you can put mpeg3 (or something..) vids on a CD-R that will play on your DVD player. you don't need a DVD burner, although those would give you better quality.. Windows media formated files will not play on DVD players, although maybe some of the more expensive ones might.. theres a program called DVD ripper (DVD magic?) from Cosmi thats lets you burn most DVDs and format them as Divx (which SOME dvd players will play), or as MPEGs.. yay.