I downloaded a movie (legally) from a pay site. Now I want to copy that
movie onto a DVD or CD. My question is: 1) Do I use a CD or a DVD to copy
to? 2) Should they be 'R', RW' or something else? 3) In Windows Movie
Maker Ithought I was doing it right but evidentally I wasn't because I kept
getting an unknown error message saying that the movie was not copied. Is
there anywhere I can get directions on how to successfully do this?

Thanks

You might not need Movie Maker at all... it's just used if you want to do
some editing of the movie...

Movie Maker can't make CDs or DVDs that are playable on stand-alone DVD
players... you need to use other disc making software. If that software can
handle what you downloaded, and no editing is needed, start with it and not
Movie Maker.

the type of disc is determined by your disc burner, and by what your player
can read.... it's good to do a little testing
--
PapaJohn

Movie Maker 2 and Photo Story 3 website - http://www.papajohn.org
MM2 Tips and Tricks: http://www.simplydv.co.uk/simplyBB/viewtopic.php?t=4693
Online Newsletters: http://www.windowsmoviemakers.net/PapaJohn/Index.aspx


"Jetsticks" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:1A3824C6-8E6A-4030-BCDB-(E-Mail Removed)...
>I downloaded a movie (legally) from a pay site. Now I want to copy that
> movie onto a DVD or CD. My question is: 1) Do I use a CD or a DVD to
> copy
> to? 2) Should they be 'R', RW' or something else? 3) In Windows Movie
> Maker Ithought I was doing it right but evidentally I wasn't because I
> kept
> getting an unknown error message saying that the movie was not copied. Is
> there anywhere I can get directions on how to successfully do this?
>
> Thanks

Ok...thanks for the reply. I guess I was thinking that just because I had
Movie Maker that I could download movies and immediately make copies of them
to watch on my DVD player. From reading some other posts I guess I need to
get some other type of program for that.

"PapaJohn (MVP)" wrote:

> You might not need Movie Maker at all... it's just used if you want to do
> some editing of the movie...
>
> Movie Maker can't make CDs or DVDs that are playable on stand-alone DVD
> players... you need to use other disc making software. If that software can
> handle what you downloaded, and no editing is needed, start with it and not
> Movie Maker.
>
> the type of disc is determined by your disc burner, and by what your player
> can read.... it's good to do a little testing
> --
> PapaJohn
>
> Movie Maker 2 and Photo Story 3 website - http://www.papajohn.org
> MM2 Tips and Tricks: http://www.simplydv.co.uk/simplyBB/viewtopic.php?t=4693
> Online Newsletters: http://www.windowsmoviemakers.net/PapaJohn/Index.aspx
>
>
> "Jetsticks" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:1A3824C6-8E6A-4030-BCDB-(E-Mail Removed)...
> >I downloaded a movie (legally) from a pay site. Now I want to copy that
> > movie onto a DVD or CD. My question is: 1) Do I use a CD or a DVD to
> > copy
> > to? 2) Should they be 'R', RW' or something else? 3) In Windows Movie
> > Maker Ithought I was doing it right but evidentally I wasn't because I
> > kept
> > getting an unknown error message saying that the movie was not copied. Is
> > there anywhere I can get directions on how to successfully do this?
> >
> > Thanks
>
>
>

Yes you do.
Check out the "DVD Creation" page on my website for a list of popular
programs along with download links. Most of them offer a free trial download
that will complete the DVD for you so you can see which program you like
best.
--
Wojo
--------------------
Wojo's Web:
http://www.remember-christopher.dostweb.com/Wojos_web/


