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    Burning 4 hours of compressed videos on DVD - help!

    Discussion in 'Windows OS and Software' started by cooker263, May 11, 2009.

  1. cooker263

    cooker263 Notebook Enthusiast

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    I rarely burn DVDs but I'm trying to see if I could burn a bunch of low quality (YouTube-ish) videos onto a DVD to play in your average 2-3 year old DVD player. Since they total about 4 or 5 hours, but only take up about a gig - it seems like it should work. However, I've noticed Roxio doesn't really let you do this and I've tried quite a few different ways...is this possible?

    Thanks!
     
    cooker263, May 11, 2009
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  2. namaiki

    namaiki "basically rocks" Super Moderator

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    In the process, the program will have to convert the video to MPEG-1 or MPEG-2, because that's what most DVD players will play.

    It might be easier for you if you could hookup your computer to your TV.
     
    namaiki, May 11, 2009
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  3. beige

    beige Notebook Deity

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    best way is coverting video to a format playable on your DVD player .
    try FLV to AVI converters http://www.flvtoaviconverter.com/ , you will need some money to get it ,unless you know other ways to get it free :)
    after converting to avi just burn then , and they will work
     
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  4. jackluo923

    jackluo923 Notebook Virtuoso

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    Just burn those videos in LP mode and 4 hours of videos will fit on a standard dvd.
     
    jackluo923, May 11, 2009
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  5. Pitabred

    Pitabred Linux geek con rat flail!

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    http://www.videohelp.com/oldguides/vcddvdr

    What you're looking for is to convert everything to mpeg1/2 format, and then burn them as a VCD. Most burning programs have a profile set up so you can do that. Otherwise, Google is your friend. Just search for VCD help and you should find lots of info.
     
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    jackluo923 Notebook Virtuoso

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    He wants to burn a DVD not VCD. Some older dvd player doesn't even support VCD.
     
    jackluo923, May 11, 2009
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