Resolved File format for DVDs?

I have an .mpg file on my laptop that I have to burn onto a DVD, to be played on a normal DVD player. What file format do I have to convert it to?

I know that it is the NTSC (or whatever) type, but what exact format do I need to use?

I need to burn this within 30 mins, so I'd appreciate a quick answer. Thanks a lot.

 

It does have a USB port, but twice now I've used Any Video Converter to convert a file to a DVD file, and the DVD player hasn't been able to play it. I forget what file I used with a USB drive, but the TV didn't reconize the file.

I'll see if DVD Flick Setup will give me a file that the DVD player can use. I go back to that room next Tuesday and I'll post back then.

Thanks for teh link.

 

If the files are in mpg format then i guess you don't have to change the format at all. Mpg format works fine on DVD's. However .avi or .mkv is also an option and if you want to be 100% sure with your burning, then convert it to .DAT extension.

 

I'm only at my classroom on Tues-Thu, so I'll get back later on, about what the problem is.

 

OK. Tonight, I converted the MP4 to an mpeg2 again, and burned it to another DVD.

What it said tonight (and I'm pretty sure that this was the same error message as before) was

Disk error
Please eject the disk
Playback may not be available on this disk.

Tonight, AVC detected a DVD in my drive, and offered to burn it for me after converting it. I don't recall seeing this before, so I'm pretty sure that the first "bad" disk was a burn from IMGBurn, although both times, AVC converted it.

I just put it in my laptop's dvd drive, as well as my dvd player at home (hooked up to my tv), and both times it played. So teh problem must be the dvd/tv setup at work.

Ridiculous. They used to have (old) projectors that worked fine.... and of course, provided a very large image onto a screen. They took those out, and replaced them with shiny new 30-inch TVs hooked up to these dvd/vcr players, and the folks in the back of the room can hardly see the print on my ppt shows, and they can't play dvds either.

Don't know what it is with government. They either have way too much money, or too little. Obviously where I work, someone is sitting a pile of too much money....

 

OK, but as I said above, I have been having AVC convert my mp4 to mpeg2 (which it says is the DVD format).

 

OK Now I see where DVDFLick comes in. I'll give that a shot, and see what happens.