I've been looking online for a basic intro and overwhelmed with details.
What I'm trying to do:
I have jpg,avi's from my digital camera that I'd like to send to family to
watch on a store-bought DVD player.
I've been wasting a few days trying to make this happen with moviemaker
and Nero.
I've created +R, - R , VCDs - ok on PC and then I bring into my living
room - insert the CD/DVD and get an error. It won't load. I have Nero 7
and thought it had ability to do this - when I choose Make DVD and browse,
it's looking for vob files ( isn't that DVD stuff already?), so I tried
Data - DVD - browse - still avi, wmv is not "good". Nero Express - same
thing.
I have jpg, avi, wmv files only
Can someone tell me WHAT app to use /buy/download so that I can: take my
camera jpg pictures and avi files - from a folder on my PC - and burn them
to a VCD or DVD that will work in any DVD player to view on a TV ( not PC)
I thought this would be pretty simple .. digital pictures / digital
CD/DVD - copy - create - done. Ha!
I.m not trying to be fancy. I don't want to be Steven Spielberg, I just
want to have my files viewable on a DVD player.
Re: Want to play VCD od DVD on home DVD player not PC
- Bobb - wrote:
> I've been looking online for a basic intro and overwhelmed with
> details. What I'm trying to do:
> I have jpg,avi's from my digital camera that I'd like to send to
> family to watch on a store-bought DVD player.
> I've been wasting a few days trying to make this happen with
> moviemaker and Nero.
>
> I've created +R, - R , VCDs - ok on PC and then I bring into my living
> room - insert the CD/DVD and get an error. It won't load. I have
> Nero 7 and thought it had ability to do this - when I choose Make DVD
> and browse, it's looking for vob files ( isn't that DVD stuff
> already?), so I tried Data - DVD - browse - still avi, wmv is not
> "good". Nero Express - same thing.
>
> I have jpg, avi, wmv files only
>
> Can someone tell me WHAT app to use /buy/download so that I can: take
> my camera jpg pictures and avi files - from a folder on my PC - and
> burn them to a VCD or DVD that will work in any DVD player to view on
> a TV ( not PC)
> I thought this would be pretty simple .. digital pictures / digital
> CD/DVD - copy - create - done. Ha!
> I.m not trying to be fancy. I don't want to be Steven Spielberg, I
> just want to have my files viewable on a DVD player.
>
> Thanks very much for pointers.
> Bobb
I think the problem isn't your disk or Nero. It is the machine you are
trying to play them on. I was really frustrated trying to do the same thing.
My sister sent me a disk of jpgs that she burned and could see on her DVD
player on her TV. I could not see them on my DVD player. My DVD player was
only a year older than hers. Later in the year we purchased a new DVD player
for another TV in the house and it played the disk just fine.
Re: Want to play VCD od DVD on home DVD player not PC
Bobb,
First a warning.
Not all dvd players will play vcd's, so you cannot have a 100% guarantee of
it working, even if you could do it
Not all dvd players will play a dvd you make.........
But maybe 99% will
Nero have some good tutorials for there app here http://www.nero.com/nero7/enu/Tutorials.html
But they do do several versions and only the full version will make dvds and
possibly vcd's.
I don't have nero installed so I can't be precise, but there should be two
options for making the dvd, one as you've found will write dvd folders
already made, the other will create a dvd. This will take dv.avi files and
create the mpegs and vobs that you need. If you don't have this option then
you most likely haven't got the full version.
I would plump for making a dvd over a vcd or even svcd as dvd quality and
compatibility is far better.
Now, you can either buy the full version of nero, or opt for another app to
do this. There are many.
Ulead do Movie factory, which is great for making dvds, they also do
videostudio, which will import/edit adn create a dvd all in one. Free
trials are available.
Adobe do premiere elements 3, which will imoprt/edit and create dvds, also
very good a free trial is also available.
The list could go on, but these offer perhaps best value for your money.
They will also most likely work with your camera's files, whereas MM may
not.
"- Bobb -" <bobb@noemail.123> wrote in message
news:uruY1%23t0HHA.1100@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
> I've been looking online for a basic intro and overwhelmed with details.
> What I'm trying to do:
> I have jpg,avi's from my digital camera that I'd like to send to family to
> watch on a store-bought DVD player.
> I've been wasting a few days trying to make this happen with moviemaker
> and Nero.
>
> I've created +R, - R , VCDs - ok on PC and then I bring into my living
> room - insert the CD/DVD and get an error. It won't load. I have Nero 7
> and thought it had ability to do this - when I choose Make DVD and browse,
> it's looking for vob files ( isn't that DVD stuff already?), so I tried
> Data - DVD - browse - still avi, wmv is not "good". Nero Express - same
> thing.
