Re: i have bought Nero and want to create dvd's of my home movies and stuff. by Cari
Cari
Thu Feb 26 22:03:13 CST 2004
There are various ways to do it but as you say, one way is to create an
image file. The good thing about having the original image file is that if
you decide to create anothe VCD of the same WMV, it's there, on your hard
drive already and you don't need to re-encode all over again.
Cari
www.coribright.com
"jasonc" <AS-IF> wrote in message
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> ok i have just done this, i think.
>
> i have created a vcd, and then opened up the WMV as the file to store on
> the
> cdr. it has copied it, and when i insert it in my dvd drive on my pc it
> does not read it, it ends up removing the drive from the drives list!. i
> have to reset my pc to get back my cd/dvd drive. i have set my options to
> open up the file with Power DVD, which is default anyway.
>
> just one thing, you say that i have to get Nero to encode the file is this
> done first then it saves a image file, am i on the right track? (no pun
> intended!) and then i write this image file to the cdr.
>
> hope that i have made myself clear.
>
> Jason
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> "MR" <mcr1010@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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>> On Thu, 26 Feb 2004 18:51:39 -0000, "jasonc" <AS-IF> wrote:
>>
>> >i have bought Nero and want to create dvd's of my home movies and stuff.
>> >
>> >what i am stuck with is, what format to i have to store them on the
> cdr's?
>> >is it MPG or can i store them in WMV (Window Media Player) or do i have
> to
>> >have something else done before it goes to the cd?
>> >
>> >the original files are in WMV that i have made up with Window Movie
>> >Maker
>> >version 2
>> >
>> >
>> >hope someone can help me with this.
>> >
>> >thanks in advance
>> >
>> Use Nero to encode and burn to cdr as svcd or vcd if you want to watch
>> them on a dvd player. Or just burn the wmv's to a cd if you want to
>> store the files and watch on a pc.
>> MR
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