How does one make a videocam video work on a DVD?

Question

I transferred my handycam video to my PC using Windows Movie Maker. But when I burnt it on a DVD, it wont play... in fact, it wont even recognize the disc. What could be the issue? How to resolve it?

Answer 1

The issue?

Windows Movie Maker doesn't have video DVD authoring capability.  Just burning the captured video file onto a DVD is not enough, as you have found out.

How to resolve it?

Get software that authors video DVDs!

Recommendation:

Roxio Easy Media Creator.  I started with version 6 (a "light" version of which was included free bundled with my first DVD-burning drive) and have been upgrading all along through the years.  The current version is 10.

It not only authors DVDs, it really does everything you could want to do with all kinds of media (input video, photos, music, etc. - output to DVD, CD,  even YouTube and portable media players).

Another thought - since software was included with my first DVD drive - just maybe, software was included with yours!  Check it out!

Answer 2

maybe u can try total video2dvd author,

Total Video2Dvd Author can help you convert avi to dvd, work on home dvd player

1. Click "New Project", add video files,

2. Click "Dvd Menu", view dvd menu,

3. Click "Output", Click "Convert & Burn" output.

features:

1. Easliy convert avi or other popurlar video (such as flv, divx, xivd, avi, wmv, mkv, rm, rmvb, 3gp, mp4, mov, ts, ogm, etc.) to DVD or ISO image file.

2. Supports subtitles(srt, sub, idx, ssa, ***, smi, etc.), and multi-subtitle track.

3. Download youtube video or other video share website video, and burn it to dvd.

4. Supports DVD menu with background.

5. supports photo slideshow to DVD.

you can download it FREE:

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Answer 3

There's more to a DVD than just copying the video files - the video has to be in the right format (DVD compliant MPEG-2), the disk has to be written in a different format from normal (UDF), you need extra files to tell your DVD player how to navigate the disk and then all the files have to have the right names and be in the right folder structure!  Fortunately there are apps that'll take care of all that for you - have a look at DVD Flick.  It'll take your footage in a variety of formats and produce a playable DVD for you.

Answer 4

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Answer 5

needs to be the correct codec, i suggest downloading vegas movie editor... search it in google, you can download a trial. it allows you to import video from a camera, and then render it straight to a playable dvd. also theres loadsa info on this if you just search it on google, better than yahoo answers...coz theres so many different ways of doing it.

Answer 6

it has to be the correct one, that why it wont play for you.