Burning WMV files

ketherin

Sky now allow you to download films & sports clips.
I've downloaded a film this morning its in a WMV format.

I've tried using Nero to burn a copy onto DVD but it wont work any ideas ?

Sweetchuck

Where can you download these clips & movies from?

It's pretty tough to help with your request - it's quite vague. It could be a problem with your PC, with Nero, with the DVD, with the files - if you let us know exactly what you mean by "it won't work" then we can probably help a bit more.

ketherin

You have to be a Sky+ customer with certain channel's.
Then sign up at http://www.sky.com/skycom/home/
And download films and sports clips onto your PC.

Nero says incompatible format, as I said they download as WMV format

moneyuser

If you want to play it as a dvd (which I think you do) then you need to use Nero Vision Express instead of Nero Burning Rom. If you haven't got that then you have to convert the wmv to avi then encode it for dvd (e.g. by using Avi2DVD which is free). However I haven't come across any free software that will convert wmv to avi. Someone may know of some software that can create dvds directly from wmv format, but again I haven't come across any

mr_fishbulb

Windows Media has the ability to use DRM (Digital Rights Management) which will stop the file being copied or burn to DVD. Sky have almost certainly activated this.

There might be ways around it - I don't know. But it's probably not legal.

payless

http://www.dvdsanta.com/ , there's a free version ( assume it watermarks ) otherwise a bit costly for burning a few clips - not used it myself , so no idea if it works, and assume it does not get around the above mentioned "rights" issue

faz7875_2

mr_fishbulb wrote:

Windows Media has the ability to use DRM (Digital Rights Management) which will stop the file being copied or burn to DVD. Sky have almost certainly activated this.

There might be ways around it - I don't know. But it's probably not legal.

I have sky by broadband too but as far as i can tell you cannot burn it to a dvd permanently as the wmv download has a licence for 30 days. I.e you can put it on a dvd as a wmv and watch it on the computer that it was downloaded thru windows media player during that period (for those that have limited romm on HD)but not as a dvd thru a dvd player or on another computer. if you find a way around it tho, let me know.;)

Ganyam

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