I usually have no problem burning mpg or mpeg to a dvd player format by using. nero vision this program does any converting neccesary to play in most all dvd players. alot of players wont play in pal format (unless)- you go in to your vcr's menu and set it to play in pal. this setting can be hard to locate in your vcr's preferences. So be carefull when using nero vision to select an ntfs format. this should eliminate alot of problems. nero vision converts avi as well into a dvd player suitable format. i have had some issues however trying to burn skidvid/xvid/avi onto a dvd with nero vision and cyberlink. I am gonna try just burning a few onto a disk instead of tryin to fill it Its very possible i have a corrupt music video file perhaps.