Could somebody please help I'm trying (without success)to find a software program where i can "burn" movies taken on my digital camera to play on my DVD player at home. The files which i'm trying to "burn" are in .avi & .mov format. Any help and/or advice will be greatly appreciated.
I don't know if it suits you, but both TMPGenc Plus (v2.5) and TMPGenc Xpress (v3.0 or above, now v4.0) can convert both AVI and MOV files into DVD MPEG-2 (see http://www.pegasys-inc.com/en/index.html). More, TMPGenc isn't very expensive and has useful 'project wizards' for encoding/convrting and so on. Test it. There exist even other freware applications, but TMPGenc gives outputs of great quality. [Personally, I don't create DVD MPG files, but: - DVD Video (M2V) - DVD audio (MP2 or AC3 resampled 48 kHz) and only LATER I author the products: - M2V + audio --> (via authoring) VOB set + IFO + BUP but only because I prefer to do so because I have a better contro on each phase (1 - encoding; 2 - authoring; 3 - burning) ].
Just to remind you, to open MOV files you need a 'plugin', that is, some little files you have to place in TMPGenc's directory ( http://www.afterdawn.com/software/plug-ins/other_plug-ins/qtreader_for_tmpgenc.cfm ). For [bold] TMPGenc Xpress [/bold] I don't know. Surely it can, I don't know if it needs someting or it can directly. Sorry, but since you need administrator rights (on Windows XP) to run it and, since, I use my job's computer (powerful, but with some little limitations) I never tested it. I use TMPGenc Plus v2.5, instead.
There's a guide in http://www.afterdawn.com/guides/ , but it's a little too complicated. Try searching 'WinAVI guide' or something similar..
Did you try AoA DVD Creator ( http://www.aoamedia.com/dvdcreator.htm )? It's very easy to use. All you need to do is add the video files and then click "Start" to burn.
