DVD Burning Software and DVD CDs?

[Mr. tech]

I've got about 4.4GB worth of AVI files which I want to burn onto a DVD. I want this DVD to play in a DVD player... I also want to have chapters... So when I press skip scene it will play the next AVI file on the DVD...

What software would I use to burn?
What type of DVD would I burn onto?
How big should the DVD CD be?

I'm pretty new with all this... Thanks for your input

 

[KSoD]

Well i have done this with Nero 7 recently. I burned about 100 episodes that i had on my HDD.

I have menus that are animated with music. It has chapters. The whole shot.

So i would suggest Nero 7. I use Ultra Edition i dont know if it works with the others or not since i have Ultra.
I burned mine onto a DVD+R and it works just fine with my DVD players that i have tried it with.
I have gotten up to 13-30minute episodes on 1 disc. It did compress them a bit. But if you leave it at file size you will get about 5 or so 30minutes episodes on a disc.

 

[Win2kpatcher]

You actually have to have some DVD Authoring software to compile the DVD and its needed files. The video files must be a format that is supported by DVD either MPEG-1 or MPEG-2. I usually convert all my videos that I wish to compile to MPEG-1 to make the DVD compileation go smoothly.

Once you have the prepped files I use a program called TMPGenc DVD Author that lets me build the chapters, menus, etc etc..very user friendly. Then when you done it creates the VIDEO_TS and AUDIO_TS folders with all the DVD video files you will need to burn the DVD and make it playable on a home DVD player. You can also use this program to burn the DVD or you can use another such as Nero.

 

[Win2kpatcher]

Ineteresting Mak I didnt know Nero had this capability...I have to look at this now I to have Nero 7 Premium..not sure if this is higher or lower than Ultra?

 

[KSoD]

I think Nero 7 Ultra is the highest. but i have done it with over 10 GB of stuff. Not pr0n either but some old Transformers episodes i had. When i put it in for a disc copy it doesnt get recognized as a DVD Movie. But it plays like that.

 

[Mr. tech]

Thanks guys... Do DVD storage capacities vary?

Which capacity did you use Mak?

 

[KSoD]

I use 4.5GB for my DVD's. I do have a DL Burner which can hold 9GB but i dont have any blanks of those available. So i just use the regular single layer discs.

 

[Mr. tech]

How do you know if you have a double layer burner? Woudl it say on the front?

 

[Mr. tech]

My mum bought some DVD cds... It says on the front

DVD-R
DVD Recordable/DVD inscriptable
1-16x Speed
4.7GB Single Sided

Do you think that will work? The guy at the shop said DVD+R will only work on cheap DVD players not the DVD-R...

What do you think? Will it work? I onyl have a cheapo DVD players...

 

[EricB]

Ineteresting Mak I didnt know Nero had this capability...I have to look at this now I to have Nero 7 Premium..not sure if this is higher or lower than Ultra?

Premium, Ultra. potato, potaato. they are the same program.
use recode or the nero vision part