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    Burning a DVD playable with most standard dvd players

    Discussion in 'Windows OS and Software' started by Eble29, May 7, 2007.

  1. Eble29

    Eble29 Notebook Enthusiast

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    Ive downloaded some videos and am having a little trouble watching them on my dvd players. Im using Nero6, im selecting data disk to burn, I add my file (mp4 for example) and click burn...I get a message to burn with or without "multisesion". I click without. It completes burning and my dvd players don't read a thing! Could someone tell me what im doing wrong? Thanks

    EDIT I am using Memorex dvd's, Ive heard they aren't good could this be the sole problem?
     
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  2. coriolis

    coriolis Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    You need to encode the video files to be compatiable.

    Try DVDFlick, it's an open source program which converts video files to DVDs. It'll take a while though, encoding 7 episiodes on a DVD took about 5 hours to convert, encode and burn(it does everything automatically).
     
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  3. Eble29

    Eble29 Notebook Enthusiast

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    Ok thanks. There are two file i want to burn to a dvd...its a bootle g. How can I get these together on a dvd, I convert them to dvd files and I cant add them both to the dvd because they are named the same or something
     
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    coriolis Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    Errgg, unfortunately, because of possible legal issues, we can't discuss that.

    You'll have to figure it out yourself or find another place to ask.

    Sorry!
     
    coriolis, May 7, 2007
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