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Torrents To DVD

kah22
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edited 5 February 2010 at 1:52PM in Techie Stuff
I recently downloaded a number of Torrents, all legal of course, and have no difficulty viewing them on my computer, however I would like to transfer them to DVD and view them on my TV via my DVD.

At the moment I haven't got any suitable software, what software, free if possible, would members recommend? What type of DVD disk should I use?

Many thanks
Kevin
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  • seedyh
    seedyh Posts: 105 Forumite
    http://www.dvdflick.net/

    Should do the trick.
  • Lil306
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    edited 5 February 2010 at 2:15PM
    Providing your DVD Player can read the apprioriate disk, the format of disk itself does not matter (i.e DVD+R, DVD-R). It's the conversion format you use which determines if your DVD can play it

    I think for DVD players you convert files into MPEG-2 format. Could be wrong may need some correction
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  • seedyh
    seedyh Posts: 105 Forumite
    Good point.. my DVD player can play DivX, so I can usually just copy as data to a DVD and it plays fine. Worth checking..
  • aliEnRIK
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    kah22 wrote: »
    I recently downloaded a number of Torrents, all legal of course, and have no difficulty viewing them on my computer, however I would like to transfer them to DVD and view them on my TV via my DVD.

    At the moment I haven't got any suitable software, what software, free if possible, would members recommend? What type of DVD disk should I use?

    Many thanks
    Kevin

    of course they are :)
    :idea:
  • Lil306
    Lil306 Posts: 1,692 Forumite
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    aliEnRIK wrote: »
    of course they are :)
    :D - always looks suspicious but there are legit ones too

    I downloaded CentOS 5.0 DVD for installation

    I know what you're getting at though, downloading torrents to play on a DVD player does trigger alarm bells. I'll still act on the premise of innocent until proven guilty though ;)
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  • kduffy101
    kduffy101 Posts: 399 Forumite
    convert x to dvd. works a treat.
  • Basil1234
    Basil1234 Posts: 1,146 Forumite
    ashmpoo burning studio 9 is good you can download and then get a trial key
    http://www2.ashampoo.com/webcache/html/1/product_2_2210___GBP.htm
  • jamespir
    jamespir Posts: 21,456 Forumite
    some sites only do legal torrents now
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  • closed
    closed Posts: 10,886 Forumite
    The answer depends on what format the files are in.
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  • JUNIOR
    JUNIOR Posts: 297 Forumite
    I'll 2nd ConvertXtoDvD , Converts most files and pretty quick on conversion and burning .
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