Video file types...

[Guest]

I have so far found the WMM to be MUCH easier to use than the Pinnacle product I bought for the same purpose - and actually PAID FOR!!

I can get the video files into the storyboard, etc. and they are really cool when you add titles.

Now, the problem. How do I get the files onto a DVD that will be recognizable by a typical home DVD player? I am using Nero to burn the DVD but the players won't recognize the format. Is this because these movies don't have a "menu" that the players will recognize? Or is it something else..... I am using players that recognize the DVD-R media that I am burning to. Just need to know how to make it playable on home DVD players so that I can send it to the family and they can view it on something other than the computer.

Thanks in advance for the help.
Steverino

 

[John Kelly]

Hello There,

Movie Maker can not create anything other than a Highmat video disk. These
disks can only be played on your computer at this time. There is a
suggestion that HighMat Video will be available on DVD players of the
future.

To create a DVD you need a DVD burner and authoring software. You need to
make sure that the burner you buy and your domestic player are
compatible...check +R/RW and -R/RW

 

[Graham Hughes, MVP Digital Media]

How do you know the player will recognise the - disc you are using? When you
make your file in MM, do you save it as a dv-avi file, import this in to
nero and use it's ettings to burn the dvd? How long is the movie?
Graham

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Graham Hughes
MVP Digital Media
www.simplydv.co.uk

I have so far found the WMM to be MUCH easier to use than the Pinnacle

product I bought for the same purpose - and actually PAID FOR!!

I can get the video files into the storyboard, etc. and they are really cool when you add titles.

Now, the problem. How do I get the files onto a DVD that will be

recognizable by a typical home DVD player? I am using Nero to burn the DVD
but the players won't recognize the format. Is this because these movies
don't have a "menu" that the players will recognize? Or is it something
else..... I am using players that recognize the DVD-R media that I am
burning to. Just need to know how to make it playable on home DVD players so
that I can send it to the family and they can view it on something other
than the computer.

 

[Guest]

Thanks for the help Graham.

I already know the media types as -R that my players will recognize because they won't play anything burned on +R media. The media type is not the problem. Maybe the dv-avi file type is the issue. Don't know, and haven't tried that. Not sure if I can do this, but I'll try it.
So, the DVD players don't need a "menu" of some type to recognize the disc?
Steverino

 

[Graham Hughes, MVP Digital Media]

I've never made a dvd without a menu, so couldn't say 100%, but if you set
the vidseo as first play then it should just do that. Have you tried putting
a menu in?

--
Graham Hughes
MVP Digital Media
www.simplydv.co.uk

Thanks for the help Graham.

I already know the media types as -R that my players will recognize

because they won't play anything burned on +R media. The media type is not
the problem. Maybe the dv-avi file type is the issue. Don't know, and
haven't tried that. Not sure if I can do this, but I'll try it.

 

[Graham Hughes, MVP Digital Media]

You are choosing std dvd format from the nero choices, not mini dvd?

--
Graham Hughes
MVP Digital Media
www.simplydv.co.uk

Thanks for the help Graham.

I already know the media types as -R that my players will recognize

because they won't play anything burned on +R media. The media type is not
the problem. Maybe the dv-avi file type is the issue. Don't know, and
haven't tried that. Not sure if I can do this, but I'll try it.