Re: Burning large films to a 700md and playing on dvd player
- From: "Twayne" <nobody@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 7 Sep 2009 12:55:45 -0400
"Belprice" <Belprice@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Dear all,
I have a problem that is driving me mad and although I don't have a
clue to the solution I hope one of you experts can help.
I have dozens of home digital videos on my hard drive and I want to
copy these to disk and play them on my DVD player. The problem is I
only have a cd rewritable drive and therefore can only use 700mb
cd-rw disk and some of the videos/home movies are much bigger than
this in size.
In my ignorance I thought if I bought some 4.7 gb 120 DVD-r disks , I
could use these and all my problems would be over..Alas I was wrong
as my computer could not even read or recognize these disks. , let
alone copy my videos to them.
Therefore I was wondering if its somehow possible for me to either
shrink these movies so that I can fit them unto my 700mb disk or if
there is some other way around this problem. I am completely useless
so I would be grateful if any replies could include idiot
instructions, such as what software I need to use and a step by step
breakdown of the process I would need to follow.
Thank you so much in advance.
First, you need a DVD optical drive. They are quite inexpensive these
days and easy to get. Purchase the best one you can easily afford; most
of them can play DVD -RW and DVD +RW or more likely both types.
CDs and DVDs are not the same and CDs cannot be burned with movies
such that they will work properly in a standard desktop player.
Usually they recommend the +R or +RW types; use whatever the
documentation recommends for DVD types. Since these are probably for
posterity and not to ever be reused, plain +R (not RW) is all you'll
need. They're a little cheaper most places but once written to, cannot
be erased and used again. For that you'd need RW (read and write).
Then you need software to use for the actual burning of the DVDs. XP
does not have such software programs provided with it. There are a lot
of brands available. IMO Roxio and Nero are the two better ones for
inexperienced people. Read the entire Install/User manuals all the way
through at least one time.
Unless I'm having a brain fart that's all you should need to burn your
home movies to DVDs that will play on any DVD player, desktop or PC. I
like Roxio personally but Nero is cheaper price wise.
If you want to edit/change the home movies, adding titles and fades,
etc., they you'll need more software and it's relatively expensive (well
over $100). Personally I use Ulead for that, but Adobe also makes a
good one. I'm not familiar with any others so don't recommend them only
for that reason. I only recommend things I have personal experience
with.
DVDs of the type you're likely to get claim to hold 4.7 Gig of data. As
you're getting started, pay close attention to HOW you burn them.
Depending on the mode you choose, you may or may not be able to get a
full 4.7 Gig of data on the DVD. In other words, be sure to choose the
right type of DVD when you get to burn-time. Be sure it indicates it
will play on most all DVD players or however they word it.
Have fun! It's good to get that stuff on a more permanent media like
DVD and you'll be glad you did.
HTH,
Twayne`
Adobe.com
ulead.com
nero.com
roxio.com
.
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