what disc should i use to burn a video on?
 

does anybody know what kind of disc i need so i can transfer a video from my media player to the disc ?
i am running xp, how do i go about doing this?

can anybody help a totally inept limer?

:confused:

cd-r =you can only burn it the once so fill it up 80mins approx
cd-rw = you can burn on it over and over
Same goes for dvd-r and dvd-rw

Just watch what brands you use as well because some players wont play them.....
I stick with imation brand its good......;)

I think you would put it on dvd

You also have to know what type of discs your DVD burner will read. Ours will read both DVD+R/RW and DVD-R/RW. Does your burner only read - or + or both? If it only reads the + then the - discs won't work in your burner. Also, when burning videos or movies you need the DVD discs. CD's are for storing information or for songs.:)

Good point cyberstalker I forgot about that one.....;)

CDs are used for (s)vcd format files (mpeg1 and mpg2)

DVDs are for dvd format files (this usually requires conversion)

What are the differences between mpeg1, mpg2, etc? I know that an avi can be compressed but that's about it.:confused: