Where to start...

[akanrg]

Hello all,

Let me start by saying this my very first post and I'm not even sure that I'm in the right section. I'm very new to all this and I sure could use some help.

Anyway, I have several files on my HDD (legally aquired if I might add) which I like to transfer onto a disk and watch on my home DVD player. I guess the first thing I need to do is find out what type of files they are. Is there a tool that can help me do this?

The next thing will be converting those files to the correct format and here's where I'm totaly clueless.

Any suggestions or advise will be greatly appreciated. :thanks:

Cheers,
aKa

[Sirber]

What kind of files?

[akanrg]

What kind of files?

Video files

[Sirber]

AVIs, MOVs, MPEGs, OGMs, MP4s, MKVs, RMVBs, VOBs, M2Vs?

[akanrg]

AVIs, MOVs, MPEGs, OGMs, MP4s, MKVs, RMVBs, VOBs, M2Vs?

"I guess the first thing I need to do is find out what type of files they are. Is there a tool that can help me do this? "

Quoted from my original post!

[Guest]

Give us some of the filenames, with extensions.

[akanrg]

Give us some of the filenames, with extensions.

How do I go about doing that? I open the properties and all I get is "Windows Media audio/video file"

[Sirber]

Is it WMV?

[Guest]

How do I go about doing that? I open the properties and all I get is "Windows Media audio/video file" Tools/Folder Options/View, then uncheck Hide file extensions.

[mg262]

How do I go about doing that? I open the properties and all I get is "Windows Media audio/video file"Every file has an extension which tells you what kind of data it stores -- so for example

Content.txt <--- text file, extension is .txt

Windows can hide these extensions (at least for formats it 'understands') . To see them, open up the directory, go to the Tools menu, select Folder Options, click on the ' View' tab and uncheck "Hide extensions for known file types". That's in XP -- but it should be similar under other versions.

Then you can post the extensions for your files.

Edit: looks like I was beaten to it :)

[akanrg]

[QUOTE=mg262]Every file has an extension which tells you what kind of data it stores -- so for example

Content.txt <--- text file, extension is .txt

Windows can hide these extensions (at least for formats it 'understands') . To see them, open up the directory, go to the Tools menu, select Folder Options, click on the ' View' tab and uncheck "Hide extensions for known file types". That's in XP -- but it should be similar under other versions.

Then you can post the extensions for your files.

OK..... They are wmv & mpeg files. I hope it helps!

[guada 2]

@akanrg

To be sure of your file, tried the utilitarian MediaInfo 0.5.

[akanrg]

@akanrg

To be sure of your file, tried the utilitarian MediaInfo 0.5.

I tried this tool (thanks) and it shows my files to be WMV1 & WMV2. Does this helps at all?

[Guest]

Stick "WMV to DVD" into Google.

[mattymanx]

The 2.52 version of GSpot is very handy at identifying media files - audio & video.

http://www.headbands.com/gspot/gspot252dl.html