>
> I have jpg, avi, wmv files only
>
> Can someone tell me WHAT app to use /buy/download so that I can: take my
> camera jpg pictures and avi files - from a folder on my PC - and burn them
> to a VCD or DVD that will work in any DVD player to view on a TV ( not PC)
>
> I thought this would be pretty simple .. digital pictures / digital
> CD/DVD - copy - create - done. Ha!
> I.m not trying to be fancy. I don't want to be Steven Spielberg, I just
> want to have my files viewable on a DVD player.
>
> Thanks very much for pointers.
> Bobb
>
Re: Want to play VCD od DVD on home DVD player not PC
If you have Nero 7, to make a DVD of your photos (JPG's) I believe that
what you want to use is the function "Make Photo Slideshow (DVD)". You
don't want to make a data DVD if you want it to work on DVD players.
This is what I have read--I don't use Nero myself.
Ken
- Bobb - wrote:
> I've been looking online for a basic intro and overwhelmed with details.
> What I'm trying to do:
> I have jpg,avi's from my digital camera that I'd like to send to family
> to watch on a store-bought DVD player.
> I've been wasting a few days trying to make this happen with moviemaker
> and Nero.
>
> I've created +R, - R , VCDs - ok on PC and then I bring into my living
> room - insert the CD/DVD and get an error. It won't load. I have Nero
> 7 and thought it had ability to do this - when I choose Make DVD and
> browse, it's looking for vob files ( isn't that DVD stuff already?), so
> I tried Data - DVD - browse - still avi, wmv is not "good". Nero
> Express - same thing.
>
> I have jpg, avi, wmv files only
>
> Can someone tell me WHAT app to use /buy/download so that I can: take my
> camera jpg pictures and avi files - from a folder on my PC - and burn
> them to a VCD or DVD that will work in any DVD player to view on a TV (
> not PC)
>
> I thought this would be pretty simple .. digital pictures / digital
> CD/DVD - copy - create - done. Ha!
> I.m not trying to be fancy. I don't want to be Steven Spielberg, I just
> want to have my files viewable on a DVD player.
>
> Thanks very much for pointers.
> Bobb
>
"RA" <noonehere@thisplace.com> wrote in message
news:%23SmlEJu0HHA.3768@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
> I think the problem isn't your disk or Nero. It is the machine you are
> trying to play them on. I was really frustrated trying to do the same
> thing. My sister sent me a disk of jpgs that she burned and could see on
> her DVD player on her TV. I could not see them on my DVD player. My DVD
> player was only a year older than hers. Later in the year we purchased a
> new DVD player for another TV in the house and it played the disk just
> fine.
>
Re: Want to play VCD od DVD on home DVD player not PC
Kenneth,
I'm not sure if this is the right option, because I thik it makes a jpeg
slideshow on a dvd, and this is not very compatible with dvd players, you
need to author a dvd.
"Kenneth J. Harris" <kharris@suffolk.lib.ny.us> wrote in message
news:eGqvwMu0HHA.1188@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
> If you have Nero 7, to make a DVD of your photos (JPG's) I believe that
> what you want to use is the function "Make Photo Slideshow (DVD)". You
> don't want to make a data DVD if you want it to work on DVD players. This
> is what I have read--I don't use Nero myself.
>
> Ken
>
> - Bobb - wrote:
>> I've been looking online for a basic intro and overwhelmed with details.
>> What I'm trying to do:
>> I have jpg,avi's from my digital camera that I'd like to send to family
>> to watch on a store-bought DVD player.
>> I've been wasting a few days trying to make this happen with moviemaker
>> and Nero.
>>
>> I've created +R, - R , VCDs - ok on PC and then I bring into my living
>> room - insert the CD/DVD and get an error. It won't load. I have Nero 7
>> and thought it had ability to do this - when I choose Make DVD and
>> browse, it's looking for vob files ( isn't that DVD stuff already?), so I
>> tried Data - DVD - browse - still avi, wmv is not "good". Nero Express -
>> same thing.
>>
>> I have jpg, avi, wmv files only
>>
>> Can someone tell me WHAT app to use /buy/download so that I can: take my
>> camera jpg pictures and avi files - from a folder on my PC - and burn
>> them to a VCD or DVD that will work in any DVD player to view on a TV (
>> not PC)
>>
>> I thought this would be pretty simple .. digital pictures / digital
>> CD/DVD - copy - create - done. Ha!
>> I.m not trying to be fancy. I don't want to be Steven Spielberg, I just
>> want to have my files viewable on a DVD player.
>>
>> Thanks very much for pointers.
