What kind of dvd to use?

[A***** A***** 510]

I have some movies downloaded and i am wondering what kind of dvds needed to burn and watch them on my home theater

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[A***** A***** 510]

burned a dvd sucessfully, it won't play on the dvd player, argh! used a dvd-r

[ford1976 1074]

Hi Angela,

 

Most modern dvd players don't care if it is a dvd-r or dvd+r. My 7 year old panasonic does, but I don't use it anymore. So I don't know if the dvd type is a problem, you can check your dvd manual to let you know if it is a problem. Also what program are you suing to burn the dvd?

 

If you plan to download more movies and want to watch them on your home theater system, there are some nice divx/xvid compatible dvd players for around $50-$100. Here you can just burn the movies to a dvd as data, and the dvd player has the necessary codecs to play the files. Some of the DVD players also have usb ports to play off of flash drives and portable hard drives. There are also products such as WD TV which bypass the dvd step and run just off usb devices. Several people by these and 500 gb drives to have instant movie archives at their fingers. My personal favorite is to stream movies from a PC to a PS3 (also a snazzy blu-ray player) through wireless network. Hope this helps some what even though its kind of off topic.

[A***** A***** 510]

Shakes head, perhaps I am not using the rite burning program? I use one that came with the laptop and the dvd player said no audio no data?

[ford1976 1074]

The video file has to be converted to an mpeg to be viewed on a dvd player, so you need a program that will do that for you. The last time I did this, nero (the burning software I use) did the converting for me. Now, I haven't used this program, as i haven't burned a video disc in a long time. However, this may help you get the results you are looking for:

 

http://lifehacker.com/232322/hack-attack-burn-almost-any-video-file-to-a-playable-dvd

[A***** A***** 510]

The video file has to be converted to an mpeg to be viewed on a dvd player, so you need a program that will do that for you. The last time I did this, nero (the burning software I use) did the converting for me. Now, I haven't used this program, as i haven't burned a video disc in a long time. However, this may help you get the results you are looking for:

 

http://lifehacker.com/232322/hack-attack-burn-almost-any-video-file-to-a-playable-dvd

 

Thanks so much for your help!

[bassnut 178]

Here is a great site where you can find anything and everything about burning movies .........

 

http://forums.afterdawn.com/

 

When it comes to DVD's ...... I use DVD+R disks because you can bitset ..... or booktype the +R disks to DVD-ROM for greater compatability ..... this only aplies to movies burnt in DVD format not XVID type disk.

 

Not all burners support this so being able to do this is dependent on your Burner. I know BENQ, Sony (IDE Type not the new SATA drives), Samsung and some Plextors do support this. As for disk brands I burn Taiyo-Yuden, Sony or Rytek / Ridata disk's. There are many cheaper brands but thier quality and life span sucks.

 

Software ..... Nero is about the best though there are many and many different opinions on this. If your downloads are in DVD format a nice little free program is IMGBURN ..... http://www.imgburn.com/

[Guest S*rca****sid]

The first thing you should consider is what format you're burning the movies to?

I'm assuming if you downloaded them, then they may be DivX. Does your dvd player support that?

[A***** A***** 510]

The first thing you should consider is what format you're burning the movies to?

I'm assuming if you downloaded them, then they may be DivX. Does your dvd player support that?

 

 

It doesn't say so, its part of the sony bravia home theater package. I might break down and buy nero online today

[Guest S*rca****sid]

Check out the owners manual or search online to see if the system will play DivX... If not I would suggest finding a program that will change it to a format that is supported by your system. I believe Handbrake can change formats http://handbrake.fr/.

[A***** A***** 510]

I got nero, and now it won't burn them, argh! what else do I need to do?

 

btw I have the error log file for that issue. just not sure if I should post it

[bassnut 178]

DVD Santa is another good program though it is not free. but if you know where to look you should be able to find it. Here is a link for DVDSanta there is a trial version for it there though it does leave a watermark on the movie till you buy it.

 

http://www.dvdsanta.com/

 

I do use Magix Movie edit Pro 15 for some DivX, avi and H264 video downloads and is fairly easy to use but will set you back about $90. Though if you keep an eye out at Future Shop and Best Buy you can get it on sale for about $60. This program does allot more than just convert and burn movies. With a bit of practice tou can clean up both video and audio for a crisper clearer movie. There are plenty of quick tutorials to help you learn how to use it.

 

http://www.bestbuy.ca/catalog/proddetail.asp?logon=&langid=EN&sku_id=0926INGFS10122140&catid=21212

 

Keep in mind that no program will work for every type of video clip ...... there are too many.

[A***** A***** 510]

Finally got nero to burn a dvd, used a different option to burn it rather then directly burn from c to dvd, i created a project, took about 45 min to burn and it works like a charm on my home theater.