Re: Burning home digital camera movies, converted to wmv files, to a D


"MEB" <MEB@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> My hardware and software consists of the folowing:
>
> Panasonic PV-GS31 Mini digital movie camera.
> Windows XP operating systyem.
> Windows Move Maker 2.1.4026 video software.
> Samsung DVDRW Burner.
> Nero Express CD/DVD recording software.
>
> My question is; why I am not able to burn the edited home movie files to a
> DVD?
>
> So far, this is what I have done; The video starts out in an unfamiliar
> file format on the camera. When I download the digital tape to my
> computer
> it converts the files to a Microsoft Windows Movie Maker (.MSWMM) file.

This is just the project file for MM to remember where everything is and the
project changes.

> After I have completed my editing in Movie Maker 2.1 I am prompted to save
> the file on the computer HD as a Windows Media Audio/video (.wmv) file and
> store it under the "My Videos" folder.

You need to save the files as dv.avi file. Nero will then burn it to dvd for
you.

Go here for great info:

http://www.papajohn.org/




I have been able to burn the wmv file
> to a regular CD so it can be played back on another computer, but I was
> trying to get it into a DVD format that could be played on a DVD player.
>
> When I open up Nero Express and try to add the file to the burn list I get
> an error message, "No compatible file found!"
>
> What am I doing wrong?
> Do I need a more advanced version of Nero?
>
> Thanks in advance for any help you can give me.
>
> --
> MEB646


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