Melody, Burning video can be a little tricky if you want it to 'autoplay' (start to play when the disc is inserted).

So, let's see if you actually burned anything to the disc:

• Put the disc in the DVD+-RW/CD drive.
• Click on your Start button
• On the right side, you should see a choice for 'My Computer' - click that
• Now you should see icons for the drives you have on your computer. One will have a picture of a DVD with the a name below it something like: 'DVD-RAM' - Double-Click that.
• That should open Windows Explorer - do you see any icons in it, or is it blank.
• If you see an icon, double-click that and see if your video starts to play.

Let me know what happens, and I can try to guide you from there.

One other note:
It doesn't look like your Audiovox will be capable of playing a DVD or CD created on your computer. If it could you would see either +/-R following it's name. You might try looking for a basic DVD player that you can leave at her house. Now that BluRay has hit the shelves, the price of a basic DVD player has really come down. We just purchased one for $49 at SamsClub, and it plays all formats, including +/-R.

I'm hysterical. SHE HAS A DVD PLAYER. Only she doesn't know how to use it. She has to call up her son to come up and press the play thing on the remote. (I know, I know).

Anyway, I did what you said, THE MY COMPUTER THING.

Here's what came up.

SEXY BLOUSE (that's the name of the video)

I clicked on this and 5 folders came up

CDI EXT MPEGAV SEGMENT VCD

Which one is the video?

Melody

That's a good sign - we know that you actually burned something to the disk. Now we just need to figure out if it will play.

The file is probably in the MPEGAV folder. Try that first. The next folder to check would be the VCD. It won't hurt to explore each of the folders. It might help to switch to Detail view.

To do that, go through the previous instructions to get to Windows Explorer. In the top menu bar, click on 'View', then click 'Details'.

You will now see 4 columns - Name, Size, Type, and Date Modified. Open each folder and look in the Size column. The file you want will be the largest, and most likely around 4,000 KB.

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.