Want to play VCD od DVD on home DVD player not PC

July 30, 2007

I've been looking online for a basic intro and overwhelmed with details.

What I'm trying to do:

I have jpg,avi's from my digital camera that I'd like to send to family to

watch on a store-bought DVD player.

I've been wasting a few days trying to make this happen with moviemaker

and Nero.

I've created +R, - R , VCDs - ok on PC and then I bring into my living

room - insert the CD/DVD and get an error. It won't load. I have Nero 7

and thought it had ability to do this - when I choose Make DVD and browse,

it's looking for vob files ( isn't that DVD stuff already?), so I tried

Data - DVD - browse - still avi, wmv is not "good". Nero Express - same

thing.

I have jpg, avi, wmv files only

Can someone tell me WHAT app to use /buy/download so that I can: take my

camera jpg pictures and avi files - from a folder on my PC - and burn them

to a VCD or DVD that will work in any DVD player to view on a TV ( not PC)

I thought this would be pretty simple .. digital pictures / digital

CD/DVD - copy - create - done. Ha!

I.m not trying to be fancy. I don't want to be Steven Spielberg, I just

want to have my files viewable on a DVD player.

Thanks very much for pointers.

Bobb

July 30, 2007

Re: Want to play VCD od DVD on home DVD player not PC

- Bobb - wrote:

> I've been looking online for a basic intro and overwhelmed with

> details. What I'm trying to do:

> I have jpg,avi's from my digital camera that I'd like to send to

> family to watch on a store-bought DVD player.

> I've been wasting a few days trying to make this happen with

> moviemaker and Nero.

>

> I've created +R, - R , VCDs - ok on PC and then I bring into my living

> room - insert the CD/DVD and get an error. It won't load. I have

> Nero 7 and thought it had ability to do this - when I choose Make DVD

> and browse, it's looking for vob files ( isn't that DVD stuff

> already?), so I tried Data - DVD - browse - still avi, wmv is not

> "good". Nero Express - same thing.

>

> I have jpg, avi, wmv files only

>

> Can someone tell me WHAT app to use /buy/download so that I can: take

> my camera jpg pictures and avi files - from a folder on my PC - and

> burn them to a VCD or DVD that will work in any DVD player to view on

> a TV ( not PC)

> I thought this would be pretty simple .. digital pictures / digital

> CD/DVD - copy - create - done. Ha!

> I.m not trying to be fancy. I don't want to be Steven Spielberg, I

> just want to have my files viewable on a DVD player.

>

> Thanks very much for pointers.

> Bobb

I think the problem isn't your disk or Nero. It is the machine you are

trying to play them on. I was really frustrated trying to do the same thing.

My sister sent me a disk of jpgs that she burned and could see on her DVD

player on her TV. I could not see them on my DVD player. My DVD player was

only a year older than hers. Later in the year we purchased a new DVD player

for another TV in the house and it played the disk just fine.

July 30, 2007

Re: Want to play VCD od DVD on home DVD player not PC

Bobb,

First a warning.

Not all dvd players will play vcd's, so you cannot have a 100% guarantee of

it working, even if you could do it ;)

Not all dvd players will play a dvd you make.........

But maybe 99% will

Nero have some good tutorials for there app here

http://www.nero.com/nero7/enu/Tutorials.html

But they do do several versions and only the full version will make dvds and

possibly vcd's.

I don't have nero installed so I can't be precise, but there should be two

options for making the dvd, one as you've found will write dvd folders

already made, the other will create a dvd. This will take dv.avi files and

create the mpegs and vobs that you need. If you don't have this option then

you most likely haven't got the full version.

I would plump for making a dvd over a vcd or even svcd as dvd quality and

compatibility is far better.

Now, you can either buy the full version of nero, or opt for another app to

do this. There are many.

Ulead do Movie factory, which is great for making dvds, they also do

videostudio, which will import/edit adn create a dvd all in one. Free

trials are available.

Adobe do premiere elements 3, which will imoprt/edit and create dvds, also

very good a free trial is also available.

The list could go on, but these offer perhaps best value for your money.

They will also most likely work with your camera's files, whereas MM may

not.

--

Graham Hughes

MVP Digital Media

http://www.myvideoproblems.com

"- Bobb -" <bobb@noemail.123> wrote in message

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> I've been looking online for a basic intro and overwhelmed with details.

> What I'm trying to do:

> I have jpg,avi's from my digital camera that I'd like to send to family to

> watch on a store-bought DVD player.

> I've been wasting a few days trying to make this happen with moviemaker

> and Nero.

>

> I've created +R, - R , VCDs - ok on PC and then I bring into my living

> room - insert the CD/DVD and get an error. It won't load. I have Nero 7

> and thought it had ability to do this - when I choose Make DVD and browse,

> it's looking for vob files ( isn't that DVD stuff already?), so I tried

> Data - DVD - browse - still avi, wmv is not "good". Nero Express - same

> thing.

