Burning video made with Windows Movie Maker to DVD

I am trying to burn a DVD of a movie I made with Movie Maker but the
software, Nero, won't recognize the format of the video that was output.

What can I do?

Save the finished file as a DV-AVI in MovieMaker rather than a WMV. Not
only will Nero now recognize the file, but the resolution should be much
better.

Use the Save to My Computer line and then choose DV-AVI from the drop down
list.
--
Cari (MS-MVP Printing, Imaging & Hardware)
www.coribright.com

"Zork" <Zork@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:18692557-D2A4-4E05-9623-48F2801DDCD3@microsoft.com...
>I am trying to burn a DVD of a movie I made with Movie Maker but the
> software, Nero, won't recognize the format of the video that was output.
>
> What can I do?
>

I don't get that option. There is no drop-down list. It
automatically saves it as a Windows movie maker file.
>-----Original Message-----
>Save the finished file as a DV-AVI in MovieMaker rather
than a WMV. Not
>only will Nero now recognize the file, but the
resolution should be much
>better.
>
>Use the Save to My Computer line and then choose DV-AVI
from the drop down
>list.
>--
>Cari (MS-MVP Printing, Imaging & Hardware)
>www.coribright.com
>
>"Zork" <Zork@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>news:18692557-D2A4-4E05-9623-
48F2801DDCD3@microsoft.com...
>>I am trying to burn a DVD of a movie I made with Movie
Maker but the
>> software, Nero, won't recognize the format of the
video that was output.
>>
>> What can I do?
>>
>
>
>
>.
>

Select "Save to my computer" and enter a file name; press Next:
In this screen "Movie Settings" see closely there is a blue underlined link
"Show More choices" under the only option "Best quality..."

Click on the link and make the DV avi choice from the drop down list.

--
Rehan
www.rehanfx.org - get transitions and effects for Windows MovieMaker



"Carol" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:116001c4a745$b299c360$a301280a@phx.gbl...
>I don't get that option. There is no drop-down list. It
> automatically saves it as a Windows movie maker file.
>>-----Original Message-----
>>Save the finished file as a DV-AVI in MovieMaker rather
> than a WMV. Not
>>only will Nero now recognize the file, but the
> resolution should be much
>>better.
>>
>>Use the Save to My Computer line and then choose DV-AVI
> from the drop down
>>list.
>>--
>>Cari (MS-MVP Printing, Imaging & Hardware)
>>www.coribright.com
>>
>>"Zork" <Zork@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>>news:18692557-D2A4-4E05-9623-
> 48F2801DDCD3@microsoft.com...
>>>I am trying to burn a DVD of a movie I made with Movie
> Maker but the
>>> software, Nero, won't recognize the format of the
> video that was output.
>>>
>>> What can I do?
>>>
>>
>>
>>
>>.
>>

Thanks so much!
>-----Original Message-----
>Select "Save to my computer" and enter a file name;
press Next:
>In this screen "Movie Settings" see closely there is a
blue underlined link
>"Show More choices" under the only option "Best
quality..."
>
>Click on the link and make the DV avi choice from the
drop down list.
>
>--
>Rehan
>www.rehanfx.org - get transitions and effects for
Windows MovieMaker
>
>
>
>"Carol" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
message
>news:116001c4a745$b299c360$a301280a@phx.gbl...
>>I don't get that option. There is no drop-down list. It
>> automatically saves it as a Windows movie maker file.
>>>-----Original Message-----
>>>Save the finished file as a DV-AVI in MovieMaker rather
>> than a WMV. Not
>>>only will Nero now recognize the file, but the
>> resolution should be much
>>>better.
>>>
>>>Use the Save to My Computer line and then choose DV-AVI
>> from the drop down
>>>list.
>>>--
>>>Cari (MS-MVP Printing, Imaging & Hardware)
>>>www.coribright.com
>>>
>>>"Zork" <Zork@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
message
>>>news:18692557-D2A4-4E05-9623-
>> 48F2801DDCD3@microsoft.com...
>>>>I am trying to burn a DVD of a movie I made with Movie
>> Maker but the
>>>> software, Nero, won't recognize the format of the
>> video that was output.
>>>>
>>>> What can I do?
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>.
>>>
>
>
>.
>

hi,
I am trying to make a "DVD player' readable format. But 146MB size movie
(WMV format) when converted into DVI-AV (NTSC) format, size increases to
12GB. Is this normal. Is there any compressing technique or some solution so
my entire movie can go on to one DVD disk.

