Thursday, April 23, 2009

How do you record a movie file from your computer to a cd?

Many newer (in the last 5 years or so) DVD players will play cds with MPEG 1 and AVI formats in addition to standard DVDs. But not all. If you need it to play EVERYWHERE then the only current option is to make a standard DVD which is MPEG2 only.

Do you have a DVD burner? Do you have a program like iDVD (for Mac) or Windows Movie Maker (for the PC) ? Either of these programs will allow you to convert video clips from MANY diffeernet formats in order to make a DVD.

Even Nero and Roxio Easy CD creator have programs for doing this.

Figuring out what type of DVD disk to burn is sometime very hit or miss. On my old 2x DVD writer, I used cheap verbatim DVD+R disks on the slowest burn speed and they usually played everywhere. Usually you find more problems the faster you attempt to burn.

But you may find different results with your burner. Look in the booklet that came with your DVD burner or see if you can download it from the internet. Usually they wil have a list of what are the best brands or at least what brands have been tested with their burner.

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