[js1138]

As Bill Clinton might say, it depends on what you mean by CD. Several posters have mentioned VCD. I have a commercial VCD movie that plays on my DVD player. The quality is a bit lower than the best VHS tapes. Sharpness and sound are ok, but it appears to be limited to 256 colors.

I believe VCDs are mpeg1 format, whereas DVDs are mpeg2 -- much better quality.

A CD can only hold about 20 minutes of video at DVD quality -- even if you have the hardware and software to make the transfer. You can't of course, make digital copies of DVDs without illegal software. You could make excellent copies with an S-Video card, but you would need a large stack of CDs to do a movie.

DVD burners are about $400 and blank DVDs cost as much as the movie you would copy. Plus there are format problems, and not all DVD players will play homemade disks.

[stuck_in_new_orleans]

so, you're saying I couldnt just save a movie clip onto my desk top and then burn it onto a blank cd? Even if i saved it as a movie file?