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I have a *.mpg file. This file i can play back in VLC player.

I want to burn this mpg file to a DVD, so as to view it on my TV using my DVD player.

If i just burn this mpg file, to a DVD as data dvd, will this serve my purpose?

Or

If not, then what is the process to achieve what i am looking to do?

thanks

-AD.

ChrisF
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goldenmean
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For best results you want something like Easy CD DVD Burner.

Free and easy CD & DVD burning solution. Burn data, audio, video to your CDs & DVDs is now very easy. Audio format supported : WAV, WMA, MP3, OGG, FLAC, AAC, M4A. Burn and save ISO files, copy your DVDs. Burn your dvd-video. Save your favorite audio CDs to mp3 with the internal grabber. Support for dual-layer DVD, CD-R, CD-RW, DVD-R, DVD+R, DVD-RW, DVD+RW. Standard ISO9660 & Joliet, buffer UnderRun protection, and Multisession support. Version 3.9 is a bug fixing release.

There are plenty of others. A search for "free dvd burner" on Google gives a lot of results. You might want to check them out before installing though - to double check they do what you want.

ChrisF
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Yes burning it as a data DVD should suffice. It really depends on your DVD player and if it has the ability to decode such a file.

Edit, it works for me on my DVD player.

bpartch
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In order to qualify as DVD-Video, the MPEG-2 must have specific pixel dimensions, bitrate, and other technical attributes, which differ if the player is NTSC or PAL. One peculiarity is that neither use square pixels -- so if the video does not looked squished or squashed on a (naive) computer-based player, it's unlikely to be strictly valid.

A newer DVD player might play "any old" MPEG file simply burned to disc, but for universality it must be genuine DVD-Video. (An older player might also have problems playing a burned DVD.)

If you use DVD authoring software, it will likely convert any video it accepts into a valid form, which requires re-encoding, taking time and reducing video quality.

Ken
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