Will a .mov file play on a standard DVD player?

Question

I have a digital camera that takes video and saves it to a .mov format. I do not have a movie editing program that will work with .mov and don't know how to convert the file.

Do you know if .mov will work on a DVD player? Or what program will convert .mov to something more workable?

I am working on a PC (using Vista), not a Mac, btw, so QuickTime Movie Editor is out (it only edits on Mac). I also own the entire Adobe Creative suite, but have not yet taken the course to teach me how to use the program.

Answer 1

here is a totally free video to dvd converter--- dvd flick:

Read the guide and you will know where to download it and how to use it.

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Answer 2

You need convert to dvd.

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Answer 3

It depends on the brand of DVD player, Apex DVD player are known to work with anything (at least common filetypes)

When you buy a DVD or make a DVD Video using a DVD Video burning program, the files are saved as the following

DVD Disc root

-Video_TS

--Video_TS.IFO

--Video_TS.BUP

--Video_TS.VOB

--VTS_01_0.IFO and so on

So simply burning a .MOV file to a blank DVD won't just make a DVD Video, you will need a DVD Video burning program that will convert the .MOV file to all the files in a Video_TS folder

Many programs will do this, but I prefer Nero, it has done the best converting out of all the programs I have tried, it is not free, (though in most cases come bundled free with a DVD burner), but it shouldn't be that expensive, and you can buy it at your local computer store

Answer 4

No, standard DVD player cant play MOV video. If you don't know how to convert and burn mov video to DVD, here is a step by step guide for you, it works pretty well for me.

http://www.freedvdripper.net/guides/burn...

If you have any other questions, feel free to email me.

Answer 5

The .mov file won't play on a standard DVD player. What you need is DVD authoring software, which will convert the .mov file to the format the DVD player needs. Unfortunately, I'm a Mac guy, so I don't know what software you'd use on Windows.

Maybe Windows Movie Maker? It's included with some versions of windows, or you can download it from Microsoft:

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/downl...