text: i am having trouble burning movies to a blank cd. what should i do? mikey here. i am having trouble burning movies to a blank cd. the music i burn work on my dvd player but the movies i burn don't. am i doing something wrong in my burning? do i need something to allow me to play my movies on my dvd player? try this freeware burner http://sourceforge.net/projects/bwgburn   most the time they come with the right codecs. if you can watch the vid on your computer from the vid file it should work.