>> Bobb
>>
Re: Want to play VCD od DVD on home DVD player not PC
- Bobb - wrote:
> I've been looking online for a basic intro and overwhelmed with
> details. What I'm trying to do:
> I have jpg,avi's from my digital camera that I'd like to send to
> family to watch on a store-bought DVD player.
> I've been wasting a few days trying to make this happen with
> moviemaker and Nero.
>
> I've created +R, - R , VCDs - ok on PC and then I bring into my living
> room - insert the CD/DVD and get an error. It won't load. I have
> Nero 7 and thought it had ability to do this - when I choose Make DVD
> and browse, it's looking for vob files ( isn't that DVD stuff
> already?), so I tried Data - DVD - browse - still avi, wmv is not
> "good". Nero Express - same thing.
>
> I have jpg, avi, wmv files only
>
> Can someone tell me WHAT app to use /buy/download so that I can: take
> my camera jpg pictures and avi files - from a folder on my PC - and
> burn them to a VCD or DVD that will work in any DVD player to view on
> a TV ( not PC)
> I thought this would be pretty simple .. digital pictures / digital
> CD/DVD - copy - create - done. Ha!
> I.m not trying to be fancy. I don't want to be Steven Spielberg, I
> just want to have my files viewable on a DVD player.
>
> Thanks very much for pointers.
> Bobb
================================
Since you have Nero...
NeroVision 4...may be the app you're looking for.
Re: Want to play VCD od DVD on home DVD player not PC
"- Bobb -" <bobb@noemail.123> wrote in message
news:uruY1%23t0HHA.1100@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
> I've been looking online for a basic intro and overwhelmed with details.
> What I'm trying to do:
> I have jpg,avi's from my digital camera that I'd like to send to family to
> watch on a store-bought DVD player.
> I've been wasting a few days trying to make this happen with moviemaker
> and Nero.
>
> I've created +R, - R , VCDs - ok on PC and then I bring into my living
> room - insert the CD/DVD and get an error. It won't load. I have Nero 7
> and thought it had ability to do this - when I choose Make DVD and browse,
> it's looking for vob files ( isn't that DVD stuff already?), so I tried
> Data - DVD - browse - still avi, wmv is not "good". Nero Express - same
> thing.
>
> I have jpg, avi, wmv files only
>
> Can someone tell me WHAT app to use /buy/download so that I can: take my
> camera jpg pictures and avi files - from a folder on my PC - and burn them
> to a VCD or DVD that will work in any DVD player to view on a TV ( not PC)
>
> I thought this would be pretty simple .. digital pictures / digital
> CD/DVD - copy - create - done. Ha!
> I.m not trying to be fancy. I don't want to be Steven Spielberg, I just
> want to have my files viewable on a DVD player.
>
> Thanks very much for pointers.
> Bobb
>
Try Doom9 forums. There are plenty of DVD authoring tutorials out there.
Generally speaking you want to create a DVD Video disk. These are different
in format from a DVD data disc, and the videos need to be in mpeg2 format
which is what DVD video authoring tools do.
Some versions of Nero have a tool to do this. Not to be confused with the
Nero tool that takes files already converted to mpeg2 and puts them on a
DVD. Your files will need to be re-encoded.
JPGs should be fine on a normal data CD. I expect by now most players are
JPG compatible.
When you create a DVD video disk, it should be set as DVD-ROM and don't use
RW, (except for testing if you can), when burnt for maximum compatibility.
There are however some machines that don't like certain brands of disks for
some unknown reason, so that will be a suck it and see approach.
Re: Want to play VCD od DVD on home DVD player not PC
"John Inzer" <oobie@doobie.xyz> wrote in message
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>- Bobb - wrote:
>> I've been looking online for a basic intro and overwhelmed with
>> details. What I'm trying to do:
>> I have jpg,avi's from my digital camera that I'd like to send to
>> family to watch on a store-bought DVD player.
>> I've been wasting a few days trying to make this happen with
>> moviemaker and Nero.
>>
>> I've created +R, - R , VCDs - ok on PC and then I bring into my living
>> room - insert the CD/DVD and get an error. It won't load. I have
>> Nero 7 and thought it had ability to do this - when I choose Make DVD
>> and browse, it's looking for vob files ( isn't that DVD stuff
>> already?), so I tried Data - DVD - browse - still avi, wmv is not
>> "good". Nero Express - same thing.
>>
>> I have jpg, avi, wmv files only
>>
>> Can someone tell me WHAT app to use /buy/download so that I can: take
>> my camera jpg pictures and avi files - from a folder on my PC - and
>> burn them to a VCD or DVD that will work in any DVD player to view on
>> a TV ( not PC)
>> I thought this would be pretty simple .. digital pictures / digital
>> CD/DVD - copy - create - done. Ha!
