Writing a video DVD
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From: Rowland McDonnell on 4 Apr 2010 20:56 I'm looking to write a video file to DVD so it can play in a DVD player. Can anyone suggest what software I might use for the job? Rowland. -- Remove the animal for email address: rowland.mcdonnell(a)dog.physics.org Sorry - the spam got to me http://www.mag-uk.org http://www.bmf.co.uk UK biker? Join MAG and the BMF and stop the Eurocrats banning biking
From: David Empson on 4 Apr 2010 23:36 Rowland McDonnell <real-address-in-sig(a)flur.bltigibbet.invalid> wrote: > I'm looking to write a video file to DVD so it can play in a DVD player. > > Can anyone suggest what software I might use for the job? To play in a standard DVD player, the video must be in the correct format (a specific variant of MPEG-2), which will almost certainly require converting (transcoding) from its current format. You must also use the correct file structure (.VOB, .BUP and .IFO files in a VIDEO_TS folder), and the file system must be the correct variant of UDF. Depending on how fancy you want to get, you may need to create a menu structure for the DVD. Some applications provide a simple default menu structure. As a general rule you need software specifically designed for creating DVDs. The obvious candidates are iDVD (possibly with help from iMovie), DVD Studio Pro (part of Final Cut Studio) and recent versions of Toast Titanium (at least version 8 and later). It appears that Burn (free) can also create a simple DVD-Video, but I've never tried it. -- David Empson dempson(a)actrix.gen.nz
From: Fred McKenzie on 5 Apr 2010 01:31 In article <1jggd1i.2jk6awdb2igwN%real-address-in-sig(a)flur.bltigibbet.invalid>, real-address-in-sig(a)flur.bltigibbet.invalid (Rowland McDonnell) wrote: > I'm looking to write a video file to DVD so it can play in a DVD player. > > Can anyone suggest what software I might use for the job? Rowland- I believe recent versions of Toast will do the job. I made a short .MOV file using a digital camera. Toast converted it to the proper format and burned a DVD that plays both video and audio. Fred
From: Jim on 5 Apr 2010 02:56 Rowland McDonnell <real-address-in-sig(a)flur.bltigibbet.invalid> wrote: > I'm looking to write a video file to DVD so it can play in a DVD player. > > Can anyone suggest what software I might use for the job? <http://burn-osx.sourceforge.net/Pages/English/home.html> It's free, but quite unstable. When burning a Video DVD you *must* turn off the DVD menu option or it *will* crash. It may also crash anyway. It was last updated...some time ago, shall we say. Having said all that I find it very useful for turning a single video file into a 'normal' DVD it a completely no-frills kind of way. When it works... Jim -- http://www.ursaMinorBeta.co.uk http://twitter.com/GreyAreaUK Please help save Bletchley Park - sign the petition for Government funding at: (open to UK residents and ex.pats) http://petitions.number10.gov.uk/BletchleyPark/ Thank you.
From: Woody on 5 Apr 2010 07:54
Jim <jim(a)magrathea.plus.com> wrote: > Rowland McDonnell <real-address-in-sig(a)flur.bltigibbet.invalid> wrote: > > > I'm looking to write a video file to DVD so it can play in a DVD player. > > > > Can anyone suggest what software I might use for the job? > > <http://burn-osx.sourceforge.net/Pages/English/home.html> > > It's free, but quite unstable. When burning a Video DVD you *must* turn > off the DVD menu option or it *will* crash. > > It may also crash anyway. It was last updated...some time ago, shall we > say. There still seems to be development going on with it. In the svn source there are commits from a few weeks ago -- Woody www.alienrat.com |