When you put in a cd or DVD doesn't a box pop up asking you what you want to do with it?

Play it , copy it or ??

I get a 4" x4" media pop up from windows xp itself asking me what I want to do with it.

see this page @Microsoft. - how to change settings for auto play -
http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/w...oPlay-settings

Okay!!! I did exactly what you said.

The only one with lots o kb is the MPEGAV folder. When I did the view-details, here's what it had.

AVSFQ01 dat - 2,704 KB

I clicked on this and the screen said: You are attempting to open a file of Type Dat.file. These files are used by the operating system and by various programs Editing and modifying them could damage your system. If you still want to open the file, click OPEN WITH, otherwise, click cancel.

I CLICKED CANCEL because I got scared.

Do I click on Open With??

Thanks. Melody

That's the file you want. Since you burned it to a CD rather than a DVD, it is a little different process to play on your computer. So, remember that when you start burning to DVDs, the process will not be the same. They will most likely start playing automatically, or give you the pop up box Jo*Mar referred to.

But for now you are using a CD, so your next step is to go ahead and click OPEN WITH. This will give you a list of programs installed on your computer. You will want to look for Windows Media Player and choose that.

Hopefully you are now viewing your video. This is called a VCD (Video CD). If you have a DVD player that supports the VCD format, it will play this disc. But, not many DVD players support this format anymore.

Now that you know you can burn to disc, you will probably want to purchase some DVD's. I keep both DVD+R and DVD-R on hand. Some older DVD players only support one format or the other, so I keep both. That way I can burn the type supported by the recipient's DVD player. You might want to check and see what type of DVD your friend's player supports.

One more hint: Don't be afraid to experiment. I wouldn't have said that with Windows 98, but Windows XP does have that wonderful System Restore feature, and you are already familiar with it. One of the things I have always done, is create a Restore Point when I am installing software I am unsure of. Simply open System Restore the way you normally would, but select 'Create a Restore Point'. You will asked to name it. I typically name it something like 'Before *NameOfSoftware* Install'.

Woo Hoo!!!

I did it.

I actually burned a video and I was able to play it.

wonder what I'll learn next?

THANK YOU MY DEAR, THANK YOU!!!

lol, Melody

Okay, now that I've stopped jumping up and down because I learned something new, I'm ready for another lesson.

Now that I've burned ONE 20 second video onto a disc, I take it I go out and buy a dvd-R or a dvd+R. (which one do I get), this question has nothing to do with my friend's player, it's about my player. I want to get the discs, burn stuff and play the stuff on my Audiovox, so which dvd thing do I get?

Now here's another good question.

Let's say I buy the dvd+ or - R thingee, and I burn a video. And I play it back, what happens the next time I want to use the same DVD + or - thing?

I assume I can put several videos on one dvd thingee right?

So do I assign it a place on the dvd thingee or does it do it all by itself (burn I mean).

Let's say I make 5 videos using my webcam. And I want to put those 5 videos on the dvd thingee. When I view it, will it go from one video to another, I gather I name all these videos? I am probably answering my own question, but since this is VIRGIN territory for me, I'm like Macguyver. I like to learn BEFORE I do.

How cool is this, to be 62 years young and still excited about technology.

I'm going to be making sprouting videos all over the place.

lol

P.S. I just bought a balance/wobble board, I want to make a video of that too.

What I really need to do is get a router, and buy myself a laptop because Alan is on this thing all day long and I only get to go on it when he's asleep. I really do need to get my own laptop.

I thought I would get it with the Stimulus check that Obama said he would give the seniors. Alan just told me we are not getting any check and my friend called me and said "do you know what the government is doing with the money from that stiimulus check all the seniors were supposed to get?" I said "what?" and she said "they are studying Monkeys getting hight".

I have no idea what the heck she was talking about.

Melody

That's Wonderful !

Let's see if I can answer your other questions

Here I wasn't referring to the player itself, but the actual disc you would burn the video onto. You can purchase them on a spindle, like the one here:

http://www.walmart.com/ip/Maxell-100...pindle/4990024

And, they come in either the +R, +RW, -R, -RW format. RW means ReWrite. You can add to them later (see my first post).

Yes, & Maybe. Yes you can put more than one video on a disc. How you do it depends on the software you are using. Windows Media Player doesn't handle that well. So, if you want to start doing that, you might want to look at getting a program for video creation. The one Jo*Mar suggested is free, and would be the best place for you to start. I found the link for the free download:

http://download.cnet.com/Ashampoo-Bu...-10776287.html

In one of your other posts, you said that your AudioVox can only accept the following disc formats: DVD, CD AND MP3. None of those formats are formats for discs created on a computer. They are formats for commercially created DVDs and CDs.

If you want to be able to play the discs you create on your computer, you will need a different DVD player - one that does accept CDs and DVDs created on a computer.

