Which movie file types will play on a standard dvd player

[USRanger]

I have a bunch of downloaded movies, but when I put a couple on DVDs, they will only play on my PC, not a regular DVD player.  Does anyone know the correct file type I need to have them in to play on a DVD player?  If I remember right, the movies I tried were in mp4 format.

[homersipes]

I used windows movie maker, I was thinking I used mp4 format, I wasted about a dozen dvds before I figured it out   I dont remember, but I am almost certain it was mp4.  I googled it and came up with VOB format, I dont remember that one.

[Ack-Ack]

I have a bunch of downloaded movies, but when I put a couple on DVDs, they will only play on my PC, not a regular DVD player.  Does anyone know the correct file type I need to have them in to play on a DVD player?  If I remember right, the movies I tried were in mp4 format.

I used to use Nero to burn movies onto a DVD so I can play later on my DVD.  Nero did the conversion for me as it had an option to select to burn to DVD and would do everything else, including making a main selection menu screen.  The only times I had an issue is when I tried to burn .mov files, for some reason Nero didn't like that and the DVDs wouldn't play on my DVD player.

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[bigsky]

try cyberlink power dvd

[USRanger]

Thanks fellas.  The work continues..

[Rich46yo]

MPEG-2 is the standard DVD compression.

[USRanger]

Thank you!