No ability to save to a DVD ?.

[Rick]

Having trouble signing in, after I repeatadly click save my username and
password when Icome back it's blank, now to post a new question it goes in a
circle ?, I spent the last 2 days buying and running Reg/Cure and
Spybotware then bought Roxio 10 and installed it but, WMM still only says
save to Cd not DVD also, I looked at the compatability list and there is no
Roxio there, three say Nero and a bunch of others.

Is ther anyway to reinstall Movie Maker 2.1, My comp says it's there as
well as SP2, I can do it on my laptop, but not my desktop, this is
maddening, could someone please help.
Rick

 

[Graham Hughes]

MM 2.1 Xp does not save to dvd.
MM 2.1 which comes with media centre edition windows OS has save to dvd
option.
Vista has save to dvd option.

Save movie as dv.avi and import it inot roxio to make your dvd.

 

[Rick]

On Mar,9 I bought a plugin download from Sonic to allow Media Center to play
DVD in Cineplayer, They told me Cineplayer (with this decder) would play
DVDs in Cineplayer but not burn them, this is on my laptop with win/xp sp2
and mswmm 2.1, it is 16 mo.old and allways had the DVD save option in mswmm
and it still works.?
My desktop is 4 yrs old same O/S and won't burn to DVD, It used to ??,
Last night I downloaded from microsoft a SP2 cleanup and reinstall program,
Ran it and mswmm still won't burn to DVD.
I think you hit on something though, on closer examination under the help
tab in mswmm there is a difference between the 2 machines.
Desktop says Windows home Edition
Ver 5.1(build 2600.xpsp_sp2_qdr.070227-2254 : service pack 2)
windows Movie maker ver. 2.1.4026.0

Laptop says Windows Media Center Edition
Ver. 5.1(build 2600.xpsp_sp2_qfe.070227-2300 : service pack 2)
windows movie maker ver. 2.1.4026.0

So there is clearly a difference there, Do you think that is the problem and
how could I fix it ?.
Thanks a million for your help
Rick

 

[Graham Hughes]

As I said, windows media centre will burn from MM, using the sonic plug in,
which is part of media centre.
Std XP WILL NOT burn to dvd from MM.

Your two options are.

Upgrade the pc to media centre, which will most likely entail not only
buying the media centre edition of XP, but also compatible hardware.

Or, my choice.

Save as a dv.avi from MM and import this into your dvd authoring app.

 

[Rick]

Thanks a bunch Graham, I tryed registering on your site this morning and
thought I was But to post a reply or ask a question I had to log on and it
would not take my username and password ?, I will try again later.
I hear what your saying about saving to dv avi and am grateful for that
option, But I am trying to get it to work like the laptop, I would think
the difference in build numbers and home verses media center versions has to
be the problem, I downloaded and reinstalled sp2 yesterday and it made no
difference, Thanks again for your help, You have a really neat lookin
website.
Rick

 

[Gord Dibben]

You were told this March 29th and again yesterday.

Did you miss it?


Gord Dibben MS Excel MVP

 

[Rick]

Everything that's been suggested I have tried, If I read it, I have so much
trouble getting this site to load, I may well have missed something, Sorry
to have bothered you, I try very hard to understand your answers and
suggestions, But a lot of it is way over my head, Sorry I won't bother you
any more.
Rick

 

[Graham Hughes]

What Gord means is that XP Home SP2 does not save to dvd.
media centre edition does.

This has been said several times and is the cause of your problem.

 

[Rick]

Sorry I did not want to bother you guys again, I thought I was writing to
microsoft,
Anyway I understand that now, So I am looking for a way to upgrade if
possible from Home edition to, To Media center edition ? of XP
Rick

 

[Gord Dibben]

Instead of upgrading to Media Edition which your hardware may not be suitable
for.

Your best best would be to purchase some DVD Authoring software.
Some possibles are Nero, Roxio, WinDVD, ProShow Gold, ULead.

Most of these can be purchased at 50 to 100 USD and do a great job of creating
DVD's with menuing features.

