Vista Tutorial - Burning DVD'S

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.

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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"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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> >http://windowshelp.microsoft.com/com...pictures_video
>
> 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?

AVI, of course.