DVD Stuff

[Bman]

Hi, Im new here. I just bought a new DVD Burner. No I need to know a few things. Whats the best software? is Nero 6 good? because its on sale at Best Buy. Also I need to know how you would turn MKV miles to DVD. Thanks

[andkiich]

Start reading!!

The column on the left has lots of good information.

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[redwudz]

As above, and:

1. Whichever software works best for what you want to do.

2. Nero is useful for some things, Not so good for others.

3. For MKV, Start here. http://www.matroska.org/

[Bman]

um...ok ill start reading. My family went on a trip last year and we recorded alot. I used Movie Maker and turned it into 2 seperate parts with subtitles and other stuff. THen i used tmpegnc to encode to mpg. I just bought Nero and I have to say that it was a waste. they dont let you create dvds, but MINIdvds. I heard that first you have to author, then compile. Is DVD Lab good from that?

[philquad]

if you done it right with tmpgenc yes dvd lab will convert/add 2 ,3 movies together and spit them out as vob files so you can burn them with nero or watever

[jimmalenko]

um...ok ill start reading. My family went on a trip last year and we recorded alot. I used Movie Maker and turned it into 2 seperate parts with subtitles and other stuff. THen i used tmpegnc to encode to mpg. I just bought Nero and I have to say that it was a waste. they dont let you create dvds, but MINIdvds. I heard that first you have to author, then compile. Is DVD Lab good from that?

Keep reading....

If you are only getting the option for a miniDVD then you have to make sure you have the DVD part selected and not the CD part. I always recommend noobs use Nero Express and the guide here, as I think it is a bit easier to learn than the standard Nero interface.

If you have used TMPGEnc Plus to encode to MPEG-2, then you need to author. I would suggest TMPGEnc DVD Author.

[Bman]

I just found the all in one Ulead Video Studio . its amazing. Im backing up a dvd right now, but .....it takes A LONG time to convert the video

[DVD_Ripper]

Best of luck...

Ulead makes some very user friendly software ... Video Studio 8 and DVD Movie Factory.

Yes... the slowest operation will be converting your AVI ro MPG for DVD burning..... what is your machine specs?

[Bman]

2.5 ghz. 512 mb ram. 120 gb. Still....its going slow lol. Pretty awesome though.