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Disc Type/Format Compatibility
Since some commercial CD players cannot play CD-RWs, it is
recommended that you use CD-R/CD+R discs to burn music CDs.
It is recommended that you use RW or DVD-RAM discs for video in
DVD-VR format. DVD-VR discs can be played on a DVD player with
the RW Compatible logo.
It is recommended that you use DVD+R/RW or DVD-R/RW discs
for video in DVD+VR format. DVD+VR discs can be played on a
DVD-Video player.
VCD
VCD (video compact disc) is a CD video format that
uses MPEG compression. VCD contains audio and
video of a quality about the same as that of VHS, and
also contains menus and chapters like a DVD. VCD
can be played on a PC with VCD/MPEG playback
software and on most stand-alone DVD players.
DivX
DivX is a video file format based on MPEG-4
technology. DivX creates a very small video that can
be attached in an email, played back on a media
player, viewed on a TV, or written to VHS tape.
The DivX codec can be downloaded for free from the
DivX website at www.divx.com/divx/
BDAV
BDAV is a video recording format for Blu-ray discs.
BDAV is a simplified recording format mainly
designed for pure video recording and does not offer
advanced interface features like those on a DVD disc.