How to wmv. files to a dvd

I just finished making a movie using Windows Moviemaker
2. I used photos that I scanned in to make it. I have
saved it to my hardrive and it plays fine in the media
player. The problem is that I can not seem to figure out
how to save it to a dvd. I have a dvd-r drive but it
won't recognize the wmv. file. Is there someway of
coverting it so I can save it to a dvd? Any help would
be appreciated. Thanks.

Hi there,

It would seem that your DVD software does not support the WMV format.
That's no big deal. Save your movie again using the DV-AVI format. The
resulting file should import into your DVD software with no problems at all.
Your alternative is to use some third party product to converts the WMV file
into an MPEG file. Its not a terribly good thing to do...such a program
would have to internally convert it to a bitmap and then convert that back
to an PEG. So any loss of quality that might occur in the WMV format will be
treated as good quality during the conversion....result...not too good. You
would be much better off going with the DV-AVI option.

Best Wishes.....John Kelly
www.the-kellys.org
www.the-kellys.co.uk


"Steve" <RRWJD2003@aol.com> wrote in message
news:3b9201c42a07$74fb2410$a101280a@phx.gbl...
> I just finished making a movie using Windows Moviemaker
> 2. I used photos that I scanned in to make it. I have
> saved it to my hardrive and it plays fine in the media
> player. The problem is that I can not seem to figure out
> how to save it to a dvd. I have a dvd-r drive but it
> won't recognize the wmv. file. Is there someway of
> coverting it so I can save it to a dvd? Any help would
> be appreciated. Thanks.

I have tried your suggestion but the movie maker is
telling me that I can not save it as a dv-avi file. It
is telling me to check that the files are still available
and that the location is available. I try just saving it
as a normal wmv file again and all works fine. Is there
something wrong with the file or just my software?





>Hi there,
>
> It would seem that your DVD software does not
support the WMV format.
>That's no big deal. Save your movie again using the DV-
AVI format. The
>resulting file should import into your DVD software with
no problems at all.
>Your alternative is to use some third party product to
converts the WMV file
>into an MPEG file. Its not a terribly good thing to
do...such a program
>would have to internally convert it to a bitmap and then
convert that back
>to an PEG. So any loss of quality that might occur in
the WMV format will be
>treated as good quality during the
conversion....result...not too good. You
>would be much better off going with the DV-AVI option.
>
>Best Wishes.....John Kelly
>www.the-kellys.org
>www.the-kellys.co.uk

Hi there,

OK, I have yet to write this one up for my FAQ. It sounds to me that you
might have a duff QASF.DLL If memory serves the current one is Version
9.0.0.2980. Having just checked I have two copies of it on my system One is
the version mentioned above and the other is version 5.something.

This DLL is used by the DirectX rendering system (That does not just
mean rendering to the screen you understand) Movie Maker will make full use
of this DLL at various stages. Again if memory serves it is used in the
creation of DV-AVI. Now if you have the Version 5 being used by MovieMaker
to create a file in the DirectX version 9 fornmat, you are obviously going
to have problems.

Finding it.....Click on Start > Search > All Files and enter QASF.DLL
and let it rip. To discover what the version number is right click the found
file(s) and select Version. THE ONLY version you are interested in will be
the one displayed at the top of the Version panel. I say this because it is
often the case when looking at these details users click on the Product
Version in the bottom of the pane. In the case of QASF.DLL they should both
read the same, but it is often not the case.

On finding your QASF.DLL file and assuming it is not the versio 9 I
mentioned above you need to do one of three things....the third is copy any
version 9 stored elsewhere over the top of any lesser version. For a full
description of the other two options check out the FAQ > MM > Codec > Crash
and go to the paragraph title "Download and install the basic system files
for correct operation"

Best Wishes.....John Kelly
www.the-kellys.org
www.the-kellys.co.uk

<anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:3a0701c42a0e$4e753770$a601280a@phx.gbl...
> I have tried your suggestion but the movie maker is
> telling me that I can not save it as a dv-avi file. It
> is telling me to check that the files are still available
> and that the location is available. I try just saving it
> as a normal wmv file again and all works fine. Is there
> something wrong with the file or just my software?
>
>
>
>
>
> >Hi there,
> >
> > It would seem that your DVD software does not
> support the WMV format.
> >That's no big deal. Save your movie again using the DV-
> AVI format. The
> >resulting file should import into your DVD software with
> no problems at all.
> >Your alternative is to use some third party product to
> converts the WMV file
> >into an MPEG file. Its not a terribly good thing to
> do...such a program
> >would have to internally convert it to a bitmap and then
> convert that back
> >to an PEG. So any loss of quality that might occur in
> the WMV format will be
> >treated as good quality during the
> conversion....result...not too good. You
> >would be much better off going with the DV-AVI option.
> >
> >Best Wishes.....John Kelly
> >www.the-kellys.org
> >www.the-kellys.co.uk
>

Hi Again,

Less Haste, more speed needed!!

