homemade dvd,playing on dvd player???

Rich08

Hello
This is a question on behalf of my daughter which she has written below
thanks very much for all replies

I'm currently trying to make a wedding DVD for a family friend.
I've made the video of all the pictures and saved in .avi format. I am now using Cyberlink PowerProducer to try and get the video onto DVD with a menu and such. However, when I upload onto the DVD disc, it won't play on my DVD player.
(tried other dvd players also )
First of all can anyone tell me how to get the DVD player to read the disk and second of all does anyone know of any good and free software for creating DVDs with menus and stuff.
thanks for ann replies

geewhiz

At a guess, you may have burnt the disc as a data disc and not as a dvd, put the disc back in the computer and browse the files, if you just have a .avi file then you've only burnt it as a data disc.

If it's a DVD it should have a folder called VIDEO_TS on it. An avi file can only be played by computers and dvd players that support this.

millwalll

it also depends on the dvd player can it play avi how old is the dvd player can it play both plus and minus dvd most new dvd players can but maybe worth checking.

Garetha

Rich08 wrote: »

... and second of all does anyone know of any good and free software for creating DVDs with menus and stuff.
thanks for ann replies

I've just done a search on MSE and found this thread of free DVD creation software:
http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?t=965847&highlight=free+software

If you find a good one can you report it here please!

Donnie

Rich08 wrote: »

Hello
This is a question on behalf of my daughter which she has written below
thanks very much for all replies

I'm currently trying to make a wedding DVD for a family friend.
I've made the video of all the pictures and saved in .avi format. I am now using Cyberlink PowerProducer to try and get the video onto DVD with a menu and such. However, when I upload onto the DVD disc, it won't play on my DVD player.
(tried other dvd players also )
First of all can anyone tell me how to get the DVD player to read the disk and second of all does anyone know of any good and free software for creating DVDs with menus and stuff.
thanks for ann replies

Sent you a PM with instructions.

Rich08

Garetha wrote: »

I've just done a search on MSE and found this thread of free DVD creation software:
http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?t=965847&highlight=free+software

If you find a good one can you report it here please!

Helo garetha
My daughter downloaded the software and whilst it all looks good its not really got all the functions she was looking for ,thankyou very much for taking time out to do the search

Regards Rich

Rich08

Donnie wrote: »

Sent you a PM with instructions.

Thankyou once again very much for the info Donnie and my daughter is a very happy girl