Finalizing DVD

[bent]

What does it mean to finalize DVDs?

I thought it meant i can play data-write movies in my DVD player? However, that was not the case?

Is there any way to play data write movies on my DVD player?

[Guest]

If you are talking about DVD-RW or DVD+RW disks, you should check the specs for your player to see if it can play them; not all players can play rewritable DVD media.

What is the brand and model number of your player?

[setarip_old]

@bent

Hi!

Is your question in this new thread related to the difficulties you described in this earlier thread (and a couple of others)?:

http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?p=918224#post918224

[bent]

@bent

Hi!

Is your question in this new thread related to the difficulties you described in this earlier thread (and a couple of others)?:

http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?p=918224#post918224

erm, no.

i am just wondering how to burn video files as data format and play in dvd players

[Guest]

i am just wondering how to burn video files as data format and play in dvd players You can't. You have to author into DVD format.

[CWR03]

i am just wondering how to burn video files as data format and play in dvd players
Some DVD players have the additional ability to play certain files if they're burned to a data disk. Does yours?

It's also considered common courtesy to return to a thread in which you received help and either answer follow-up questions or post the results of the help given, otherwise people will think they're wasting their time trying to aid you.

[bent]

Some DVD players have the additional ability to play certain files if they're burned to a data disk. Does yours?

It's also considered common courtesy to return to a thread in which you received help and either answer follow-up questions or post the results of the help given, otherwise people will think they're wasting their time trying to aid you.

oops...sorry abt that

my bad.

i doubt my dvd player can play such files then...

everytime i insert it, it just ejects again

[atreides93]

I'm not sure what you mean by "data write movies". What video format are these movies in? Video and audio files have to be placed inside VOB files, and then a structure which adheres to the dvd standard has to be written to the disk. You can't just write video files to a dvd-r using data mode and play it on a standard dvd player. I have never seen one that could do that...at least none of the brand name players.

What you need to get is a tool that will take your video files and create a dvd-video file structure that you can then burn to dvd. I like using a program called TMPGEnc DVD Author 2.0. You can find it on google or yahoo's search.

[r0lZ]

A free and good conversion program (but without menus) is DVD Flick (http://www.dvdflick.net/).

[bent]

ok thanks, any1 can recommend a good program with menus?

[setarip_old]

any1 can recommend a good program with menus?The suggestion by "atreides93" - to use TMPGEnc DVD Author - will serve your purpose.You can obtain a FULLY functional free 30 day trial version of this commercial program (v.1.6 is my favorite) at:

http://tmpgenc.pegasys-inc.com/en/download/tda16.html