I should have said that the above will hopefully solve your problem when
trying to save to DV-AVI

Best Wishes.....John Kelly
www.the-kellys.org
www.the-kellys.co.uk

"John Kelly" <nospam@no.spam> wrote in message
news:aJBic.594$Ap4.5322999@news-text.cableinet.net...
> Hi there,
>
> OK, I have yet to write this one up for my FAQ. It sounds to me that
you
> might have a duff QASF.DLL If memory serves the current one is Version
> 9.0.0.2980. Having just checked I have two copies of it on my system One
is
> the version mentioned above and the other is version 5.something.
>
> This DLL is used by the DirectX rendering system (That does not just
> mean rendering to the screen you understand) Movie Maker will make full
use
> of this DLL at various stages. Again if memory serves it is used in the
> creation of DV-AVI. Now if you have the Version 5 being used by MovieMaker
> to create a file in the DirectX version 9 fornmat, you are obviously going
> to have problems.
>
> Finding it.....Click on Start > Search > All Files and enter QASF.DLL
> and let it rip. To discover what the version number is right click the
found
> file(s) and select Version. THE ONLY version you are interested in will be
> the one displayed at the top of the Version panel. I say this because it
is
> often the case when looking at these details users click on the Product
> Version in the bottom of the pane. In the case of QASF.DLL they should
both
> read the same, but it is often not the case.
>
> On finding your QASF.DLL file and assuming it is not the versio 9 I
> mentioned above you need to do one of three things....the third is copy
any
> version 9 stored elsewhere over the top of any lesser version. For a full
> description of the other two options check out the FAQ > MM > Codec >
Crash
> and go to the paragraph title "Download and install the basic system files
> for correct operation"
>
> Best Wishes.....John Kelly
> www.the-kellys.org
> www.the-kellys.co.uk
>
> <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:3a0701c42a0e$4e753770$a601280a@phx.gbl...
> > I have tried your suggestion but the movie maker is
> > telling me that I can not save it as a dv-avi file. It
> > is telling me to check that the files are still available
> > and that the location is available. I try just saving it
> > as a normal wmv file again and all works fine. Is there
> > something wrong with the file or just my software?
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > >Hi there,
> > >
> > > It would seem that your DVD software does not
> > support the WMV format.
> > >That's no big deal. Save your movie again using the DV-
> > AVI format. The
> > >resulting file should import into your DVD software with
> > no problems at all.
> > >Your alternative is to use some third party product to
> > converts the WMV file
> > >into an MPEG file. Its not a terribly good thing to
> > do...such a program
> > >would have to internally convert it to a bitmap and then
> > convert that back
> > >to an PEG. So any loss of quality that might occur in
> > the WMV format will be
> > >treated as good quality during the
> > conversion....result...not too good. You
> > >would be much better off going with the DV-AVI option.
> > >
> > >Best Wishes.....John Kelly
> > >www.the-kellys.org
> > >www.the-kellys.co.uk
> >
>
>