Here is a link for one at Walmart.

http://www.walmart.com/ip/Philips-DV...#ProductDetail

It is under $50, and if you click on the Product Details and scroll down to the line for Media Type (The format of media it will accept), you will see the following. All in blue are computer generated formats. Your AudioVox doesn't support those formats.

CD-R, CD-RW, SVCD, DVD-R, DVD+RW, DVD-RW, DVD+R, Kodak Picture CD, DVD, CD, Video CD

You would really like having the router and laptop. I hate to admit what computer junkies we are. Between my husband and I, we have 5 computers: 1 Desktop, 3 laptops, and 1 Netbook.

We originally started with 1 Desktop for me, and a laptop I used when I travelled with my job. He had a laptop for home, and one to keep in his truck (truck driver). Then last year we bought a Netbook to hook up to our TV so we can watch TV shows over the internet - we really hate commercials.

Now, I'm collecting SSDI, and not working. He is out of work, but we somehow still manage to use all 5 computers.

Let me know if you have any other questions.

You mentioned being 62 and being excited about technology. So,would you mind terribly if I briefly share with you why I think what you are doing for your friend is so important?

In 1985 I met a couple about my parents’ age. They quickly became my second Mom & Dad. In the early 90’s they moved back to their home state, and about a year later I took a job in a neighboring state - about a six hour drive away. We got together every 3-4 months, but every Sunday morning we talked on the phone.

By the early 2000’s Mom’s hearing had become so bad she had difficulty understanding me, even with one of the phones for the hearing impaired. The only thing she understood clearly was “I Love You”. Dad had to interpret everything else. So in 2002, when I purchased a new computer, I made a surprise visit for her 80th birthday and presented her with my old computer. I had created an instruction book for using email, and set her up with a year’s internet access.

It was a lot of fun teaching an 80-year old how to use a computer, especially one hard of hearing. She could understand Dad better than me. I think it was because he knew the correct tone of voice to use when he talked to her. So, I explained to Dad, who relayed the instructions to her. By the end of 2-days, she had a good grasp of how to email. We set up the email addresses for her son, daughter, and granddaughters, who all lived out of state.

Before I set out for home, we agreed that she would send me an email every Friday. I travelled with my job and every Friday when I returned home, I got comfortable and settled in to enjoy reading the email that described her week. And, I would send one back that described my week. So, by Sunday all it was necessary for her to hear was “I Love You”. She already knew the rest.

About 2 months after I gave her the computer, I got an email from her mid-week. It was a panic cry for help she had sent to everyone on her email list. Dad had been taken by ambulance to the hospital, and they wouldn’t let her ride in the ambulance with him. She couldn’t use the phone and she couldn’t drive – but she remembered she had email. I immediately called her sister who lived about 15 minutes away. Her sister and the minister arrived at about the same time. He had also received the cry for help.

I was so proud of her in that moment. About a year later Mom passed away. At her funeral I heard from almost everyone how much email had enriched the last year of her life. Her minister emailed his sermon notes every week so she could follow along Sunday morning; so did the Sunday School teacher. Her friends and family were able to communicate with her daily, without waiting until they were physically together; and her granddaughters were able to send her greeting cards and funny jokes. She loved it - so did they.

I never knew. I only knew how much it enriched my life being able to share our weeks without the need for a go-between.

OK, not brief, but that describes why I believe what you are doing for your friend is so very important. You never know how a small gesture can have a large impact on someone’s life.

Hi.

I DID IT!!! Made a video just to show you. (By the way, I loved your other post and I'll reply to that one separately)

Anyway, I said to myself, "put the cd rom in the portable dvd player and see if it plays".

IT DID.

I made a video.

Here is the link. It's up with my other videos on youtube.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s1MURsZfkU4

I made this "Sexy blouse" video when I was 59. It's one of the videos I put in the Widows Media Player, yesterday. I made this video because I had just put on this nice blouse and wanted to go outside and my husband took one look at me and said "You are NOT leaving the house wearing that, it's too sexy". I laughed and made the video. I also changed the blouse. lol

I wanted to try doing this with my other videos, BUT I CAN'T FIND IT (The windows media thingee) that has all the videos.

I just clicked on Windows Media Center and it said I didn't have anything in my Library.

I wish I knew where the videos were copied to.

I can always bring up windows media center again, and click on the burn option.

But I'm learning.

How cool is this? I can now bring this thing around the corner and make my friend who is 77 laugh her head off.

We have Ghost Whisperer Night every friday night. We all get together but we talk and laugh so much no one watches Ghost Whisperer.

How cool is it to make friends at ANY AGE?

Thanks you VERY much.

Melody
P.S. I know I'll have other questions so be patient with me.

lol

I adore helping out older folks. But one can only help others if they want to be helped. My friend who is 77 wants absolutely nothing to do with the computer that her daughter has in the house. In fact, when we get together, she will say "Let's sit and talk, and shut off the computer". Most people her age won't go near a computer. I respect that, but I know I'll give her a good laugh when I bring my portable dvd player and play her something on it. Just to show you how techno bad she is, the other day, she couldn't get her remote to turn on the tv. We were all sitting in the dining room and she said "I can't turn on the tv, the remote doesn't work, and I want to put on "The Insider". I simply walked over to the tv and manually turned it on. She looked at me and said "How did you do that?" I looked at her and we all burst out laughing.

