Saving to a DVD that any Player can Play?

Is Windows Movie Maker able to save my videos from my MiniDV CC so that I
can burn them on a DVD and watch them on a regular player? Like a standard
DVD movie? Thanks!

J
Mon Jul 18 20:10:38 CDT 2005

You can not easily (or cheaply) create DVDs that will play in *any* DVD
player; neither DVD-R nor DVD+R are fully compatible with all DVD players.

Unless you're running WinXP MCE, WMM2 does not support creating DVDs--you'll
need third-party software. See http://papajohn.org for details & options.

Dan

"Bill" <willat0660@excite.com> wrote in message
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> Is Windows Movie Maker able to save my videos from my MiniDV CC so that I
> can burn them on a DVD and watch them on a regular player? Like a
> standard DVD movie? Thanks!
>

dickmr
Tue Jul 19 00:08:01 CDT 2005

You can import your MiniDV videos into your computer and into Movie Maker.
In Movie Maker you can edit them, add effects, transitions, music, etc.
When completed you save your movie (save movie to computer), by using DV-AVI
format in the other settings to get the best quality for DVD. Yes, you
will need third party software (Ulead Movie Factory is a favorite- $49) and
a DVD burner on your computer. You import your 'movie' into the
authoring/burning software and follow its instructions to burn your movie
onto a blank DVD. Its true that not all formats are compatible but most are
with the new 'progressive' scan DVD players. But, if you are looking to play
on your own player you just try several of the various formats (i.e. -R, +R
etc) until you find which works....most likely it will work but not always.
For some reason -R's do not work on my internal DVD player in my home theatre
projector, so I don't make -R's if I am going to use that projector. Good
luck.

"Bill" wrote:

> Is Windows Movie Maker able to save my videos from my MiniDV CC so that I
> can burn them on a DVD and watch them on a regular player? Like a standard
> DVD movie? Thanks!
>
>
>

Wojo
Wed Jul 20 10:33:39 CDT 2005

That reminds me dickmr. Have you had the opportunity to check out Ulead DVD
workshop yet?
I wouldn't expect you would want to spend the $400 to purchase it but the
free trial version works.
-Wojo

"dickmr" <dickmr@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:7AC4CFAB-0DB1-46AA-913E-61339DFDE5BD@microsoft.com...
> You can import your MiniDV videos into your computer and into Movie Maker.
> In Movie Maker you can edit them, add effects, transitions, music, etc.
> When completed you save your movie (save movie to computer), by using
> DV-AVI
> format in the other settings to get the best quality for DVD. Yes, you
> will need third party software (Ulead Movie Factory is a favorite- $49)
> and
> a DVD burner on your computer. You import your 'movie' into the
> authoring/burning software and follow its instructions to burn your movie
> onto a blank DVD. Its true that not all formats are compatible but most
> are
> with the new 'progressive' scan DVD players. But, if you are looking to
> play
> on your own player you just try several of the various formats (i.e. -R,
> +R
> etc) until you find which works....most likely it will work but not
> always.
> For some reason -R's do not work on my internal DVD player in my home
> theatre
> projector, so I don't make -R's if I am going to use that projector.
> Good
> luck.
>
> "Bill" wrote:
>
>> Is Windows Movie Maker able to save my videos from my MiniDV CC so that I
>> can burn them on a DVD and watch them on a regular player? Like a
>> standard
>> DVD movie? Thanks!
>>
>>
>>

dickmr
Thu Jul 21 02:19:02 CDT 2005

I haven't yet Wojo, but maybe someday i'll get around to it. I'm sorta
interested in high definition stuff lately since i'll have it thru cable soon
and also some dvd's are being made in it. So, I am checking out Sony Vegas a
little bit because the version 6 handles high definition and has author/burn
capabilities....only thing is that it is around $600 or so i think! I
ordered a couple of high definition dvd's, but don't expect them to play in
my projector dvd player, but it should project when hooked up to my computer
(windows high definition)....if regular DVD's blow me away I can imagine what
this stuff is going to look like. I'm trying to learn all about it, so that
I'm ready for FOOTBALL season on my big screen. DVR records high def
programs and I'm wondering if i can access them with my computer which would
be awesome, and i'd need a new editing tool. I think the high def dvd
format wars will be over soon, since China's stolen everything and is already
proceeding but they will be blown away by the US and Japan when they
compromise on a standard format. Everybody get ready to buy a new dvd
player again, and the imminent resurrgence of a lackluster Blockbuster! ha
ha ha

"Wojo" wrote:

> That reminds me dickmr. Have you had the opportunity to check out Ulead DVD
> workshop yet?
> I wouldn't expect you would want to spend the $400 to purchase it but the
> free trial version works.
> -Wojo
>
> "dickmr" <dickmr@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:7AC4CFAB-0DB1-46AA-913E-61339DFDE5BD@microsoft.com...
> > You can import your MiniDV videos into your computer and into Movie Maker.
> > In Movie Maker you can edit them, add effects, transitions, music, etc.
> > When completed you save your movie (save movie to computer), by using
> > DV-AVI
> > format in the other settings to get the best quality for DVD. Yes, you
> > will need third party software (Ulead Movie Factory is a favorite- $49)
> > and
> > a DVD burner on your computer. You import your 'movie' into the
> > authoring/burning software and follow its instructions to burn your movie
> > onto a blank DVD. Its true that not all formats are compatible but most
> > are
> > with the new 'progressive' scan DVD players. But, if you are looking to
> > play
> > on your own player you just try several of the various formats (i.e. -R,
> > +R
> > etc) until you find which works....most likely it will work but not
> > always.
> > For some reason -R's do not work on my internal DVD player in my home
> > theatre
> > projector, so I don't make -R's if I am going to use that projector.
> > Good
> > luck.
> >
> > "Bill" wrote:
> >
> >> Is Windows Movie Maker able to save my videos from my MiniDV CC so that I
> >> can burn them on a DVD and watch them on a regular player? Like a
> >> standard
> >> DVD movie? Thanks!
> >>
> >>
> >>
>
>
>