"Jetsticks" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:70D35626-DC73-4658-912A-(E-Mail Removed)...
> Ok...thanks for the reply. I guess I was thinking that just because I had
> Movie Maker that I could download movies and immediately make copies of
> them
> to watch on my DVD player. From reading some other posts I guess I need
> to
> get some other type of program for that.
>
> "PapaJohn (MVP)" wrote:
>
>> You might not need Movie Maker at all... it's just used if you want to do
>> some editing of the movie...
>>
>> Movie Maker can't make CDs or DVDs that are playable on stand-alone DVD
>> players... you need to use other disc making software. If that software
>> can
>> handle what you downloaded, and no editing is needed, start with it and
>> not
>> Movie Maker.
>>
>> the type of disc is determined by your disc burner, and by what your
>> player
>> can read.... it's good to do a little testing
>> --
>> PapaJohn
>>
>> Movie Maker 2 and Photo Story 3 website - http://www.papajohn.org
>> MM2 Tips and Tricks:
>> http://www.simplydv.co.uk/simplyBB/viewtopic.php?t=4693
>> Online Newsletters: http://www.windowsmoviemakers.net/PapaJohn/Index.aspx
>>
>>
>> "Jetsticks" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>> news:1A3824C6-8E6A-4030-BCDB-(E-Mail Removed)...
>> >I downloaded a movie (legally) from a pay site. Now I want to copy that
>> > movie onto a DVD or CD. My question is: 1) Do I use a CD or a DVD to
>> > copy
>> > to? 2) Should they be 'R', RW' or something else? 3) In Windows
>> > Movie
>> > Maker Ithought I was doing it right but evidentally I wasn't because I
>> > kept
>> > getting an unknown error message saying that the movie was not copied.
>> > Is
>> > there anywhere I can get directions on how to successfully do this?
>> >
>> > Thanks
>>
>>
>>

Thanks Wojo. I'll do that.

"Wojo" wrote:

> Yes you do.
> Check out the "DVD Creation" page on my website for a list of popular
> programs along with download links. Most of them offer a free trial download
> that will complete the DVD for you so you can see which program you like
> best.
> --
> Wojo
> --------------------
> Wojo's Web:
> http://www.remember-christopher.dostweb.com/Wojos_web/
>
>
> "Jetsticks" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:70D35626-DC73-4658-912A-(E-Mail Removed)...
> > Ok...thanks for the reply. I guess I was thinking that just because I had
> > Movie Maker that I could download movies and immediately make copies of
> > them
> > to watch on my DVD player. From reading some other posts I guess I need
> > to
> > get some other type of program for that.
> >
> > "PapaJohn (MVP)" wrote:
> >
> >> You might not need Movie Maker at all... it's just used if you want to do
> >> some editing of the movie...
> >>
> >> Movie Maker can't make CDs or DVDs that are playable on stand-alone DVD
> >> players... you need to use other disc making software. If that software
> >> can
> >> handle what you downloaded, and no editing is needed, start with it and
> >> not
> >> Movie Maker.
> >>
> >> the type of disc is determined by your disc burner, and by what your
> >> player
> >> can read.... it's good to do a little testing
> >> --
> >> PapaJohn
> >>
> >> Movie Maker 2 and Photo Story 3 website - http://www.papajohn.org
> >> MM2 Tips and Tricks:
> >> http://www.simplydv.co.uk/simplyBB/viewtopic.php?t=4693
> >> Online Newsletters: http://www.windowsmoviemakers.net/PapaJohn/Index.aspx
> >>
> >>
> >> "Jetsticks" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> >> news:1A3824C6-8E6A-4030-BCDB-(E-Mail Removed)...
> >> >I downloaded a movie (legally) from a pay site. Now I want to copy that
> >> > movie onto a DVD or CD. My question is: 1) Do I use a CD or a DVD to
> >> > copy
> >> > to? 2) Should they be 'R', RW' or something else? 3) In Windows
> >> > Movie
> >> > Maker Ithought I was doing it right but evidentally I wasn't because I
> >> > kept
> >> > getting an unknown error message saying that the movie was not copied.
> >> > Is
> >> > there anywhere I can get directions on how to successfully do this?
> >> >
> >> > Thanks
> >>
> >>
> >>
>
>
>