Help burning CD's

[Ioman]

Whenever I try to burn onto CD movies I have downloaded. They won't play off the CD, its like the CD drives cant read them, yet they play off the hard drive.

How can I fix this? I have a ton of Divx/MPG movies on my computer that I want off.

[ruri]

Have you tried to copy those files from the CD back to the HD to see if they play?

If they don't, then your CDR, CD player or CD-burner is pooched. Try a different brand of CDR. Or stick the CD on another computer. If it doesn't play there as well, then it's your CDR.

If you plan to make VCDs out of them, you need to ensure the MPG format is correct. VCD players are very sensitive to that.

[senoryoshio]

so the same drive that burns 'em wont play 'em? Do you get any errors during the burning process?

[Ioman]

Originally posted by ruri
Have you tried to copy those files from the CD back to the HD to see if they play?

If they don't, then your CDR, CD player or CD-burner is pooched. Try a different brand of CDR. Or stick the CD on another computer. If it doesn't play there as well, then it's your CDR.

If you plan to make VCDs out of them, you need to ensure the MPG format is correct. VCD players are very sensitive to that.

Its not the burners, I thinks its the files. They are using some weird Divx codec and the burner is finding errors when burning them. I have trouble playing them as it is anyways. Sometimes the movie lock -up. I guess thats what you get for downloading copied European porn...:(

[senoryoshio]

well if you can play them before you burn 'em i don't think that its the codec, but i'm no expert

[llbbl]

ya the codec shouldn't give you errors when you are burning the raw file to a disk. maybe if you want to create a VCD out of them, than the codec might matter. Raw files !!

[dang]

It's not the codec since the file isn't being played when burned.
it has to be either your media, your burner or the software you are using to burn, and possibly a combination of the above.

[llbbl]

Don't forget the gravational hyper dimensional core temperature veloctiy !!