G
Guest
my dvd player is not himat compatible and the vd produced by mm2 are not readable. how do i write non himat format cd's or select other output to cd formats in mm
Thanks
Thanks
J
John Kelly
Hello there,
HighMat "Video" capable players will be available sometime in the future.
To create a disk for your home DVD player...
DVD; Requires DVD writer and appropriate DVD writing software
SVCD: REquires CD Writer and Appropriate SVCD writing software
VCD : As SVCD
You should play close attention to what sort of disks your DVD player can
handle...It may be CD+R, CD-R or possibly both. The same applies for DVD
writers etc.
--
Best Wishes.....John Kelly
www.the-kellys.org
www.the-kellys.co.uk
All material gained from other sources is duly acknowledged. No Value is
obtained by publishing in any format other peoples work
HighMat "Video" capable players will be available sometime in the future.
To create a disk for your home DVD player...
DVD; Requires DVD writer and appropriate DVD writing software
SVCD: REquires CD Writer and Appropriate SVCD writing software
VCD : As SVCD
You should play close attention to what sort of disks your DVD player can
handle...It may be CD+R, CD-R or possibly both. The same applies for DVD
writers etc.
--
Best Wishes.....John Kelly
www.the-kellys.org
www.the-kellys.co.uk
All material gained from other sources is duly acknowledged. No Value is
obtained by publishing in any format other peoples work
G
Guest
Thanks for that John but how do I get mm2 to use the correct CD/DVD writing software , or what format , and how do I get mm2 to write it to the required format. The write CD options do not appear to give a lot of choices.
C
Cari \(MS MVP\)
MM2 will not create a VCD, SVCD or DVD. For that you'll use your third
party software such as Roxio, Nero or Sonic MyDVD etc.
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Cari (MS-MVP Windows Client - Printing, Imaging & Hardware)
www.coribright.com
required format. The write CD options do not appear to give a lot of
choices.
party software such as Roxio, Nero or Sonic MyDVD etc.
--
Cari (MS-MVP Windows Client - Printing, Imaging & Hardware)
www.coribright.com
writing software , or what format , and how do I get mm2 to write it to thebradbud2 said:
required format. The write CD options do not appear to give a lot of
choices.
J
John Kelly
Hello Brad,
Got your message in the guestbook.
The first step is to create your video in the best format possible.
DV-AVI is the best format (quality wise) that you can get from Movie Maker.
DV-AVI video consume a minimum of 13GB for a one hour video. During the
process of creating that video an unknown (it depends on each project)
amount of space will also be occupied by temporary files. Once you have the
file movie maker 2 is no longer required.
Just in case you are not aware, presently DVD is your best quality
option then down to SVCD (I understand that's close to VHS quality) and then
down further to VCD. Obviously if you want the best quality you need to buy
a DVD burner, but see below first before you run down to the store
If you
want the SVCD or VCD option then all you need is a CD burner...but read on
first.
Your home DVD player. From its manual you will be able to find the
supported disc formats. An example of those formats might be DVD+R & DVD+RW,
or DVD+R, or DVD-R & DVD-RW, or CD+R & CD+RW etc etc etc. More resent home
DVD players have the ability to use either a "+" disk or a "-" disk. Before
spending any money on burners you need to make sure that you are going to
buy the right standard for your home DVD player. There are continuing word
wars on the Internet about whether the "+" or "-" standard is the best. From
the little amount I bothered to read there does not seem to be very much in
it. As an aside, I have not actually seen any yet (I have not looked) there
is a new type of DVD disk available. It uses a laser with a frequency
towards the blue end of the spectrum as opposed to the common sort of today
that uses a red laser. A system using a blue laser will be able to store
several times more data on a disk over the red laser systems. Basically blue
light occupies less space than red...therefore more data.
Assuming you are going to go the VCD or SVCD route An ordinary CD burner
of the correct type is needed plus software capable of creating the data in
the appropriate format. You MUST check for your self, to the best of my
knowledge all such programs will be capable of accepting your DV-AVI file
from above as the source file when creating your VCD or SVCD.
