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MP4 to DVD converter

J_B
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Friend has daughter's wedding video on USB and asked me to burn it to DVD for her.
Simple, I thought, but the videos are in MP4 format - I have Freemake on my PC which I have used in the past, but they are now asking for a payment or watermarking/branding the image making it unreadable.


Any suggestions for a decent free converter?

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  • donnajunkie
    donnajunkie Posts: 32,412 Forumite
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    Any video converter may serve your purpose.
  • Brummie85
    Brummie85 Posts: 170 Forumite
    Handbrake may help you. It's a free, open source video converter for Windows, Linux and OSX that will convert files to/between the major formats.

    https://handbrake.fr
  • J_B
    J_B Posts: 6,878 Forumite
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    Any video converter may serve your purpose.
    Sadly it won't - well, I've tried Freemake and Wondershare both which want to put a huge watermark across the screen. :(

    Brummie85 wrote: »
    Handbrake may help you. It's a free, open source video converter for Windows, Linux and OSX that will convert files to/between the major formats.

    https://handbrake.fr
    EveryWhere wrote: »


    Thanks both, will explore these options.
  • EveryWhere
    EveryWhere Posts: 3,249 Forumite
    Brummie85 wrote: »
    Handbrake may help you. It's a free, open source video converter for Windows, Linux and OSX that will convert files to/between the major formats.

    https://handbrake.fr

    Have you ever used it to create DVD Video? I think not.
  • Colleen6
    Colleen6 Posts: 5 Forumite
    If you're running Windows 7, try Windows DVD Maker. But Microsoft removed it since Windows 8.
  • Gillor
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    +1 for DVD Flick.

    Used this exclusively for conversion of multiple formats and burning to DVD for the last couple of years without any problems and with excellent results.

    Like many software programmes it gives you a list of options that may initially have you scratching your head depending on your familiarity with video conversion but otherwise it’s relatively intuitive and straight forward.
  • J_B
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    Colleen6 wrote: »
    If you're running Windows 7, try Windows DVD Maker. But Microsoft removed it since Windows 8.


    Sorry - W10
  • EveryWhere
    EveryWhere Posts: 3,249 Forumite
    Gillor wrote: »
    +1 for DVD Flick.

    Used this exclusively for conversion of multiple formats and burning to DVD for the last couple of years without any problems and with excellent results.

    Like many software programmes it gives you a list of options that may initially have you scratching your head depending on your familiarity with video conversion but otherwise it’s relatively intuitive and straight forward.

    http://www.dvdflick.net/guide/index_en.html
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