burning dvd

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David Emerling

Am I missing something or does Movie Maker not offer the option to burn a
ready-to-play DVD?

Under menu heading "Finish Movie" the only options are:

- Save to my computer
- Save to CD
- Send in e-mail
- Send to the web
- Send to DV camera

But I want to *burn* dvd!

I'm new to Movie Maker, so excuse the elementary question.

Thanks!
 
David said:
Am I missing something or does Movie Maker not offer the
option to burn a ready-to-play DVD?

Under menu heading "Finish Movie" the only options are:

- Save to my computer
- Save to CD
- Send in e-mail
- Send to the web
- Send to DV camera

But I want to *burn* dvd!

I'm new to Movie Maker, so excuse the elementary question.

Thanks!
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Windows XP Media Center PCs have
a version of Movie Maker that has an
option to burn a DVD. It's reported that
even then...it's best if you save the finished
movie to your hard drive and use authoring
software to create your DVD.

Maybe these links will get you started:

Turn your Movie Maker 2
video into a DVD
http://tinyurl.com/4k97d

Burn a Movie Maker Project to DVD
http://tinyurl.com/644me

How do I make a DVD
http://www.rehanfx.org/faq.htm

Windows Movie Maker Forums
http://www.windowsmoviemakers.net/forums/

Movie Maker 2 and DVD Burning Software
http://www.papajohn.org/MM2-DVD.html

Burning DVDs With Windows Movie Maker 2
http://tinyurl.com/jqfz

How do I save my movie as a
DV-AVI file in Movie Maker?
http://tinyurl.com/8ktlw


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MS Picture It! MVP

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John Inzer said:
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Windows XP Media Center PCs have a version of Movie Maker that has an
option to burn a DVD. It's reported that
even then...it's best if you save the finished movie to your hard drive
and use authoring software to create your DVD.

Maybe these links will get you started:

Turn your Movie Maker 2 video into a DVD
http://tinyurl.com/4k97d
Click to expand...

Thanks for the links, but the one above says:

Export your Movie Maker Video
In order to build your DVD, you need to export your final Movie Maker
project as a video file. Because most DVD creation software don’t recognize
the WMV format, this means you’ll have to export as DV-AVI. Keep in mind
that this format is very bulky (about 200 megs per minute) so if you are
creating a 1.5 hour DVD, you better have a bunch of hard drive space
available.

From what I can tell, the only file type the Movie Maker is capable of
generating is .WMV. So just *how* would one "export" the the file in DV-AVI
format, as suggested?

It seems to me this is a tremendous shortcoming of Movie Maker - it's
inability to burn a DVD.

David Emerling
Memphis, TN
 
David said:
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From what I can tell, the only file type the Movie Maker
is capable of generating is .WMV. So just *how* would one
"export" the the file in DV-AVI format, as suggested?
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I guess you missed the last link I previously posted?

Here it is once again...

How do I save my movie as a
DV-AVI file in Movie Maker?
http://tinyurl.com/8ktlw
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It seems to me this is a tremendous shortcoming of Movie
Maker - it's inability to burn a DVD.
Click to expand...
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Not really...Movie Maker is a basic video
editing program not a DVD authoring program.

--

John Inzer
MS Picture It! MVP

Digital Image
Highlights and FAQs
http://tinyurl.com/aczzp

Making Good Newsgroup Posts
http://www.dts-l.org/goodpost.htm
 
John Inzer said:
====================================
I guess you missed the last link I previously posted?

Here it is once again...

How do I save my movie as a
DV-AVI file in Movie Maker?
http://tinyurl.com/8ktlw
Click to expand...

Thanks ... sorry, I must have missed that one.

David Emerling
Memphis, TN
 
Dear David,

Consider Win Movie Maker as an incomplete attempt (God knows why!) of MS and
forget all about it. Turning footage into movies requires an effort
particularly time consuming and H/W - S/W demanding, at least, to create
something good enough, to justify time and effort.

For years now I have been using Ulead Studio (S/W) and Pinnacle (S/W and
H/W). I even dedicated a PC just for processing my footage. Well, after
processing -- according to my records -- some 384 hours of footage 'till now,
I am about to say "Far enough!" due to myriads of problems of Ulead and
Pinnacle S/W. The forum here and the forums of Ulead and Pinnacle are a proof
of my saying.

I teach my students how to take everything out of their camera or camcorder
and soon they realize that raw footage from the hands of an expert is better
from the processed one (with filters, enhancers, etc.). But then, if you want
to have a real movie, you have to anticipate for the time and effort it
includes.
In my country, Greece, the processing of footage for one hour movie (a 4.7
Gb DVD) to most shops of the kind, costs about 50 euros or $ 62 and for each
copy after the first, plus $ 0.62.

Concluding, I have to agree with "… Movie Maker is a basic video editing
program not a DVD authoring program", written below; to only add that it
sounds like getting on a basic moving "thing" that takes you nowhere -- since
it takes you (if and ever) where it wants.
 
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