Avi format burnt dvd's

hi there guys please help i desperately need it.
i recently acquired loads of burnt dvds of my mate and there all avi's and ive tried to rip them of handbrake but it doesnt recognise the cd.
is there anything that i can do?...do i need to convert the avi format?...please help.

if they're AVI just open the disc in finder and drag them to where you want them. you should be able to watch them, sometimes AVI's won't play correctly so you would have to get the DIVX codec if that is the case.
http://www.divx.com/divx/mac/

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