How come i cant burn a movie into a DVD-R?

Question

i have a blank dvd and i cant burn a video. when i use real player or windows media player, it says CD, insert a CD so it doesnt recognize the DVD. and i also tried using TotalVideo2DVD but it doesnt work either because it says your file name contains some characters when it doesn't.

So how do i burn a movie in a DVD???

Answer 1

Total Video2Dvd can help you convert movies to dvd simply and directly,

1. click "New project", add video files, than click "OK"

2. click "DVD menu", preview dvd menu

3. click "Output", click "Convert and Burn" start burn DVD.

a. easily convert avi or other popular video formats(such as youtube flv, mpg, xvid, divx, mp4, 3gp, mkv, rm, rmvb, mov, wmv, ogm, ts etc.) to dvd or ISO image file.

b. support srt, sub, ssa, ***, smi, psb, tex, idx subtitles

c. support dvd menu with background music, with a lot of templates

d. support download youtube and other video share website video, then burn to dvd

e. support photo slideshow to dvd, more than 300 kinds of effects.

f. easy to use, only a few clicks,

you can download this program FREE:

http://www.google.com/search?&q=total+av...

or

http://www.google.com/search?&q=Video2Dv...

Answer 2

Cucusoft Video to DVD Creator is a good choice. It converts popular video formats such as AVI, MPEG, WMV, DivX, DV, VOB to DVD and burn DVD movie played on portable or home DVD player. Any video to to VCD/DVD/SVCD is even faster than real-time.

Free download here:

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Step by step guide:

http://www.topsreviews.com/guides/cucuso...

Unbiased reviews and side-by-side comparisons of the DVD creator give you enough information to research the ins and outs of a particular product:

http://www.topsreviews.com/reviews/dvd-c...

Also, you can search some other software:

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Answer 3

Try using a DVD+RW.

You need +RW which is Readable & "Writable".

-R is usually "readable".

I have always had issues when using them and prefer the +RW which always works.

Also be sure to read your users manuals and be sure the movie is not "copyright protected".

Most have code written into their productions/property that actually prevents copying.

I hope this helps!