Thanks in advance,
Uday
udayhere@hotmail.com

"Carol" wrote:

> Thanks so much!
> >-----Original Message-----
> >Select "Save to my computer" and enter a file name;
> press Next:
> >In this screen "Movie Settings" see closely there is a
> blue underlined link
> >"Show More choices" under the only option "Best
> quality..."
> >
> >Click on the link and make the DV avi choice from the
> drop down list.
> >
> >--
> >Rehan
> >www.rehanfx.org - get transitions and effects for
> Windows MovieMaker
> >
> >
> >
> >"Carol" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
> message
> >news:116001c4a745$b299c360$a301280a@phx.gbl...
> >>I don't get that option. There is no drop-down list. It
> >> automatically saves it as a Windows movie maker file.
> >>>-----Original Message-----
> >>>Save the finished file as a DV-AVI in MovieMaker rather
> >> than a WMV. Not
> >>>only will Nero now recognize the file, but the
> >> resolution should be much
> >>>better.
> >>>
> >>>Use the Save to My Computer line and then choose DV-AVI
> >> from the drop down
> >>>list.
> >>>--
> >>>Cari (MS-MVP Printing, Imaging & Hardware)
> >>>www.coribright.com
> >>>
> >>>"Zork" <Zork@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
> message
> >>>news:18692557-D2A4-4E05-9623-
> >> 48F2801DDCD3@microsoft.com...
> >>>>I am trying to burn a DVD of a movie I made with Movie
> >> Maker but the
> >>>> software, Nero, won't recognize the format of the
> >> video that was output.
> >>>>
> >>>> What can I do?
> >>>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>.
> >>>
> >
> >
> >.
> >
>

You now need to use a dvd authoring app to convert the avi file into a dvd
mpeg file. 12gb is about 1 hour and this should fit on one disc when
converted to mpeg2.

Graham

--
Graham Hughes
MVP Digital Media
www.dvds2treasure.com
www.simplydv.com
"Uday" <Uday@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:F83400F4-89AB-44F5-8C07-064817F704A9@microsoft.com...
> hi,
> I am trying to make a "DVD player' readable format. But 146MB size movie
> (WMV format) when converted into DVI-AV (NTSC) format, size increases to
> 12GB. Is this normal. Is there any compressing technique or some solution
so
> my entire movie can go on to one DVD disk.
>
> Thanks in advance,
> Uday
> udayhere@hotmail.com
>
> "Carol" wrote:
>
> > Thanks so much!
> > >-----Original Message-----
> > >Select "Save to my computer" and enter a file name;
> > press Next:
> > >In this screen "Movie Settings" see closely there is a
> > blue underlined link
> > >"Show More choices" under the only option "Best
> > quality..."
> > >
> > >Click on the link and make the DV avi choice from the
> > drop down list.
> > >
> > >--
> > >Rehan
> > >www.rehanfx.org - get transitions and effects for
> > Windows MovieMaker
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >"Carol" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
> > message
> > >news:116001c4a745$b299c360$a301280a@phx.gbl...
> > >>I don't get that option. There is no drop-down list. It
> > >> automatically saves it as a Windows movie maker file.
> > >>>-----Original Message-----
> > >>>Save the finished file as a DV-AVI in MovieMaker rather
> > >> than a WMV. Not
> > >>>only will Nero now recognize the file, but the
> > >> resolution should be much
> > >>>better.
> > >>>
> > >>>Use the Save to My Computer line and then choose DV-AVI
> > >> from the drop down
> > >>>list.
> > >>>--
> > >>>Cari (MS-MVP Printing, Imaging & Hardware)
> > >>>www.coribright.com
> > >>>
> > >>>"Zork" <Zork@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
> > message
> > >>>news:18692557-D2A4-4E05-9623-
> > >> 48F2801DDCD3@microsoft.com...
> > >>>>I am trying to burn a DVD of a movie I made with Movie
> > >> Maker but the
> > >>>> software, Nero, won't recognize the format of the
> > >> video that was output.
> > >>>>
> > >>>> What can I do?
> > >>>>
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>>.
> > >>>
> > >
> > >
> > >.
> > >
> >

"Zork" wrote:

> I am trying to burn a DVD of a movie I made with Movie Maker but the
> software, Nero, won't recognize the format of the video that was output.
>
> What can I do?

I do this with Nero Vision Express 3 (3.1.0.25) and it has worked fine
for me.
I save the video from Movie Maker in "NTSC" quality, then just drop the file
into
Vision Express.