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  1. 03 Jan 2009 #1


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    Can't burn dvd

    I have been trying in vain to burn some TV show DVD's from uTorrent. After a lot of investigating I have come to the conclusion that Windows Media Player in Windows Vista Home Basic won't allow me to do this. Am I correct? If not how do I go about it. I can PLAY purchased DVD but not burn.


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  2. 04 Jan 2009 #2
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    Re: Can't burn dvd

    Quote Originally Posted by suedotr View Post
    I have been trying in vain to burn some TV show DVD's from uTorrent. After a lot of investigating I have come to the conclusion that Windows Media Player in Windows Vista Home Basic won't allow me to do this. Am I correct? If not how do I go about it. I can PLAY purchased DVD but not burn.

    Chances are the DVD's you downloaded are either ISO Images or DivX videos.

    If they are DivX, then you'll need a third-party video converter and editor to burn them as DVD videos. Or, you can just get a DVD Player that supports DivX videos, and then use Nero or some other favourite DVD writing software to burn them to a standard DVD data disk.

    If the downloads are ISO, then you can use Nero, Alcohol 120, MagicISO, etc. to burn them to DVD disk.

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  3. 04 Jan 2009 #3
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    Re: Can't burn dvd

    Hi ,

    You could try the free dvdflick - it handles a lot of file formats

    DVD Flick

    Hope it helps

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  4. 04 Jan 2009 #4


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    Re: Can't burn dvd

    Thanks for these replies, they are Xvid, but I have read on Windows Help that Windows Media Player will not burn DVD's on Vista Home Basic. I don't think I will go down the road that you suggested, thanks anyway. Will probably update Vista eventually, then I should be able to do it.

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  5. 04 Jan 2009 #5
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    Re: Can't burn dvd

    DVD flick works well for xvids....

    As for burning the DVDs, you can use ImgBurn
    It's free and works well with Vista.

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