Help needed .... video files need converting...i think :s

ayeshasi

I have alot of video files on my camcorder. I am trying to burn the files to dvd. However, am not able to view them on the dvd player. Would i need to convert them first?

They are MPEG2 media files.

bat999

Hi
Some DVD players can play individual files.
Most DVD players require that the files are 'authored' into the correct DVD format in order to play them.
Read about DVD authoring here:-http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DVD_authoring
There are programs that will do this.
Such as:-
DVDFlick
DVDStyler
ConvertXtoDVD

ayeshasi

Thanks! Are these free softwares?

Marty_J

Try DVD Flick.

And yes, it's free (though you can make a donation if you find the software useful).

Browntoa

this full package has a video convertor to dvd format

http://www.dvdvideosoft.com/free-dvd-video-software.htm

once the conversion is done the burner kicks in and burns to dvd

ayeshasi

Browntoa wrote: »

this full package has a video convertor to dvd format

http://www.dvdvideosoft.com/free-dvd-video-software.htm

once the conversion is done the burner kicks in and burns to dvd

I ran this program, and then it said this file is corrupted and please obtain another copy of this

ayeshasi

Marty_J wrote: »

Try DVD Flick.

And yes, it's free (though you can make a donation if you find the software useful).

Actually, even this says file is corrupted

Actually downloaded from a different mirror, and worked. However, when trying to add file, it says it cannot since it is a mpg file

ayeshasi

anyone please??

Shrimply

Hi, this might not be helpful. But depending on what OS you've used have you tried Windows DVD maker. It might be more intuitive. Personally I've found it next to useless in Vista, as it burns disks at full speed meaning they often don't work. But also takes far longer than other programs to do so???

But if windows media player is able to play it then you shouldn't have a problem getting windows DVD maker to transfer it to a playable DVD.

I used a program like the above suggestions a few days ago which worked with an .avi file but I hadd to move the converted files out of a temp folder so I could burn with my chosen program rather than the conversion program. Which was less than ideal.

aliEnRIK

Xvid4PSP
http://www.winnydows.com/#News

bat999

aliEnRIK wrote: »

Xvid4PSP
http://www.winnydows.com/#News

And will this program author a DVD?