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I just downloaded Captvty and I managed to record the show I wanted. Now I would like to burn it to a DVD. How can I do that? I have a Lenovo 64-bit computer and I am using Windows 10. The movie is played by Windows Media Player. I also have Nero and VLC. I won't give up and I am looking on my own.
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Hello,
unless you want to create a DVD in DVD video format, you just need to burn the file with any burning software like NERO.
As for VLC, it is only used for playing the file.
unless you want to create a DVD in DVD video format, you just need to burn the file with any burning software like NERO.
As for VLC, it is only used for playing the file.
Thank you Birgit for your response. That's exactly what I did, I burned my movie onto the DVD with Nero and I was able to watch it on my computer, but when I tried to play it on the TV through my DVD player, it responded: unknown disk! Can you tell me how to burn it in video format so that I can play it on my player or to give it as a gift to friends? For my TV, I found the solution: I copied my movie onto a USB stick that I inserted into the TV and I was able to watch my movie.
With all my gratitude.
Good evening.
Myarka
With all my gratitude.
Good evening.
Myarka
Hello,
The file must be in "MP4" or TS format, so it is not readable by a standard DVD player.
To be able to play it, you need to convert the video. You have two ways to do this:
1) Convert it to an AVI file (using DivX and/or XviD video codec) and then burn it as a data disc.
2) Convert it to the DVD-Video format suggested by birgit using authoring software or software that has this function. Once converted to the specific structure, you will have a DVD folder containing an AUDIO_TS directory (empty, so not very important if absent) and a VIDEO_TS with IFO, BUP, and VOB files, which must be burned as a DVD-Video and not as a data disc.
I’m leaving some names of "free" software that can be used for these conversions.
In the first case, XMedia Recode, or even Format Factory if it works, could be suitable.
And in the second case, you have DVDStyler for example, which is the most known for doing this.
There is also Freemake Video Converter, which offers the possibility to do both but only converts with the XviD codec, which could be problematic if the DVD player only reads DivX, and adds the software logo at the end of the movie but it lasts about a second so it's not disruptive.
In the same style as Freemake, you have Video to Video Converter which also does this but without those minor inconveniences ;)
For burning, you have CDBurner.
With Nero, the full version, you need to go through the Nero Video module (formerly NeroVision) to be able to do this kind of conversion. This software can also handle the burning, of course.
Best regards
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The file must be in "MP4" or TS format, so it is not readable by a standard DVD player.
To be able to play it, you need to convert the video. You have two ways to do this:
1) Convert it to an AVI file (using DivX and/or XviD video codec) and then burn it as a data disc.
2) Convert it to the DVD-Video format suggested by birgit using authoring software or software that has this function. Once converted to the specific structure, you will have a DVD folder containing an AUDIO_TS directory (empty, so not very important if absent) and a VIDEO_TS with IFO, BUP, and VOB files, which must be burned as a DVD-Video and not as a data disc.
I’m leaving some names of "free" software that can be used for these conversions.
In the first case, XMedia Recode, or even Format Factory if it works, could be suitable.
And in the second case, you have DVDStyler for example, which is the most known for doing this.
There is also Freemake Video Converter, which offers the possibility to do both but only converts with the XviD codec, which could be problematic if the DVD player only reads DivX, and adds the software logo at the end of the movie but it lasts about a second so it's not disruptive.
In the same style as Freemake, you have Video to Video Converter which also does this but without those minor inconveniences ;)
For burning, you have CDBurner.
With Nero, the full version, you need to go through the Nero Video module (formerly NeroVision) to be able to do this kind of conversion. This software can also handle the burning, of course.
Best regards
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Long live Bobo! ~ Little fish will grow big ~
Thank you very much Ziggourat for all this information. It will be very useful to me because, with the help of Birgit, I managed to burn a DVD, but it only played on the computer and not on the player. Since I would like to burn a few DVDs to give to family or friends, your advice will be very valuable and I will not hesitate to put it into practice. I will let you know if I succeed.
Grateful Myarka.
Grateful Myarka.
Be careful anyway, once I recorded a program (a documentary from Arte in HD I think) and after converting it to DVD-Video, the image quality was very poor. I had to first convert it to SD and then transform it back to DVD-Video so that it could finally be readable on an old DVD player.
All this to say that you should check the readability of the DVD-Video at your place before giving it to your acquaintances.
All this to say that you should check the readability of the DVD-Video at your place before giving it to your acquaintances.