Looking For a Way.....

[Dudelive]

I am looking for a way to burn a DVD so it can be played on any player just as a bought DVD. I am looking to use the PC to burn the DVD after I put in onto the HD. Example: Record a wedding for someone and burn it to DVD to be mailed across the country.

I have read that it needs to be burnt as a rom image, which would mean having to convert it. So any help would be great. No this is NOT for illegal use at all but is a serious question.

Thanks
Dudelive

[User Needs]

I guess my favorite would be ConvertXtoDvd,

Key features:

- Supports Divx, Xvid, Mpeg4, Mov, AVI, WMV video format and much more
- Supports AC3, DTS, PCM, OGG, MP3 and much more audio format
- Can merge up to 4 hours of data from multiple movies or episodic files.
- Support subtitles files ( SRT SUB or IDX )
- NTSC / PAL format or auto
- Widescreen, full screen or auto
- Automatic chapter creation and edition
- Fast preview mode to check if the source is not damaged
- Quality mpeg2 encoder
- Fast mpeg2 encoder ( max speed in registered version only )
- Save the DVD structure on hard drive or burn it to a blank dvd
- reliable burn engine integrated ( all format supported )
- Themes/skin support
- Dockable dialogs / customizable interface
- Variable options and settings for advanced users
- Support of Double Layer format
- Multilingual support (...available languages)
- Automatic and or Editable Menu, with background edition.
- Conversion PAL to NTSC or NTSC to PAL

Registered version removes the watermark in the output video and encodes faster. (30-Day Free Trial)

ConvertXtoDVD is not affiliated to DiVX Networks.

more information available at http://www.vso-software.fr

[Dudelive]

Here is the manual for the above mentioned software:

http://download.vso-software.fr/manu...DVD_manual.pdf

There is some good information there for others to read before buying to help make the choice better.

Thanks for the information about this...willwait and see if there are other recomendations.

Thanks
Dudelive

[PCTech]

you need a program that can change the book type of the DVD you burn from a DVD-R/RW or what ever to a DVD-ROM, this makes it work on ALMOST all dvd players 5 years old or older....

check below for more info:

http://www.k-probe.com/bitsetting-booktype-faq.php

[Dudelive]

So do I understand that this will work after it is burned? I did not read it all yet but I will. Thanks PCTech......there must be other ways as well.

Thanks
Dudelive

[PCTech]

alright to see if your burner will support bitsetting check here:
http://www.videohelp.com/dvdwriters

where it says in the 4th column "bitsetting" as long as its not looking like its crossed out like some of the others then its supports bitsetting. I dont know that also means it supports booktype

bitsetting...DVD Players read the first 4 - 7 bits of whats on a DVD-ROM/-r/rw +r/rw to determine what type of media is actually inserted to determine if its a supported type of media that it can play. Bitset of "0" means the media is a DVD-ROM and most dvd players should recognize this and play it even if its a changed DVD+R media that has the bitset from "X" to "0" or the booktype changed from DVD-XX to DVD-ROM.

You can change the booktype of a changed media from DVD-ROM back to what it was, but I dont think you can change a real dvd-rom to a recordable media