>> I.m not trying to be fancy. I don't want to be Steven Spielberg, I
>> just want to have my files viewable on a DVD player.
>>
>> Thanks very much for pointers.
>> Bobb
> ================================
> Since you have Nero...
> NeroVision 4...may be the app you're looking for.
>
> Nero Vision 4 - Video Editing and Authoring
> http://www.nero.com/nero7/eng/Nero_Vision_4.html
>
> User Guide / Help File for Nero Vision 4
> http://www.nero.com/nero7/eng/User_Guide_Vision_4.html
OK - one thing I noticed :
I created the avi with moviemaker: but when I play it back with Media
Player on XP, the video is about 3" across. When I burned it , it showed
640x480 - what happened there ? I opened with QuickTime and looked fine. I
have WMP set to "fit screen to video" and 100% so expected big window.
Burning to DVD with Nero Vision 4 now.
Will update when finished.
Thanks,
Bobb
>
> Two thoughts...some DVD players will not
> play home made VCDs / DVDs...Why? Who
> knows but they won't.
>
> DVD blanks come in many different types
> and brands. I'm not telling you to purchase the
> following type but I can say I've had good luck
> using them:
>
> Verbatim DVD-R 16X
> http://tinyurl.com/y59z9e
>
> More Info:
>
> Turn your Movie Maker 2
> video into a DVD
> http://tinyurl.com/4k97d
>
> Wojo's Web...DVD Creation
> http://tinyurl.com/g64gb
>
> Burn a Movie Maker Project to DVD
> http://tinyurl.com/644me
>
> How do I make a DVD
> http://www.rehanfx.org/faq.htm
>
> Windows Movie Maker Forums
> http://www.windowsmoviemakers.net/forums/
>
> Movie Maker 2 and DVD Burning Software
> http://www.papajohn.org/MM2-DVD.html
>
> Burning DVDs With Windows Movie Maker 2
> http://tinyurl.com/jqfz
>
> How do I save my movie as a
> DV-AVI file in Movie Maker?
> http://tinyurl.com/8ktlw
>
> --
>
> John Inzer
> MS Picture It! -
> Digital Image MVP
>
> Digital Image
> Highlights and FAQs
> http://tinyurl.com/aczzp
>
> Notice
> This is not tech support
> I am a volunteer
>
> Solutions that work for
> me may not work for you
>
> Proceed at your own risk
>
Re: Want to play VCD od DVD on home DVD player not PC
"RA" <noonehere@thisplace.com> wrote in message
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>- Bobb - wrote:
>> I've been looking online for a basic intro and overwhelmed with
>> details. What I'm trying to do:
>> I have jpg,avi's from my digital camera that I'd like to send to
>> family to watch on a store-bought DVD player.
>> I've been wasting a few days trying to make this happen with
>> moviemaker and Nero.
>>
>> I've created +R, - R , VCDs - ok on PC and then I bring into my living
>> room - insert the CD/DVD and get an error. It won't load. I have
>> Nero 7 and thought it had ability to do this - when I choose Make DVD
>> and browse, it's looking for vob files ( isn't that DVD stuff
>> already?), so I tried Data - DVD - browse - still avi, wmv is not
>> "good". Nero Express - same thing.
>>
>> I have jpg, avi, wmv files only
>>
>> Can someone tell me WHAT app to use /buy/download so that I can: take
>> my camera jpg pictures and avi files - from a folder on my PC - and
>> burn them to a VCD or DVD that will work in any DVD player to view on
>> a TV ( not PC)
>> I thought this would be pretty simple .. digital pictures / digital
>> CD/DVD - copy - create - done. Ha!
>> I.m not trying to be fancy. I don't want to be Steven Spielberg, I
>> just want to have my files viewable on a DVD player.
>>
>> Thanks very much for pointers.
>> Bobb
>
> I think the problem isn't your disk or Nero. It is the machine you are
> trying to play them on. I was really frustrated trying to do the same
> thing. My sister sent me a disk of jpgs that she burned and could see on
> her DVD player on her TV. I could not see them on my DVD player. My DVD
> player was only a year older than hers. Later in the year we purchased a
> new DVD player for another TV in the house and it played the disk just
> fine.
That's how it seems, but : the DVD ( HP and Sony) burners in my PC have
the little logos stating that THEY meet the standards, so ( he asked
rhetorically) if there is a STANDARD for VCD's and DVD's , how can a
company make a DVD player that cannot play "standard" DVD's ? It is NOT
like I'm trying to watch a PAL tape on a VHS deck. The manufacturers set
the standards - not us. Even when I tried the HIGHMAT ( old ) VCD
standard, it failed on 2 of my DVD players. Trying burn again - now with
NeroVision4.
Want to play VCD od DVD on home DVD player not PC 
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