mike_d

"Adam Albright" wrote:

> On Fri, 24 Aug 2007 02:36:01 -0700, mike_d
> <miked@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
>
> >I am attempting to burn some films of my pc to dvd, with no success. I have
> >used media player, movie maker, and win avi converter. The films play in the
> >drive on the computer but not in the house dvd player. it is only 4 years
> >old and all other dvd's play fine.
>
> So-called "burning" of DVDs falls into two broad categories:
>
> 1. making data discs, generally only playable off a computer
> 2. making true discs capable of playing on free standing devices
>
> Actually 4 years old is pretty old for a DVD player in that the
> feature set players now support has changed a lot.
>
> A good place to start it see how your DVD player ranks as far as what
> it is capable of is checking on the compatibility lists you'll find at
> this long established site: http://www.vcdhelp.com
>
> When you "burn" a data disc in effect all you're doing is copying
> files off another disc or from a hard drive and placing copies on a
> new disc. There's no conversion involved. To further confuse the issue
> some newer DVD players CAN read some data discs, like a CD/DVD full of
> JPEG images, but all that means it is will step through the pictures
> or perhaps play a simple slide show. This is NOT a true DVD video.
>
> To make a REAL DVD, ie something close to a commercial DVD involves a
> multi step process. Files must be compliant so a DVD player can
> understand them and thus decode and play them. If you want bells and
> whistles like sub titles, chapters, fancy menu designs, that falls in
> the realm of DVD Authoring. Depending on what product you buy the
> process of creating/burning/authoring may or may not be included in
> the same package. This is so even in Vista. If you buy either the Home
> Premium or Ultimate version Microsoft throws in a crude DVD package
> that lets you make limited DVDs. If you have a different version of
> Vista then you need some third party software.
>
> The process involves these basic steps:
>
> 1. obtain source files, transcode to a compliant form
> 2. edit source files, combine more than one, etc.
> 3. add/edit sound track, voice overs, add titles, overlays, etc.
> 4. convert to file type understood by DVD players (image files)
> 5. optionally do DVD Authoring to add bells and whistles
> 6. finally 'burn' to a blank DVD
>
> End result will be a DVD that users can click on links, typically
> thumbnails and either start the play of multiple videos all on the
> same DVD or play a longer video from different starting points without
> need to play from the beginning. At end of clip/video you get returned
> to some central or sub menu so you can play something else.
>
>
>
>
> >
> >What file does it need to be in to play in the dvd player?. My knowledge is
> >very limited to say the least i have converted to divx but stiil no joy.
> >
> >I did downloand cucusoft and it converted the file fine and now plays on the
> >dvd player
> >BUT
> >It has a watermark all the way through the film in the middle of the screen
> >advertising the website of the company.
> >Can anyone point me int the right direction of any other software to
> >download or how to use nero or media player successfully.
> >
> >Many Thanks
> >mike_d
> >
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>
> Thanks for the reply but i am still a little confused

if a file is downloaded is in avi format what file ext does it need to be in
to play on my dvd player?