We are TOO dependent on these toys, no??? lol

But when you spoke about your mom, it really moved me. I have an 86 year old aunt who lives in Florida. She is completely deaf from nerve deafness. Some years ago, I got her family to install one of those telephone things for the hearing impaired. So when she calls me, if I talk into the phone, it comes out as text at her end. Trouble is, she tries to hear and doesn't let anyone talk. AND SHE CAN'T HEAR!!!

The following is a dialogue that we had with her that will have you falling off of your chair:

Phone rings: I pick it up, I recognize the sound at the other end as the hearing impaired thingee and I knew it was my Aunt Sallie:

Melody: "Aunt Sallie, hi, is this you?"

Sallie: "Melody, I want to talk to Melody"

Melody: "Sallie, stop talking and read the machine".

Sallie: 'Wait, wait, I have to read the machine, you just said "Sallie, stop talking and read the machine". Oh, okay, I'll stop talking.

Melody: "so how are you?"

Sallie: '"HE DIED, I DIDN'T KNOW HE DIED".

Melody: "who died???"

Sallie: 'You just said he died"

Melody: "I said WHO DIED??"

Sallie: 'didn't you say he died".

Melody: "Aunt Sallie, shut up and read the machine"

Sallie: "Oh my, he died"

At that point I stopped talking because I knew sooner or later she would stop talking and READ THE MACHINE.

I then spoke slowly and said "Are you out of your mind, you can't hear, why on earth are you trying to hear?"

She says "hold on hold on, you are saying WHY AM I TRYING TO HEAR, and she laughed so hard I think she wet herself.

When I emailed her son and told them the dialogue they fell off of the computer chair.

So what did we then do? I told them to get her a computer. She starts saying "I'm too old, I'm too old".

Guess what? She has the Presto email thing. She can't send out but she can get emails.

I email her all the time. She loves it.

Hard part is when she phones me. She did this the other day. I answered the phone, I identified myself and all I could hear was "Alan, I'm trying to reach Melody, I want Melody".

I said "Aunt Sallie, it's Melody"

She said; "Oh she's not there, okay, I'll call back" and she hung up.

After picking myself off the floor, I emailed her.

I told her from now on, let's just do email.

She goes out every month with the Red Hat ladies. They all put on Red Hats and go to a dinner theater every month.

Now she's 86. I bet she does this until she's 100.

She's a hoot.

Kind of reminds me of me. If I live to be that old.

Oh, the people downstairs asked me to hook up their dsl line a few years ago.

He was 80. They don't speak english. Only italian.

Ever try hooking up a dsl line from Verizon with italian home-page and get instructions from a guy in the phillipines. The whole conversation was me speaking Italian to the people downstairs, and getting instructions in Spanish from the guy over the phone. I do speak some spanish so it came in handy.

Oh, you'll enjoy this one too. I speak a few languages, Never know when it will come in handy. My latest new language is Arabic. I order breakfast every morning at Dunkin IN ARABIC. It's fun.

So the other day, I'm walking a few blocks away and I see a new tv repair place that also fixes appliances etc. I got so excited because one thing I need is good tv guys.

I walk in and ask the guy: "I have Sony TV and if the motherboard goes, and I need a new headphone jack output thing, can you repair it".

The guy looks at me and I knew he didn't understand a thing I said.

I ask him slowly "What language do you speak?"

He replied "French".

I was home. HELLO!!!! I said "Bon Jour, Je parle francais.

You never saw a guy so surprised in his life. We chatted a few minutes, I got his business card.

So if I ever need a tv guy, I got one. AND HE SPEAKS FRENCH.

lol
Melody

Ask Away. I enjoy helping where I can.

I'm so glad that the CD played in your AudioVox. Your friend will love Sexy Blouse.

I'm not sure how Windows Media Center adds to the library. My husband's laptop originally came with Media Center, and for some reason he hated it. So he reformatted and replaced with XP Pro. But, it might act like Media Player:

Open the Library menu from the toolbar and find the option for 'Add to Library'. Then there is an option for which folders to monitor. If you choose 'My Documents', it will go out and find every photo, video, and music file and automatically add them to the library. And it will continue to monitor. So everytime you add something new, it will find it.

You also might want to check that you are actually in the Video Library. In the Library menu there are options for Music, Pictures, Video, etc.

And, they wear purple. You reminded me of that wonderful book. I just pulled out my copy and am surprised to see it was first published in 1991 - almost 20 years ago. I enjoyed it immensely then, but I think it's time for a re-read. I'm sure it will hold even more meaning now that I'm 20 years older.