RE: Burning to DVD from MovieMaker

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1) Yes, you need to buy a DVD burning software. Nero and SonicMyDVD are good.
2) To capture best quality, I think you need to capture the video from your
camera to your computer in DV-AVI format. This is a setting you can set when
the window comes up to capture the video. From there, when you finish
editing your movie, save the Movie in DV-AVI format. Then you open your DVD
burning software and import the DV-AVI file and burn to DVD.
3) I *think* the DVD burning software takes care of this format. At least
in Nero, I remember seeing the option to burn it into PAL.

Good luck!

"video-newbie" wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I am new to Movie Maker. I am trying to burn a DVD of our family videos
> (have already done capture, edits, etc.) and don't know how. I have 3
> questions:
>
> 1. Do I need to buy a separate DVD burning software (such as Sonic MyDVD,
> $70), or does Movie Maker allows burning a DVD of your movie project?
>
> 2. I read somewhere that in order for a movie/video to fit on a DVD and play
> on a DVD player, it must be saved in DV-AVI format and MPEG-2 compressed. Do
> I need to worry about this, or does Movie Maker/DVD burning software take
> care of this?
>
> 3. This is a tricky one: we need to take this DVD of our family videos to
> our family in India which uses PAL system. So do I have to specify PAL format
> somewhere during the output/DVD burning phase?
>
> Sorry if these questions are covered elsewhere. Any help you folks can
> provide will be very much appreciated.
>
> Thanks a lot!
.



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