holiday disks

[ray316]

l know very little about computers and would like someones help if possible.l have been looking through the forums but am getting even more confused, so if you can help me in simple details that would be great.l have a tosihba a60 super-multi drive ,256mb memory,40gb harddisk,2.80GHz windows xp.l had a holiday disc done,and it,s on a DVD-R but will not play on any of my video recorders,l have downloaded it onto the computers windows media player and it,s in mpg.Will mpg work on video recorders, and can l convert mpg to svcd,vcd,or dvd and how.l also have dv camcorder tapes of previous holiday l would like to put on disks.On the computer is wmm , inter videowindvd creator and roxio easy cd-dvd creator,l,m not sure if any of these will do.Also if l do get up and running with a program how long will a 40 minute tape take to download onto the computer, and how long will it take to burn,as familys would want copys.This DVD-R l got off holiday they had loads done of a 25 minute film in just over a hour, l would be very grateful for answers to these questions. thank you

[yoda313]

Hi,

Most dvd players won't read a mpg file. You need to author it to dvd. It is a special structure containing vob files and ifo and bup files.

HERE is some detailed info on what a dvd really is.

You can use programs like tmpgenc dvd author, ulead dvd movie factory, and countless others to make your dvd.

Check out the "how to" section under AUTHORING for more details (on the left of the page)

Kevin

[thecoalman]

,256mb memory,40gb harddisk,2.80GHz windows xp.

If possible bumb your RAM up to 512, it will make a world of difference overall when using your computer.

l had a holiday disc done,and it,s on a DVD-R but will not play on any of my video recorders

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If it's a DVD compliant video complete with menus most likely your players don't support the -R type disc. You can look to the left for player/disc compatibilities. If it's just a data disc with a mpeg file on it as mentioned by Yoda most standalone DVD players won't play a mpeg file.

Where to go from there depends on what you have, one question at time. Is it a DVD with menus or just a file?

[ray316]

.hi the coalman, yes it,s a dvd with menus. thanks for quick replys

[thecoalman]

.hi the coalman, yes it,s a dvd with menus. thanks for quick replys

Open up your burning app like Roxio or Nero. Create a ISO file or disc image from the disc you have now. There will be directions in the help file for this. Burn the image file or ISO file to a +R disc. That will make an exact copy on the new disc. Make sure you buy some good discs, another reason why it might not play is because of crap media, media ratings and comments can be found to the left as well. And again look your player up to the left for compatibility.

Even the cheap computer DVD players are more robust than most standalones which is why your computer DVD player can read the disc.

[tonydead]

Yip, what everyone else said. You need to take the mpg and author it as a DVD. In Nero (Roxio is probably similar) just go to make a DVD and add your mpg as a file, Nero will do the rest.

[thevoelk]

May be a PAL/NTSC issue also

[thecoalman]

May be a PAL/NTSC issue also

That's possible but chances of that are pretty slim.