I could not live without my ULead Factory 6

Well, I guess I could if someone would spring for Ulead DVD Workshop 2<g>



Gord

 

[Rick]

Thanks for the thought, I bought Roxio 10 last week installed it and after
many hangups and crashes, I took it off and reinstalled Roxio 9, I also have
Nreo 7 installed, nothing seems to work, not even saving to my computer then
choosing Dv/Avi, can't seem to import the saved file into Roxio.
I am missing something I know and can't put my finger on it ?, My drive is
beginning to growl at me and it's almost full so I guess I need a bigger
drive or clean this one off and start over ?, Time will tell, Thanks for all
your suggestions.
Rick

 

[Graham Hughes]

It's never a good idea ot have several burning apps on your machine. They
interfere with each other.

There are two ways of making a dvd.

Data
Video

These are made differently, this tutorial from nero tells you how you should
go about making a dvd-video
http://www.nero.com/eng/support-nero7-tutorials-photo-video.html

It may well be that you are following the wrong proceedure.

 

[Graham Hughes]

Gord, you should now aspire to dvdlabs pro, When Ulead were sold the
development of WS3 was stopped, a great shame as we were working on several
really good improvements. WS2 is still a very good app, and I use it all
the time, but as I approach HD it will get relegated to the back shelf.

 

[Rick]

Thanks for that link to Nero Tutorials Graham, I never saw that before, So
I will be doing some reading there, I had heard that before about (not
having multiple burning software) on the same drive, but got frustrated when
add/remove programs don't seem to uninstall them, That may well be some of
my problem, Yesterday while burning a bunch of copies with Roxio 9,
Cineplayer popped up and tryed to play a movie when I clicked on make another
DVD, and sometimes Nero pops up unexpectedly, I guess my machine like me is
totally confused, By the way I have (overtime) set it up.
Rick

 

[Gord Dibben]

Thanks Graham

I am unable to find any promising site site using "dvdlabs pro" or any
permutation thereof.

Lots of hits but none that look like a DVD authoring app.

Is there an alternate name?


Gord

 

[Graham Hughes]

one to many s's

http://www.dvdlabpro.com/

 

[Gord Dibben]

Thanks Graham

I thought that dropping the "s" was one of permutations but guess not.


Gord

 

[chas]

I have mm 5.1 are so it says but i still can not save my file to a dv.avi or
copy on to a DVD burner it only has copy to a cd. what can i do to make a
movie on to a dvd burner?

 

[John Inzer]

I have mm 5.1 are so it says

==========================
There is no 5.1...that's your windows
version. You have Movie Maker 2.1.
==========================

but i still can not save my file to a
dv.avi

==========================
Type...Ctrl+P to open the Save Movie Wizard /
or go to...File / Save Movie File /
Choose...My Computer /
Next /
Enter a Name and a Save Location /
Next /
Show More Choices /
Other Settings /
Open the drop window and choose...DV-AVI /
Next /
Wait while the movie is saved /
Finish...
==========================

or copy on to a DVD burner it only
has copy to a cd. what can i do to
make a movie on to a dvd burner?

==========================
Try the following free program:

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

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

If you have problems downloading DVD Flick...
try the following direct link:

http://tinyurl.com/6gt7p2
or...
http://voxel.dl.sourceforge.net/sourceforge/dvdflick/dvdflick_setup_1.3.0.4.exe

Save the file to a folder on your hard drive and
install from there.

Tutorials:

DVD Flick Tutorial
http://beginwithsoftware.com/videoguides/dvd-flick-guide.html

Burn Any PC Video Format into DVD
http://www.freevideoworkshop.com/dvdflicktutorial.htm

To create a basic Video DVD that should play in a free
standing DVD player...try the following...

Good luck.

First...read the DVD Flick Guide to familiarize yourself
with the program.

Open DVD Flick and insert a blank DVD in your burner.

If your computer's Autoplay window opens....just close it.

Click the Project Settings button and go to...Video /
Target format...residents of USA...choose...NTSC /
Accept.

Left click the Add title button and browse to your
Movie Clips and select the ones you want on the DVD.

You can arrange them by selecting one and then use
the Move Up and Move Down buttons.

Left click the Create DVD button / OK / Yes / Yes.

Wait while the DVD is created.

When the text "Finished Successfully" appears you
may close DVD Flick. Now you can eject your DVD
and play it in your DVD player.

At some point you may wish to purchase more
advanced software like Nero, Roxio, Ulead, etc...but
at least this is a start.

--

John Inzer MS-MVP
Digital Media Experience

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