'll play these formats. I've checked vcdhelp, with inconclusive results. Some people say the 1200 will play these formats, some say they wont. What's been your experience, assuming you've had the experience ?
Chienworks wrote on 4/8/2003, 2:37 PM
jboy, sorry, no experience yet; i don't have a DVD recorder. I'm hoping to get one this summer though and then i can post the results. I have been able to play VCDs and SVCDs on both CD-R and CD-RW media. That may be an encouraging sign.
jboy wrote on 4/8/2003, 2:55 PM
Both these formats play on my 1500 also, but not DVD-RW. I'll let you know if it plays the -R's when I get one burned..
Jsnkc wrote on 4/8/2003, 3:01 PM
IF you want the most compatability with all diffrent DVD players you will have to author your DVD's in some sort of program to create the VIDEO_TS folder, otherwise you are just asking for problems. IF you're just doing this for personal use, and your player will play it, then go right ahead and burn the raw MPEG-2 file.
JumboTech wrote on 4/8/2003, 3:11 PM
Well, I've got a 1500 and I just checked a -R which played fine. The 1500 and other players ability to play mpegs direct without authoring is a useful tool. For now, you can encode using Vegas and dump to CD-R. When you get your DVD burner, transfer the files to an authoring program and away you go. In my case, I'm archiving a few things that I want to burn to DVD but am waiting to get a good deal on discs. Of course, with a a CD, you have to be conservative with the bitrate but for the likes of half hour TV shows, it works great.

Regards...

Al