Unable to play DVD on external player

[Guest]

I am using Movie Maker to make a DVD to send picture of my children to their
grandparents. I have saved the movie as DV-AVI and it seems to play fine in
the PC put it won't play in the DVD player connected to our TV. That leads
me to belive that it won't work for the grandparents. I'm using Nero
StartSmart that came free with my LG DVD writer. Should I save it in another
fomat? Other suggestions?

Thank you.

 

[John Inzer]

I am using Movie Maker to make a DVD to send picture of my children
to their grandparents. I have saved the movie as DV-AVI and it seems
to play fine in the PC put it won't play in the DVD player connected
to our TV. That leads me to belive that it won't work for the
grandparents. I'm using Nero StartSmart that came free with my LG DVD
writer. Should I save it in another fomat? Other suggestions?

Thank you.

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You have created a simple DVD Data
disk by copying the .avi movie file to a DVD.
This will not play on a free standing DVD
player.

You could try creating a VideoCD on a
CD-R with Nero StartSmart but it will not
accept an .avi or .wmv file for a VideoDVD.

In order to create a VideoDVD you need
DVD Authoring software. NeroVision Express
is one example...this is not normally included
in the OEM version of Nero. Other choices may
be...Roxio, ULead, WinDVD, ProShow Gold, etc....

Some info:

Turn your Movie Maker 2
video into a DVD
http://tinyurl.com/4k97d

Wojo's Web...DVD Creation
http://tinyurl.com/g64gb

Burn a Movie Maker Project to DVD
http://tinyurl.com/644me

How do I make a DVD
http://www.rehanfx.org/faq.htm

Windows Movie Maker Forums
http://www.windowsmoviemakers.net/forums/

Movie Maker 2 and DVD Burning Software
http://www.papajohn.org/MM2-DVD.html

Burning DVDs With Windows Movie Maker 2
http://tinyurl.com/jqfz

--

John Inzer
MS Picture It! MVP

Digital Image
Highlights and FAQs
http://tinyurl.com/aczzp

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

 

[Guest]

Thank you for your suggestions. I'll give it a try.

 

[digimom]

|I am using Movie Maker to make a DVD to send picture of my children to their
| grandparents. I have saved the movie as DV-AVI and it seems to play fine in
| the PC put it won't play in the DVD player connected to our TV. That leads
| me to belive that it won't work for the grandparents. I'm using Nero
| StartSmart that came free with my LG DVD writer. Should I save it in another
| fomat? Other suggestions?
|
| Thank you.
| --
| Bob R


I personally have had fantastic luck with "ConvertXtoDVD". It is simple to use. It will accept many incoming formats.
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