Unable to play video camera recordings on certain computers

jessmist

Hi,
My son has a JVC Everio model GZ-HM445BEK camera.The videos playback ok on my new laptop running windows 7 but we are unable to play the recordings on older computers or dvd players is there anyway i can convert the files so that i can play them on older pc's

Thanks

closed

depends on the format/codec - try vlc

jessmist

closed wrote: »

depends on the format/codec - try vlc

Thanks would that let me burn them onto a dvd so that i can give them to a friend to play on her older pc

closed

a file can be put on dvd with your burning software, or windows, or imgburn.

to create a dvd playable on anything, you may have to do some conversion, depends on the format you have now

vlc's main function is as a player.

Figment

From JVC site:

[AVCHD] Video: MPEG-4 AVC/H.264 Audio: Dolby Digital (2ch), Still: JPEG

[Standard Definition] Video: MPEG-4 AVC/H.264 Audio: Dolby Digital (2ch), Still: JPEG

jessmist

closed wrote: »

a file can be put on dvd with your burning software, or windows, or imgburn.

to create a dvd playable on anything, you may have to do some conversion, depends on the format you have now

vlc's main function is as a player.

When I created the dvd I used windows to make it.
How do I go about changing the format so that i can play the dvd on anything.
Thanks

bat999

Hi
Do the videos produced by that JVC Everio model GZ-HM445BEK camera play with VLC Media Player v-1.1.11 or not?

jessmist

bat999 wrote: »

Hi
Do the videos produced by that JVC Everio model GZ-HM445BEK camera play with VLC Media Player v-1.1.11 or not?

I have not tried the vlc software as I can watch the videos on my laptop it is just that i can't give anybody a dvd copy to watch.

Myser

I believe that camcorder is HD. So you can view the HD files on your newer computer.

You will need to down-convert to MPEG-2 so that others can watch it on their DVD players/computers.

Alternatively, they should may be able to play the same file on their computers using VLC player.

jayme1

windows 7 has the codecs to watch h.264 mp4 videos, which the older windows OSs don't, therefore you will need to use something with the correct codec to play the files on older computers (VLC is the easiest cleanest solution, but something like quicktime and realplayer can also play them).

if you want to give the video to someone else to watch, then you can just burn the file to DVD (or USB drive) they could then put the DVD in their computer and double click on the file and watch it, if they didn't have windows 7, VLC, quicktime or realplayer then they would also have to install one to watch the file.
if you wanted to put it on a DVD to watch on a DVD player, [STRIKE]then on your windows 7 computer you may be able to use the 'Windows DVD Maker' that is found in your Start menu, again codecs depending, but it should work.[/STRIKE]

Edit: Windows DVD maker won't work I have just tried, so you would have to use different program.

thor

I have always found convertxtodvd the best dvd making program when it came to burning difficult video files to disc.