"John Kelly" <nospam@no.spam> wrote in message news:<RKBic.595$254.5112899@news-text.cableinet.net>...
> Hi Again,
>
> Less Haste, more speed needed!!
>
> I should have said that the above will hopefully solve your problem when
> trying to save to DV-AVI
>
> Best Wishes.....John Kelly
> www.the-kellys.org
> www.the-kellys.co.uk
>
> "John Kelly" <nospam@no.spam> wrote in message
> news:aJBic.594$Ap4.5322999@news-text.cableinet.net...
> > Hi there,
> >
> > OK, I have yet to write this one up for my FAQ. It sounds to me that
> you
> > might have a duff QASF.DLL If memory serves the current one is Version
> > 9.0.0.2980. Having just checked I have two copies of it on my system One
> is
> > the version mentioned above and the other is version 5.something.
> >
> > This DLL is used by the DirectX rendering system (That does not just
> > mean rendering to the screen you understand) Movie Maker will make full
> use
> > of this DLL at various stages. Again if memory serves it is used in the
> > creation of DV-AVI. Now if you have the Version 5 being used by MovieMaker
> > to create a file in the DirectX version 9 fornmat, you are obviously going
> > to have problems.
> >
> > Finding it.....Click on Start > Search > All Files and enter QASF.DLL
> > and let it rip. To discover what the version number is right click the
> found
> > file(s) and select Version. THE ONLY version you are interested in will be
> > the one displayed at the top of the Version panel. I say this because it
> is
> > often the case when looking at these details users click on the Product
> > Version in the bottom of the pane. In the case of QASF.DLL they should
> both
> > read the same, but it is often not the case.
> >
> > On finding your QASF.DLL file and assuming it is not the versio 9 I
> > mentioned above you need to do one of three things....the third is copy
> any
> > version 9 stored elsewhere over the top of any lesser version. For a full
> > description of the other two options check out the FAQ > MM > Codec >
> Crash
> > and go to the paragraph title "Download and install the basic system files
> > for correct operation"
> >
> > Best Wishes.....John Kelly
> > www.the-kellys.org
> > www.the-kellys.co.uk
> >
> > <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> > news:3a0701c42a0e$4e753770$a601280a@phx.gbl...
> > > I have tried your suggestion but the movie maker is
> > > telling me that I can not save it as a dv-avi file. It
> > > is telling me to check that the files are still available
> > > and that the location is available. I try just saving it
> > > as a normal wmv file again and all works fine. Is there
> > > something wrong with the file or just my software?
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > >Hi there,
> > > >
> > > > It would seem that your DVD software does not
> support the WMV format.
> > > >That's no big deal. Save your movie again using the DV-
> AVI format. The
> > > >resulting file should import into your DVD software with
> no problems at all.
> > > >Your alternative is to use some third party product to
> converts the WMV file
> > > >into an MPEG file. Its not a terribly good thing to
> do...such a program
> > > >would have to internally convert it to a bitmap and then
> convert that back
> > > >to an PEG. So any loss of quality that might occur in
> the WMV format will be
> > > >treated as good quality during the
> conversion....result...not too good. You
> > > >would be much better off going with the DV-AVI option.
> > > >
> > > >Best Wishes.....John Kelly
> > > >www.the-kellys.org
> > > >www.the-kellys.co.uk
> > >
> >
> >

try videoedit converter pro that can convert wmv to dvd
http://www.viscomsoft.com/products/...itconverterpro/

>-----Original Message-----
>I just finished making a movie using Windows Moviemaker
>2. I used photos that I scanned in to make it. I have
>saved it to my hardrive and it plays fine in the media
>player. The problem is that I can not seem to figure out
>how to save it to a dvd. I have a dvd-r drive but it
>won't recognize the wmv. file. Is there someway of
>coverting it so I can save it to a dvd? Any help would
>be appreciated. Thanks.
>.
>I think you might have to save as DV / avi file for your
DVD software to see it.

Hi,
Maybe you can try WinAVI Video Converter
http://www.winavi.com/video-converter.htm. And it is a complete
solution for video file converting and burning! Good luck!
Lily
<anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:<465401c42ba7$eb2bde30$a501280a@phx.gbl>...
> >-----Original Message-----
> >I just finished making a movie using Windows Moviemaker
> >2. I used photos that I scanned in to make it. I have
> >saved it to my hardrive and it plays fine in the media
> >player. The problem is that I can not seem to figure out
> >how to save it to a dvd. I have a dvd-r drive but it
> >won't recognize the wmv. file. Is there someway of
> >coverting it so I can save it to a dvd? Any help would
> >be appreciated. Thanks.
> >.
> >I think you might have to save as DV / avi file for your
> DVD software to see it.

See the DVD section of my website to see what software people are using to
make DVDs....
--
PapaJohn

Movie Maker 2 - www.papajohn.org
Photo Story 2 - www.photostory.papajohn.org

..
<anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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>
> >-----Original Message-----
> >I just finished making a movie using Windows Moviemaker
> >2. I used photos that I scanned in to make it. I have
> >saved it to my hardrive and it plays fine in the media
> >player. The problem is that I can not seem to figure out
> >how to save it to a dvd. I have a dvd-r drive but it
> >won't recognize the wmv. file. Is there someway of
> >coverting it so I can save it to a dvd? Any help would
> >be appreciated. Thanks.
> >.
> >I think you might have to save as DV / avi file for your
> DVD software to see it.

Hi there,

Yes I have used that in the past...damm good piece of kit...it does what
its supposed to.

Best Wishes.....John Kelly
www.the-kellys.org
www.the-kellys.co.uk