File types Viewable on a TV DVD Player

**starfoxx** · January 26th, 2006, 08:02 AM

i was interested in knowing what types of PC file types are viewable on a DVD player as i have several files i would love to watch ona DVD player rather than my PC. my DVD is a midrange Sony player made around 2000

**evereddie** · January 26th, 2006, 08:10 AM

The file type has to be an Mpeg2 but there is more to it than that. the DVD must be 'authored' using a DVD authoring program. There are many out there and free demos that are time limited. Try Sonic or Ulead for starters. If you have the higher end Nero burning program or Roxio they both have some catabilitues in that area too.

**paul9** · January 26th, 2006, 08:16 AM

A lot of players will play a range of MPEGs, some will handle Divx and WMV. Almost all should handle JPEGs and MP3s. Check the booklet which came with your player, or just try putting a range of files onto a CD and see which yours will play.

**SeanC** · January 26th, 2006, 06:07 PM

Actually that depends. I have a player from Apex which can play video files, MP3, WMVs without requiring the disc be written a certain way.

It can also view picture files (like JPG, GIF, BMP)

Very cool...

**starfoxx** · January 26th, 2006, 06:41 PM

i dont want to sound dumb but whats the Divx extension
also the files i primarily deal in are .ogg .ogm and .mkv as well a smearing of others do you knwo of anyp rograms to convert to MPEG's?