What format do I have to convert a movie so it can play in a standard dvd player?

Question

I have copied a movie to my computer. First I used a program called isofter dvd platinum to copy the dvd to my computer. I chose the vcd ntsc format and it saved it as a mpg. Then, I burned it on a cd-r and it did not play on my dvd player. Then I used free video converter and converted it to dvd format/VOB and burned it on a dvd-r and still it wont play in my dvd player. what format do I need to convert the video to so it can play in my dvd player. My computer uses dvd-r.

Answer 1

Total Video2Dvd can help you convert movies to dvd simply and directly, work on any dvd player

. Click "New Project", add video files,

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

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

1. easy convert AVI or other popular video formats(such as Youtube FLV, MPG, XVID, DIVX, MP4, 3GP, MKV, RM, RMVB, MOV, WMV, OGM, TS) to video DVD or ISO image file.

2. support SRT, SUB, SSA, ***, SMI, PSB, TEX, IDX subtitles.

3. support dvd menu with background music.

4. support download YOUTUBE video and other video share website`s video, then burn it to dvd.

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

6. easy to use, only a few clicks,

you can download this software FREE:

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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:

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Also, you can search some other software:

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Answer 3

You need to convert your video to mpeg 2 then burn dvd, I always use Aimersoft DVD Creator, it can easily convert all popular video formats (AVI, MP4, MPG, MPEG, 3GP, WMV, ASF, RM, RMVB, DAT, MOV, FLV, etc) to DVD and burn DVD movie played on portable and home DVD players, that's very good, you can check it out here for free:

http://www.aimersoft.com/dvd-creator.htm...

Of course, http://answers.yahoo.com can give you more options  

Answer 4

I would recommend you download ConvertXtoDVD. Ive been using it for a year now, on windows, never had a problem!

It will convert your video files to the dvd format readable by all standard dvd players, then burn automatically to DVD!

it is easy to use, fast and it works perfect for me.. give it a try, you'll love it

1. Download ConvertXtoDVD from vso official site here:

http://www.vso-software.fr/products/conv...



It can convert any video file.. like

avi, divx, xvid, mov, mkv, flv ,youtube,  mpeg1, mpeg2, mpeg-, nsv, dvr-ms, tivo, ts, ifo, vob, asf, wmv, realmedia, rm, rmvb, ogm,

2. Add or drag-n-drop as many video files as the DVD can handle

3. Insert blank DVD

4. Click "Convert"

5. Enjoy watching those video files on your home DVD player! =)

ConvertXtoDVD has a lot of extra nice features too,

for example you can make your own DVD menu or auto-generate it, add subtitles, auto-burn to dvd or save your conversion.

Answer 5

DVD movie is encoded by MPEG2 standard. And your video will be converted into .IFO, .VOB,.BUP files.

If you just wanna enjoy your video on dvd player, it's unnecessary to know details about this. There are tons of smart DVD burner, like wondershare video to dvd burner. They can convert video files to dvd files and burn them onto blank dvd disc by a few clicks.

This detailed guide may provide you lots of helpful info:

http://www.dvd-ripper-copy.com/guide/vid...

Hope it helps.