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ilyabyk83
06-04-2007, 12:20 PM
:eek: Hi All! I have a very simple question and many of you know the answer to this! I have few files on my computer. .AVI, .WMV, .MPG, .ASF ECT. I want to burn them on to a DVD, so that I can watch them in my room, on my TV, on my regular DVD player!! What do I need to do? I understand that I need to decode them and encode them or whatever. How and using what? I have couple of burning DVD software! Just name me a program + how do I do all of this! Thank you for your help! Been trying for almost three months now! Your help is much appreciated!
TwoRails
06-04-2007, 12:33 PM
Hi ilyabyk83,

Welcome to PC Mechanic !! :)

You didn't mention what software packages you have, but they all operate basically the same. Basically you first edit your "footage" to your liking, meaning take out all the foot shots and the like: that is called editing. You then add chapter marks, menus, and so on: that is called authoring. When you're happy with your movie, you convert it to DVD format: this is called rendering. At this time you can burn it directly to disk, or hard drive.

TwoRails
XenaWP
06-04-2007, 01:28 PM
DVD video format is MPEG2. A lot of burning software does not have this codec included.

Packages by Pinnacle, Sony, Ulead, and other major companies have the codec. I found some shareware that had the codec (don't remember the name) and was able to burn the 10 copies of a homemade DVD I needed.
RJ
06-04-2007, 04:13 PM
I think ConvertXtoDVD converts basically any source to DVD-Video compliant files and burns them to DVD, so I'd give it a try.

RJ
RayH
06-05-2007, 11:46 PM
Get a Divx player. It's easier and faster.
TwoRails
06-06-2007, 10:05 AM
yeah ... but then you can't share the disc with family and friends as they would all have to buy Divx players
RJ
06-06-2007, 02:24 PM
That's the reason I always recommend to use the standard: DVD-Video

Not everyone can play divx, but everyone can play a DVD-Video.

Also, divx is not easier (don't see how it possible could be easier). Faster. . not really, DivX is MPEG-4 which is a high compression format, and it also takes time to convert to DivX.

Best way is to stick with DVD-Video.

RJ