Freeware to convert Windows Media Player file to something that will play on a standalone DVD player?
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From: John S on 16 May 2010 05:44 Some elderly friends have spent a lot of time making a slide show, using Microsoft PhotoStory 3, and they are very disappointed that the resulting file when copied to a DVD disk won't play on their own, or their friend's domestic DVD player attached to the TV set. PhotoStory seems to have no options other than Windows Media Player file format for saving its slide shows, and it appears that this format isn't supported on common domestic DVD players? Is there some freeware anyone could recommend that I could use to help them convert their slide show (it contains music and text overlays etc) into another file format which is likely to be supported on a standalone DVD player? If so, what is the safest file format to convert to (in terms of its likely to play on any old DVD player). Alternatively, if this isn't realistic, could anyone recommend an alternative freeware programme that they can start again with to produce a slide show with music and titles, which will save in a format that will suit their needs. They are not very computer literate (neither am I when it comes to video), and they have put in a lot of time learning how to use PhotoStory. Any help appreciated. cheers, John S
From: dadiOH on 16 May 2010 08:35 John S wrote: > Some elderly friends have spent a lot of time making a slide show, > using Microsoft PhotoStory 3, and they are very disappointed that the > resulting file when copied to a DVD disk won't play on their own, or > their friend's domestic DVD player attached to the TV set. > > PhotoStory seems to have no options other than Windows Media Player > file format for saving its slide shows, and it appears that this > format isn't supported on common domestic DVD players? > > Is there some freeware anyone could recommend that I could use to > help them convert their slide show (it contains music and text > overlays etc) into another file format which is likely to be > supported on a standalone DVD player? If so, what is the safest file > format to convert to (in terms of its likely to play on any old DVD > player). > > Alternatively, if this isn't realistic, could anyone recommend an > alternative freeware programme that they can start again with to > produce a slide show with music and titles, which will save in a > format that will suit their needs. They probably do not need not start again, they just need to get what they have into DVD format. DVD Flick http://www.dvdflick.net/ -- dadiOH ____________________________ dadiOH's dandies v3.06... ....a help file of info about MP3s, recording from LP/cassette and tips & tricks on this and that. Get it at http://mysite.verizon.net/xico
From: M.L. on 16 May 2010 09:41 >> Some elderly friends have spent a lot of time making a slide show, using >> Microsoft PhotoStory 3, and they are very disappointed that the >> resulting file when copied to a DVD disk won't play on their own, or >> their friend's domestic DVD player attached to the TV set. >> >> PhotoStory seems to have no options other than Windows Media Player file >> format for saving its slide shows, and it appears that this format isn't >> supported on common domestic DVD players? >> >> Is there some freeware anyone could recommend that I could use to help >> them convert their slide show (it contains music and text overlays etc) >> into another file format which is likely to be supported on a standalone >> DVD player? If so, what is the safest file format to convert to (in >> terms of its likely to play on any old DVD player). >> >> Alternatively, if this isn't realistic, could anyone recommend an >> alternative freeware programme that they can start again with to produce >> a slide show with music and titles, which will save in a format that >> will suit their needs. >> >> They are not very computer literate (neither am I when it comes to >> video), and they have put in a lot of time learning how to use >> PhotoStory. >Best bet is to take the .wmv file and see if it authors as a DVD. >Try dvdflick >http://www.dvdflick.net/ and look at their help page >http://www.dvdflick.net/guide/index_en.html >an alternative is DeVeDe >www.majorsilence.com/devede but the site seems to be down at the moment, >worth a try though. DVD Flick is great for all-in-one authoring but has a daunting set of options that will probably be too complicated for them. >If you want to make slideshows in the future you might be better off with >something like dvdslideshowgui >http://download.videohelp.com/tin2tin/ dvdslideshowgui isn't user-friendly and there is no need to learn another slideshow app. I recommend using Any Video Converter Free to convert the PhotoStory wmv to a DVD-compliant mpeg2, then using Simple DVD Creator to author and burn the mpeg2 to a DVD. Nominal learning curve for each app. Any Video Converter Free Pros: Batch encoding, splitter/joiner, file merger, output presets, audio normalization, AC3 audio, supports subtitles, video preview Cons: Max 30 fps, no 5.1 audio Input: 3GP(Mobile), AVI, AVS, DV, DVR-MS, FLV, M1V, M2V, M4V, MKV, MOV, MP4(IPOD,PSP,ZUNE), MPEG1, MPEG2, QT, RM, RMVB, VOB, WMV/ASF Output: AAC, AVI, FLV, M4A, MKV, MP3, MP4(IPOD,PSP,ZUNE), MPEG1, MPEG2, OGG, SWF, WAV, WMA, WMV/ASF OS: Win 98/ME/2000/XP/Vista http://any-video-converter.com/products/for_video_free/ Simple DVD Creator Pros: Batch encoding, no reencoding of DVD-compliant MPEG2 files, supports subtitles and auto chapters, burns to DVD with ImgBurn, supports AC3 5.1 channel audio Cons: no DVD menus support Input: MPEG2, VOB Output: DVD, VOB(VIDEO_TS folder) OS: Win NT/95/98/ME/2000/XP/2003/Vista http://www.videohelp.com/tools/Simple_DVD_Creator www.majorgeeks.com/download.php?det=5692
