Is Downloaded File DVD Player Compatable

Hi,I have a quick question…I download a lot of movies and tv shows and to save time and aggrevation is there a way to know if the downloaded files will be dvd player compatable…I know mkv and some others are not ..I mean the ones that state they are avi…some work and some do not…I can make them all work if I burn them but I just want to put them on disk as data..thanks for listening
Answer #1
Use TMPGEnc Authoring Works 4.0.12.42 to burn the movie files to a DVD. Easy to use and excellent quality.
Answer #2
If the DVD player can play avi/xvid/divx files. Then burn avi file on DVD data and try for urself.
Or do u wana make a DVD so it will play In any DVD player
Answer #3
thank you for replying so quickly…I want to play a data dvd on my player..my player will except data dvds that are avi….the problem is that it seems that the 350mb and the 500mb avi’s are different because the 350 will play but not the 500 usually or vise versa….I did not know that avi’s have different formats that make one work and not the other..thank you
Answer #4
If they are of greater resolution than 576×720 they will not play,
Check that and the other parameters with MediaInfo..
http://mediainfo.sourceforge.net/en
Answer #5
thank you for replying ..I will check out the size…thanks again