Making A DVD Using .MPEG2 Files (or other format)

[dirtybuck]

I'm hoping someone can help me out with this. I have a few files that I downloaded (for work out purposes) from You Tube that I'd like to add to DVD. I chose to use Windows Movie Maker and do kinda like a "step by step" (or workout by workout) production As these files had an .flv extension, I converted them (at first) to .wmv format. I proceeded to make the "movie" with them, and burnt them on to a DVD.

Well, they would NOT show on my Sony or Polaroid (older player) DVD players. I kept on getting "no audio data" and "no video data" on the TV screen. I thought perhaps the file format was wrong, so I tried making them in the .mpeg2 format. Same result. I even tried to convert them to .iso files, but I'm not that experienced with those types of files, so I really didn't even try to mess with them. I even tried burning a DVD with the .mpeg2 files using a demo of Nero 10, but it won't recognize them.

I did find one program on the Web that pretty much did what I wanted to see on the DVD, with an index and a small window preview of the file. The program is "ConvertXToDVD 4". There is a trial version for it, but it leaves a very "nasty" watermark on the video which remains until you buy/register the program (and right now, even with the 10% off they're offering on it until Friday, I can't afford 45.00 at this point).

So, I'm asking for any assistance on this situation. Also, are there any FREE .iso conversion file programs out there, or something similar to ConvertX?

Thanks for any help anyone may be able to provide.

 

[bugsyjones]

I'm not exactly sure what's wrong, but I was having trouble with burning DVDs too.

I tried to use Windows DVD maker (for Windows 7) because I liked the choice of menu pages.

I couldn't get the program to burn the disc. I then tried Nero and still encountered trouble.

So I looked on the internet and somebody mentioned that the type of DVD you are using can cause these issues. I was using DVD-RW so I switched to DVD-R's.

The problems persisited with Windows DVD Maker but it worked perfectly multiple times with Nero Kwik Media. The best thing about Nero is I don't have to convert the files. It will burn the flash format videos.

Maybe switching the type of disc will help?

~Tim J.

 

[ironrite]

 I found a free program called Any Video Converter. The link is below. I wanted something that would convert the movies from my HTC EVO to a format I could use in Adobe Premier Pro. The program so far has worked very well. And echoing what Tim said, check what DVDs will work in your player. Mine also favors the DVD-R type as well.

http://www.any-video-converter.com/products/for_video_free/

 

[dirtybuck]

I use Any Video Converter, and I'm VERY satisfied with it. I installed Nero 10 from filehippo, but it slowed down the speed of my computer, so I uninstalled it.

I did a Windows Movie Maker thing like this on some files a year or so ago, and for some reason, the DVD works fine (but unlike the new files I want to add, the first DVD was continuous and not "sectioned" or indexed). I just wish I could remember what I did (.avi files, perhaps?) to make it work.

The next thing I'm going to try (somehow or someway) is adding the files to a DVD (the blank ones I'm using now are DVD+R) without doing anything to them in Windows Movie Maker (my computer is running XP) and burn them as separate files, if that can be done. If it doesn't work, then it'll be yet ANOTHER wasted DVD for the trash bin.