I have some movies (format *.avi) that I cannot see (I can hear the sound, though) when I attempt to play once burned as data on a DVD. The message says "video codec not available". I made those movies with a Canon Powershot S2 IS. Can this problem be fixed with a software download? Thanks, Aristica.

You try some other free AVI player software toolss such as Leawo Blu-ray Player, which is a region free Blu-ray player program that could play Blu-ray/DVD movies without quality loss and cost, regardless of disc protection and region code restriction.

Hello Aristica,
There is No software download for the DVD plaer itself. Where you are going wrong is the Format ie avi that DVD player does not support it. You can Google free software to download which will allow you to convert you AVI file to something that the Dvd player will play:

DVD Video • VCD • SVCD • DVD-R • DVD-RW • DVD+R • DVD+RW • CD (Audio) • CD-R • CD-RW • Picture CD • Divx

so If you type in Google free Avi converter Then this will list several. You really want one that will convert to DIVX or VOB those will definately play on your DVD player.

I hope this has help you out. I tryed not to go into too much detail.

Cheers

Little Dish Fitter