Burn DVD In Windows 8

wary

How can I burn a DVD in W8 so that it is finalised & playable on DVD players?

I used Movie Maker in W7 but that option has gone.

When I insert a blank DVD, I chose the option to use it for CDs/DVDs rather than as a pen drive. I can burn files to it by right clicking (I think I can do the same by saving it to the DVD drive using Movie Maker). However, they seem only to exist as files rather than a formatted DVD.

The settings on the Burn wizard says that it will automatically "Close Session", which I believe is similar to finalising although it does only say this makes it playable on other computers. I can't watch it on my DVD player and when I reinsert it back into the laptop, it doesn't behave like it is a finalised DVD.

The file format I've tried is MP4, if that's of relevance?

Thanks

poppy10_2

wary wrote: »

How can I burn a DVD in W8 so that it is finalised & playable on DVD players?

I used Movie Maker in W7 but that option has gone.

Movie Maker is available for Windows 8, you just need to download it.

http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows/get-movie-maker-download

wary

poppy10 wrote: »

Movie Maker is available for Windows 8, you just need to download it.

http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows/get-movie-maker-download

Thanks ... but how do you use this particular version to burn & finalise DVDs? I could do this with the version I had on W7 but I can see no obvious way for the W8 version.

yilia

As I know, there is a Windows 8 DVD Maker for free.