saving picture video to cd

[Guest]

I have tried saving my video to cd, dvd and usb...windows movie player says
that the movie has been successfully copied, however when i attempt to play
it in the dvd player, nothing registers on the dvd. I cannot find an option
to save to a DV-AVI format. i have also found that sometimes only the music
will copy to the cd, yet none of the pictures will. The video is made up only
of photographs, titles and a short amount of music. Your assistance to
copying my video to a cd would be muchly appreciated. Thank you

 

[Guest]

You can copy a video to a cd but it uses alot of space,and when cds were
invented,the technology really wasnt there for movies.Download the WM encoder
run youre video thru it(convert) after its thru,move it to cd.

 

[Guest]

I have the same problem as "B". It just seems inconceiveable to me that MS
would make a program as good as "Movie Maker" and not be able to save it to a
format that most CD players would play. I have tried it on 5 CD players and
the only place it will play is on my PC in Windows Media Player or Movie
Maker. What kind of rinky dink deal is t his? And "B"s question wasn't
answered. Just say yes or no can it be saved to where a normal, store bought
CD or DVD player will play the "made movie". If it can't then the program is
useless!

 

[Trevor L.]

I have the same problem as "B". It just seems inconceiveable to me
that MS would make a program as good as "Movie Maker" and not be able
to save it to a format that most CD players would play. I have tried
it on 5 CD players and the only place it will play is on my PC in
Windows Media Player or Movie Maker. What kind of rinky dink deal is
t his? And "B"s question wasn't answered. Just say yes or no can it
be saved to where a normal, store bought CD or DVD player will play
the "made movie". If it can't then the program is useless!

I didnt see the original post, but I found exacly the same problem.

I copied a DVD to hard disk that a friend had sent. It played on a standard
DVD player and was not copy protected.
Í know that because the copied hard disk version played fine on the PC.

So I copied it back to a new DVD and guess what - it doesnt play on a
standard DVD player, but does play on the PC.

The problem is remembering what I used for each of the copies.
I think the first (DVD->disk) was Windows Explorer.
I think the second (disk->DVD) was DVD software - not Windows Movie Maker,
but Ulead DVD Movie Factory.

If there is a solution, I would love to hear it, and I will write it in
large letters and store it for posterity so that I dont keep creating $2
coasters.

Solutions suggested are
DVD Encrypter - this program is now unavailable for copyright reasons
DVD Shrink - but I don''t need to shrink as the movie is small enough to fit
!!
Reduce writing speed (to 4X, I think was the suggestion)

Please, you experts out there - a definitive solution.
Not a trial and error solution - this means throwing away stacks of DVDs
while the trial results in error

 

[dnickels]

You need to "Author" your VCD or DVD. This is a separate, distinct step from editing the movie or sideshow. Several of the commercial video editing products have this capability built in. There may be some freeware applications with this capability as well.


D Nickels

I have the same problem as "B". It just seems inconceiveable to me that MS
would make a program as good as "Movie Maker" and not be able to save it to a
format that most CD players would play. I have tried it on 5 CD players and
the only place it will play is on my PC in Windows Media Player or Movie
Maker. What kind of rinky dink deal is t his? And "B"s question wasn't
answered. Just say yes or no can it be saved to where a normal, store bought
CD or DVD player will play the "made movie". If it can't then the program is
useless!

 

[decoder]

I didnt see the original post, but I found exacly the same problem.

I copied a DVD to hard disk that a friend had sent. It played on a
standard DVD player and was not copy protected.
Í know that because the copied hard disk version played fine on the PC.

So I copied it back to a new DVD and guess what - it doesnt play on a
standard DVD player, but does play on the PC.

The problem is remembering what I used for each of the copies.
I think the first (DVD->disk) was Windows Explorer.
I think the second (disk->DVD) was DVD software - not Windows Movie Maker,
but Ulead DVD Movie Factory.

If there is a solution, I would love to hear it, and I will write it in
large letters and store it for posterity so that I dont keep creating $2
coasters.

Solutions suggested are
DVD Encrypter - this program is now unavailable for copyright reasons
DVD Shrink - but I don''t need to shrink as the movie is small enough to
fit !!

DVD shrink Only shrinks the file if it is required to fit the specific blank
media.
Example, if your file is 2gb in total, then DVD shrink will copy it exactly
without
any compression, to a standard DVD -/+R.
If during copy protection stripping of a commercial release disk, it will
"shrink"
the film so as to fit exactly a standard disk, but with dual-layer media as
no
shrinkage is required it will copy it 100% without any compression.
It only "shrinks" when the blank media being used requires it!
Note: Best results are obtained with DVD Shrink by first copying without
"shrinking" (100%) to HD, Then when burning to Blank disk, in DVD shrink use
drop-down menu to select type of disk and capacity - DVD shrink will then
accurately discern if "shrinkage" is required.
The problematic playback of a your DVD in a standalone unit,
Is the the Disk "FINALIZED"? If not that is the reason it won't play in a
standalone DVD player!
If disk is finalized, - we don't know what DVD player you have?
But i suspect it is a compatiabilty issue with an older model.
An example: I had personal experiance of a Hi-end Panasonic DVD-audio/video
player, model "DVD-A7", this marketed with specification that it would NOT
playback any type of domestic recorded media - and for most part it didn't,
but I had limited success with CD-R's But not CD-RW, and one brand of DVD-R
as long as there were only two 1gb vob files?
In recent years this issue is resolved and all DVD players will playback
both -/+
But, not all recorders will burn to both formats.
Just a couple of example's of "first generation" DVD players:
Philips marketed models for a number of years that would only play DVD+R/RW
conversely, Early Toshiba players were only compatiable with
DVD-R/RW.........

Have a rummage around this site to discern if your particular DVD player has
a compatibilty issue with specific formats: DVD-R/RW, DVD+R/RW, DVD+DL
http://www.videohelp.com/dvdplayers