How do you burn WMV, MPEG, and/or AVI to a DVD-R so I can...

[Unknown Username]

Hi I'm new to the forum and I was wondering if anyone can help me. I want to make a personal DVD and I have some WMV, MPEG, & AVI videos that I want to burn to a DVD-R. The problem is that I don't understand making DVD-R's. So do you have to convert these videos to something else? And what program would you recommend? And what program also would you recommend so I can burn those files on a DVD-R? Please help me because I have tried so many thing and many programs and everything else failed.

[thecoalman]

For playback on a computer you can just burn as a data DVD with any burning program. Some may have to be copied to your HD to be played as the DVD player can't transfer high bandwidth video such as DV-AVI.

For playback on a regular DVD/CD on a standalone player they need to be DVD compliant mpeg2 or VCD compliant. See DVD under the the what is section to the left. For programs for creating DVD's see the tools section.

There's alot involved start reading....

[Baldrick]

DVD-VIDEO(playback on standalone dvd players):

1. Convert to dvd video
2. Author to dvd format with optional menus, chapters
3. Burn to dvd

All-in-one tools can do all these steps like winavi video converter, thefilmmachine, dvdsanta.

Or use separate tools if you want full control over all steps:
1. tmpgenc, mainconcept mpeg encoder
2. tmpgenc dvd author, dvd-lab
3. nero burning rom, tmpgenc dvd author


What tools have you tried?
Why didn't it work?