Files in a Movie Maker project that will not burn

[blank32]

Are there any files that can be used without issue in Windows Movie Maker but
that won't burn onto a DVD? I've made a movie using different pictures and
video clips and been able to save it as a WMV file and convert it to an MPEG
file, but I can't get it to burn onto a DVD. I've been using DVD-R disks and
tried on a couple of different computers with DVD burners (both PCs and
Macs). On one it appeared to burn completely but the disk didn't work on 2
different DVD players or 2 different computers; another one failed at burning
in the beginning. Now I'm wondering if the problem could either be a .gif
file that I have in the beginning (do these burn onto DVDs?) or I was
wondering if I mistakenly used a song or movie clip that is potentially
copyrighted that I got from the internet, would that mess up the burn? Or
could it just be that one of the files is corrupted, and that just doesn't
show up in Windows Media Player or when converting the finished file? Thanks
for any help

 

[John Inzer]

Are there any files that can be used without issue in Windows Movie
Maker but that won't burn onto a DVD? I've made a movie using
different pictures and video clips and been able to save it as a WMV
file and convert it to an MPEG file, but I can't get it to burn onto
a DVD. I've been using DVD-R disks and tried on a couple of different
computers with DVD burners (both PCs and Macs). On one it appeared to
burn completely but the disk didn't work on 2 different DVD players
or 2 different computers; another one failed at burning in the
beginning. Now I'm wondering if the problem could either be a .gif
file that I have in the beginning (do these burn onto DVDs?) or I was
wondering if I mistakenly used a song or movie clip that is
potentially copyrighted that I got from the internet, would that mess
up the burn? Or could it just be that one of the files is corrupted,
and that just doesn't show up in Windows Media Player or when
converting the finished file? Thanks for any help

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No guarantees...but I've had some success
burning DVDs with the following free software.
Maybe it would be worth a look:

BTW...if you have a successfully saved movie
clip in the .wmv format...try using it to burn the
DVD.

DVD Flick
http://www.dvdflick.net/

Be sure to read the Guide:
http://www.dvdflick.net/guide.php

If you decide to try it...let me know if it works.

--

John Inzer
Digital Media MVP

Notice
This is not tech support
I am a volunteer

Solutions that work for
me may not work for you

Proceed at your own risk

 

[blank32]

I haven't tried that particular program although I have seen it. I'll give it
a go. I'm not sure that the problem is converting it or having a program to
burn it- those things seem to work just fine- I'm concerned about the
possibility of certain files ruining the burn. I'm not sure what type of form
individual files even exist in anymore after I've saved the movie as a wmv or
mpeg. If it was possible it was a .gif or something though I could just
remove that from the movie and re-save...

Thanks for the suggestion!

 

[Graham Hughes]

If you use a file that is incompatible, then it won't convert.

The stages are
Edit movie and save
Author dvd
burn

At the save movie part any incompatible files will be shown up.
At the author stage any incompatible files will be shown up.

These files will show up as a failure to save movie file, or failure to
author the dvd, so if you gif is being used in the movie, the movie file
wouldn't save, or if your gif is used as say the dvd menu, then yor dvd
wouldn't author.

Problems such as yours can have many reasons,
Incorrect settings picked in authoring stage.
Poor quality disc
Poor quality burner
Poor quality player
incompatiblity between disc make and burner
incompatiblity between disc make and player
Not actually making a dvd-video disc but a dvd data disc

What programme did you use for making the dvd?
What settings did you use to author the dvd
What filesa re on your dvd once burned, or doesn't it recognise the disc at
all?

 

[blank32]

The first time I tried to burn it I did it on a new Dell, using MyDVD. The
disk burned but wouldn't work on any DVD players or computers. The second
time I used a new Mac and used iDVD, and it failed at burning early into the
process. But the friend who tried to burn it for me had never tried to burn a
DVD, and is still getting used to Macs, so we might have messed that up
ourselves.