From: Rod on 16 May 2010 13:10 On Sun, 16 May 2010 08:41:13 -0500, M.L. wrote: >>> Some elderly friends have spent a lot of time making a slide show, using >>> Microsoft PhotoStory 3, and they are very disappointed that the >>> resulting file when copied to a DVD disk won't play on their own, or >>> their friend's domestic DVD player attached to the TV set. >>> >>> PhotoStory seems to have no options other than Windows Media Player file >>> format for saving its slide shows, and it appears that this format isn't >>> supported on common domestic DVD players? >>> >>> Is there some freeware anyone could recommend that I could use to help >>> them convert their slide show (it contains music and text overlays etc) >>> into another file format which is likely to be supported on a standalone >>> DVD player? If so, what is the safest file format to convert to (in >>> terms of its likely to play on any old DVD player). >>> >>> Alternatively, if this isn't realistic, could anyone recommend an >>> alternative freeware programme that they can start again with to produce >>> a slide show with music and titles, which will save in a format that >>> will suit their needs. >>> >>> They are not very computer literate (neither am I when it comes to >>> video), and they have put in a lot of time learning how to use >>> PhotoStory. > >>Best bet is to take the .wmv file and see if it authors as a DVD. >>Try dvdflick >>http://www.dvdflick.net/ and look at their help page >>http://www.dvdflick.net/guide/index_en.html >>an alternative is DeVeDe >>www.majorsilence.com/devede but the site seems to be down at the moment, >>worth a try though. > > DVD Flick is great for all-in-one authoring but has a daunting set of > options that will probably be too complicated for them. > >>If you want to make slideshows in the future you might be better off with >>something like dvdslideshowgui >>http://download.videohelp.com/tin2tin/ > > dvdslideshowgui isn't user-friendly and there is no need to learn > another slideshow app. > > I recommend using Any Video Converter Free to convert the PhotoStory > wmv to a DVD-compliant mpeg2, then using Simple DVD Creator to author > and burn the mpeg2 to a DVD. Nominal learning curve for each app. > > Any Video Converter Free > Pros: Batch encoding, splitter/joiner, file merger, output presets, > audio normalization, AC3 audio, supports subtitles, video preview > Cons: Max 30 fps, no 5.1 audio > Input: 3GP(Mobile), AVI, AVS, DV, DVR-MS, FLV, M1V, M2V, M4V, MKV, > MOV, MP4(IPOD,PSP,ZUNE), MPEG1, MPEG2, QT, RM, RMVB, VOB, WMV/ASF > Output: AAC, AVI, FLV, M4A, MKV, MP3, MP4(IPOD,PSP,ZUNE), MPEG1, > MPEG2, OGG, SWF, WAV, WMA, WMV/ASF > OS: Win 98/ME/2000/XP/Vista > http://any-video-converter.com/products/for_video_free/ > > Simple DVD Creator > Pros: Batch encoding, no reencoding of DVD-compliant MPEG2 files, > supports subtitles and auto chapters, burns to DVD with ImgBurn, > supports AC3 5.1 channel audio > Cons: no DVD menus support > Input: MPEG2, VOB > Output: DVD, VOB(VIDEO_TS folder) > OS: Win NT/95/98/ME/2000/XP/2003/Vista > http://www.videohelp.com/tools/Simple_DVD_Creator > www.majorgeeks.com/download.php?det=5692 I recently had to convert some mts camcorder files, and Any Video Converter would not convert them properly. I found Koyote Soft Free Video Converter. http://www.koyotesoft.com/indexEn.html This program worked correctly and was much faster than Any Video Converter.
From: John S on 17 May 2010 17:40 On Sun, 16 May 2010 21:44:35 +1200, John S wrote: snip > > Is there some freeware anyone could recommend that I could use to help them > convert their slide show (it contains music and text overlays etc) into > another file format which is likely to be supported on a standalone DVD > player? If so, what is the safest file format to convert to (in terms of > its likely to play on any old DVD player). > snip > Any help appreciated. > > cheers, > > John S Just a follow up to my original post to say thanks very much to those who offered advice. This is a great newsgroup! Thanks to Rich for suggestions about dvdflick and devede, and an alternative slideshow programme (and dadiOH who seconded dvdflick). Thanks to to ML for suggesting Any-video-converter and simple DVD creator and Rod for the Koyote Soft alternative suggestion. And thanks to Wheel, who found a (payware) plug-in for Photo Story. I guess that doing a conversion may be beyond the ability of my elderly friends, but I will download the suggested freeware solutions and have a go at it for them. If nothing else it will be a learning experience for me. Thanks again, John S
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