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


J

Re: i have bought Nero and want to create dvd's of my home movies and stuff. by Cari

Cari
Thu Feb 26 14:04:00 CST 2004

If you do not have a DVD burner drive you cannot create a DVD. What you can
create is a VCD or SVCD.... and in order to play them on a standalone DVD
player, the actual player itself has to has the capability to play them.

See www.dvdrhelp.com for details of standalone players and what they can and
cannot do.

You can fit about 55 minutes on a VCD - but the resolution will be lower
than that of the average VHS tape.

You can fit about 37 minutes on an SVCD and the resolution is higher than
that of a VHS tape, but much lower than that of a DVD.

If you get a DVD burner, you can fit just under 2 hours on it, and the
resolution (depending on the source!) will be that of a commercial DVD.

Cari
www.coribright.com

"jasonc" <AS-IF> wrote in message
news:uTkzNmJ$DHA.1036@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
>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
>
>
> J
>
>



Re: i have bought Nero and want to create dvd's of my home movies and stuff. by MR

MR
Thu Feb 26 14:05:57 CST 2004

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

Re: i have bought Nero and want to create dvd's of my home movies and stuff. by jasonc

jasonc
Thu Feb 26 17:06:25 CST 2004

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



"MR" <mcr1010@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:q8ks30h5q371vjmbo1hta743egfn23vohh@4ax.com...
> 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



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
news:e6Eal0L$DHA.2184@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
> 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
>
>
>
> "MR" <mcr1010@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:q8ks30h5q371vjmbo1hta743egfn23vohh@4ax.com...
>> 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
>
>