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Burning cd using dvd-r ... not working

by kayboom Apr 20, 2005 1:52PM PDT

im burning cd's for my husband to take to clients....they are three simple mpeg videos. when I take them to an older computer....one with just a cd burner/player. It gets an error. ... it says it needs an addon in order to play the mpeg-2 file. What? it works fine on my computer...but everyone else cant play it. What am I doing wrong?

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(NT) (NT) A cd burner cannot read dvd disc.
by Art Apr 20, 2005 5:05PM PDT
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I believe the OP means they are burning a CD with a...
by Tman1 Apr 21, 2005 4:19PM PDT

DVDRW drive.

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Your system...
by Tman1 Apr 21, 2005 4:19PM PDT

Probably has DVD player software such as PowerDVD or WinDVD, and their systems do not.

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