If you take the DVD route simply replace references to SVCD or VCD above
with DVD.
Taking the DVD route is a lot cheaper today than it was 12 months ago,
and gives greater scope (I use mine to create backups of files, because they
hold so much more its less time consuming...you don't have to sit and wait
10 minutes or so to change CD's) The DVD route is in general terms more
desirable because of the increased video quality.
There are many good programs "out there" for the creation of your DVD
video. I tried a couple and really did not like them and it was wasted
money. I now use Dazzle DVD Complete which does more than I will ever need.
Unfortunately the company was bought out by Pinnacle and they dropped DVD
Complete in favour of their own software.
There are one or two links on my website that it would pay you well to
visit. In particular DVDR Help. Its a newsgroup oriented towards the disk
creation process more than this newsgroup. You will probably get a more
qualified judgement on which software to go for than I can give.
So, hope that clears up the basics for you...Good Luck
Best Wishes.....John Kelly
www.the-kellys.org
www.the-kellys.co.uk
required format. The write CD options do not appear to give a lot of
choices.
Got your message in the guestbook.
The first step is to create your video in the best format possible.
DV-AVI is the best format (quality wise) that you can get from Movie Maker.
DV-AVI video consume a minimum of 13GB for a one hour video. During the
process of creating that video an unknown (it depends on each project)
amount of space will also be occupied by temporary files. Once you have the
file movie maker 2 is no longer required.
Just in case you are not aware, presently DVD is your best quality
option then down to SVCD (I understand that's close to VHS quality) and then
down further to VCD. Obviously if you want the best quality you need to buy
a DVD burner, but see below first before you run down to the store
If youwant the SVCD or VCD option then all you need is a CD burner...but read on
first.
Your home DVD player. From its manual you will be able to find the
supported disc formats. An example of those formats might be DVD+R & DVD+RW,
or DVD+R, or DVD-R & DVD-RW, or CD+R & CD+RW etc etc etc. More resent home
DVD players have the ability to use either a "+" disk or a "-" disk. Before
spending any money on burners you need to make sure that you are going to
buy the right standard for your home DVD player. There are continuing word
wars on the Internet about whether the "+" or "-" standard is the best. From
the little amount I bothered to read there does not seem to be very much in
it. As an aside, I have not actually seen any yet (I have not looked) there
is a new type of DVD disk available. It uses a laser with a frequency
towards the blue end of the spectrum as opposed to the common sort of today
that uses a red laser. A system using a blue laser will be able to store
several times more data on a disk over the red laser systems. Basically blue
light occupies less space than red...therefore more data.
Assuming you are going to go the VCD or SVCD route An ordinary CD burner
of the correct type is needed plus software capable of creating the data in
the appropriate format. You MUST check for your self, to the best of my
knowledge all such programs will be capable of accepting your DV-AVI file
from above as the source file when creating your VCD or SVCD.
If you take the DVD route simply replace references to SVCD or VCD above
with DVD.
Taking the DVD route is a lot cheaper today than it was 12 months ago,
and gives greater scope (I use mine to create backups of files, because they
hold so much more its less time consuming...you don't have to sit and wait
10 minutes or so to change CD's) The DVD route is in general terms more
desirable because of the increased video quality.
There are many good programs "out there" for the creation of your DVD
video. I tried a couple and really did not like them and it was wasted
money. I now use Dazzle DVD Complete which does more than I will ever need.
Unfortunately the company was bought out by Pinnacle and they dropped DVD
Complete in favour of their own software.
There are one or two links on my website that it would pay you well to
visit. In particular DVDR Help. Its a newsgroup oriented towards the disk
creation process more than this newsgroup. You will probably get a more
qualified judgement on which software to go for than I can give.
So, hope that clears up the basics for you...Good Luck
Best Wishes.....John Kelly
www.the-kellys.org
www.the-kellys.co.uk
writing software , or what format , and how do I get mm2 to write it to thebradbud2 said:
required format. The write CD options do not appear to give a lot of
choices.