Stupid computery question

[severity_softly]

What file type plays on DVD players? Is it .dvd? I'm downloading a "brown noise" file to help me sleep (I've been running the fan all night, but it's not loud enough, and I'm going to burn the motor out, so I want something I can loop and play in the bedroom DVD player), and it's only available in .mp4 and .wma. There's a converter I can DL to convert files to .mp3, .wav, .aac, .amr, .ogg, and .mp2. I don't know what most of those file types are for. Will any of them work in a DVD player? If not, is there a free converter anyone can recommend? Or would someone who has a converter that would work be willing to convert it for me if there aren't free converters available? I could probably move the CD player in there if that won't work, and if so, I assume .mp3 will play on it? *is sometimes clueless*

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[florahart]

.mp3 works on most recent CD players, I'm told; the one in my (10-year-old) car, no.

My child says it is possible to convert .avi to something a dvd player will recognize, but I don't know what the file format is called, and also, he says it takes forfuckinever.

I have an alarm clock which plays "nature" sounds; I leave it playing "rain" or "thunder" all night. When the alarm goes off it switches to the radio (or an alarm noise).

http://www.radioshack.com/product/index.jsp?productId=3480732 looks like the same one. On mine the projecty time thing has never worked (but this was not what I bought it for so I don't care), and if you need the room really dark you might have to be inventive about the time display because it's bright enough to cast visible shadows (which doesn't bother me).

[aoibhe.livejournal.com]

Most DVD players can play mp3s, but only from CDs. I'd download the .mp4 and burn it to a CD (most players should have this capability; I know Winamp does, which is what I use).

[severity-softly.livejournal.com]

Oooh, that looks cool! I didn't know they made alarm clocks for that. That would be way cheaper than replacing a DVD player if I burn it out. And considering I can sleep in the day time with the room light, I think I'd be fine, though I prefer it darker, so we'd have to see. I wonder if the projector time thing would be big enough to read without my contacts in. I hate being nearly blind sometimes.

[severity-softly.livejournal.com]

*G* Oh, yay! Thank you! <333

[calzamante.livejournal.com]

I use DVD Flick, following the instructions here. It's ever so easy to use - even I have made watchable-on-my-DVD-player DVDs! They're probably not as good quality as ones done the complicated way MrRuby uses, but, they're more than adequate.

EDIT: Ah, sorry, I should have read your post properly. If your DVD player plays normal CDs (try it out with one!) you can burn a .wma file to a CD using Media player, and that should do the trick just fine.