I am looking for help on how to burn a movie onto a dvd disc through my nero player. I downloaded a movie through LW and now am ready to burn it to a dvd disc. I have no acknowledge about nero or any of this. I guess i am what they call a real world dummy .

Jasan

Which version of Nero do you have? Nero 6 & 7 are excellent at burning videos to dvd. Version 7 even better as it has extra divx support than before. Choose video format & dvd output, select your video file, select type of menus you want & chapter settings. I only have Nero 5 so I can't walk it thru with you but I have heard from others about its abilities. I use a mac to burn my dvd videos. BTW Nero will do any necessary conversions. Oh & audio format. Choose Dolby digital 192 kbps otherwise you'll be using unnecessary audio space which would be better put to encoding the video for better quality.

Check your dvd burner brand & model & see whether it can burn only or both dvd-/+ as these are different dvd formats (a little like vhs v's beta.) If it can only burn one or the other then you'll need to get those type of dvd disks. If you have a dvd rw burner, trial it out on a rewritable disk 1st to be sure it works as you want it to. (But beware, some set-top players don't play dvd-/+ rw media.) Also some brands if not most brands of dvd burners have a preference for certain brands of dvd media & will be more reliable with such prefered media. Same can be said for 'some' dvd set-top players.

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the only thing that my nero says it that it's Nero start smart. I have no idea about it, for it was on my computer when i ordered it.

here are all of the options that my nero gives me .
Favorites: 1. make Audio 2 make video

Data: 1 make data cd 2 amke data dvd 3.make audio and data CD 4.make bootable cd 5.make bootable dvd

Audio: 1.make audio cd 2.play audio 3.make mp3 cd 4.make mp3 dvd 5.make wma cd 6.make wma dvd 7.make nero digital audio cd 8 make mero digital audio dvd


Photo and movie: 1.make video cd 2.make super video cd 3.burn dvd video files

Copy and back up: 1.copy cd 2. copy dvd 3. burn image to disc

Extras:1.get system info 2.test drive 3. erase cd 4.erase dvd 5.make label or cover 6.control driver speed 7.disc info.

All of these options have me so confused i have no idea how to work nero to burn a movie i have only used it to burn music. I hope that i can figure it out cause i am getting very frustrated with this.
Thank you,
Jasan

take your time and look for a version of Nero 7 on sale...I've seen copies around with rebate offers that are basically dirt cheap..

Nero 7 does a damn good job of transcoding video files to DVD format and then burning them to DVD on 'autopilot'...damn nice app and well worth the $

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Jason

You really have no other choice than to go to the Nero web site and download the manual for your product and read through it. Simply because it is highly unlikely that anyone will be able to give you a step by step guide on how to use your version of Nero.



UK Bob

Jasan

I have just read through your other thread about "help with video saving" and it seems to me that you are trying to run before you can walk.

Now I understand that computers may be new to you and you know they can do all sorts of things that didn't seem possible a few years ago. But the only way to do something for the very first time is toO get the particular manual, sit down and read through it.

Every expert, knowledgable person, etc. has had to, at some time in their lives, read through manuals. Once you understand how something is suppose to work you will find it a breeze to get it to do what you want. You just have to take that first step.

I see in this thread that Peerless has advised you to upgrade to Nero 7, which is good advice, but you wil still need the mnual if you are going to get the best out of it.

I am somewhat behind on that, I still use Nero 5.5 and I have found that I can burn and do all sorts of things with it, such as burn my own SVCDs which I can play on my DVD player, burn my CDs, with or without a 2 second gap between songs and more. All of which I would not have known about if I had not bothered with the manuals.



Uk Bob

i have found out that my nero is nero 6 can i still use that?

Yes, you can use Nero 6 to burn DVDs.



UK Bob

I don't know how and have looked at the online manual and do not understand it at all. I just confused me even more.

do you know of any free programs that i can download to use for burning I don't have a credit card to pay for nero 7 online.

not sure what version of Nero 6 you have exactly, but try downloading all the updates for it here: http://ww2.nero.com/nero6/enu/Downloads.html

just make sure to uncheck the Yahoo! toolbar 'option'...I don't know about you, but I certainly don't want this 'added feature' on my machine...

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Jasan

Don't read the manuals online, download them to your PC and print them out. That way you will have the manual with you while you are working with Nero 6, that should be a lot easier than what you are currently trying to do.

Believe it or not, I too cannot understand manuals until they are printed out.




UK Bob

ok I finally found my folder to put the movie in to nero but when i clicked to add it to nero it said that no compatible file found. What does that mean?

What is the extension of the files? avi, mpg, mpeg, wmv, rp, other?
Did you try to play the file with your video player. Try it with VLC - (click on link) _ (choose nearest mirror site)

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Imagination is more important than knowledge. -- Albert Einstein
Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former. -- Albert Einstein
640 K [of computer memory] ought be enough for anybody. -- Bill Gates (1981)
The secret to creativity is knowing how to hide your sources. -- Albert Einstein
When facts don't fit the theory, change the facts. -- Albert Einstein
Religion keeps the poor from murdering the rich. -- Napoleon Bonaparte
The important thing is not to stop questioning. -- Albert Einstein
I know not with what weapons World War III will be fought, but World War IV will be fought with sticks and stones. -- Albert Einstein
"A composer is a guy who goes around forcing his will on unsuspecting air molecules, often with the assistance of unsuspecting musicians." -- Frank Zappa
"Tobacco is my favorite vegetable." / "May your sh*t come to life and kiss you on the face." / "Scientology, how about that? You hold on to the tin cans and then this guy asks you a bunch of questions, and if you pay enough money you get to join the master race. How's that for a religion?" / "Communism doesn't work because people like to own stuff." / "There are three things that smell of fish. One of them is fish. The other two are growing on you!" / "Jazz is not dead, it just smells funny." / "The creation and destruction of harmonic and 'statistical' tensions is essential to the maintenance of compositional drama. Any composition (or improvisation) which remains consonant and 'regular' throughout is, for me, equivalent to watching a movie with only 'good guys' in it, or eating cottage cheese." / "Remember there's a big difference between kneeling down and bending over." / "The most important thing to do in your life, is to not interfere with somebody else's life." / "Rock journalism is people who can't write, interviewing people who can't talk, in order to provide articles for people who can't read." -- Frank Zappa
"The music business is a cruel and shallow trench, a long plastic hallway where thieves and pimps run free and good men die like dogs. There's also a negative side." - Hunter S. Thompson