>

> I have jpg, avi, wmv files only

>

> Can someone tell me WHAT app to use /buy/download so that I can: take my

> camera jpg pictures and avi files - from a folder on my PC - and burn them

> to a VCD or DVD that will work in any DVD player to view on a TV ( not PC)

>

> I thought this would be pretty simple .. digital pictures / digital

> CD/DVD - copy - create - done. Ha!

> I.m not trying to be fancy. I don't want to be Steven Spielberg, I just

> want to have my files viewable on a DVD player.

>

> Thanks very much for pointers.

> Bobb

>

July 30, 2007

Re: Want to play VCD od DVD on home DVD player not PC

If you have Nero 7, to make a DVD of your photos (JPG's) I believe that

what you want to use is the function "Make Photo Slideshow (DVD)". You

don't want to make a data DVD if you want it to work on DVD players.

This is what I have read--I don't use Nero myself.

Ken

- Bobb - wrote:

> I've been looking online for a basic intro and overwhelmed with details.

> What I'm trying to do:

> I have jpg,avi's from my digital camera that I'd like to send to family

> to watch on a store-bought DVD player.

> I've been wasting a few days trying to make this happen with moviemaker

> and Nero.

>

> I've created +R, - R , VCDs - ok on PC and then I bring into my living

> room - insert the CD/DVD and get an error. It won't load. I have Nero

> 7 and thought it had ability to do this - when I choose Make DVD and

> browse, it's looking for vob files ( isn't that DVD stuff already?), so

> I tried Data - DVD - browse - still avi, wmv is not "good". Nero

> Express - same thing.

>

> I have jpg, avi, wmv files only

>

> Can someone tell me WHAT app to use /buy/download so that I can: take my

> camera jpg pictures and avi files - from a folder on my PC - and burn

> them to a VCD or DVD that will work in any DVD player to view on a TV (

> not PC)

>

> I thought this would be pretty simple .. digital pictures / digital

> CD/DVD - copy - create - done. Ha!

> I.m not trying to be fancy. I don't want to be Steven Spielberg, I just

> want to have my files viewable on a DVD player.

>

> Thanks very much for pointers.

> Bobb

>

July 30, 2007

Re: Want to play VCD od DVD on home DVD player not PC

RA, new dvd players will play jpeg slideshows, so you don't have to author a

dvd, but for compatibility you are best off making a proper dvd.

--

Graham Hughes

MVP Digital Media

http://www.myvideoproblems.com

"RA" <noonehere@thisplace.com> wrote in message

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> I think the problem isn't your disk or Nero. It is the machine you are

> trying to play them on. I was really frustrated trying to do the same

> thing. My sister sent me a disk of jpgs that she burned and could see on

> her DVD player on her TV. I could not see them on my DVD player. My DVD

> player was only a year older than hers. Later in the year we purchased a

> new DVD player for another TV in the house and it played the disk just

> fine.

>

July 30, 2007

Re: Want to play VCD od DVD on home DVD player not PC

Kenneth,

I'm not sure if this is the right option, because I thik it makes a jpeg

slideshow on a dvd, and this is not very compatible with dvd players, you

need to author a dvd.

--

Graham Hughes

MVP Digital Media

http://www.myvideoproblems.com

"Kenneth J. Harris" <kharris@suffolk.lib.ny.us> wrote in message

news:eGqvwMu0HHA.1188@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...

> If you have Nero 7, to make a DVD of your photos (JPG's) I believe that

> what you want to use is the function "Make Photo Slideshow (DVD)". You

> don't want to make a data DVD if you want it to work on DVD players. This

> is what I have read--I don't use Nero myself.

>

> Ken

>

> - Bobb - wrote:

>> I've been looking online for a basic intro and overwhelmed with details.

>> What I'm trying to do:

>> I have jpg,avi's from my digital camera that I'd like to send to family

>> to watch on a store-bought DVD player.

>> I've been wasting a few days trying to make this happen with moviemaker

>> and Nero.

>>

>> I've created +R, - R , VCDs - ok on PC and then I bring into my living

>> room - insert the CD/DVD and get an error. It won't load. I have Nero 7

>> and thought it had ability to do this - when I choose Make DVD and

>> browse, it's looking for vob files ( isn't that DVD stuff already?), so I

>> tried Data - DVD - browse - still avi, wmv is not "good". Nero Express -

>> same thing.

>>

>> I have jpg, avi, wmv files only

>>

>> Can someone tell me WHAT app to use /buy/download so that I can: take my

>> camera jpg pictures and avi files - from a folder on my PC - and burn

>> them to a VCD or DVD that will work in any DVD player to view on a TV (

>> not PC)

>>

>> I thought this would be pretty simple .. digital pictures / digital

>> CD/DVD - copy - create - done. Ha!

>> I.m not trying to be fancy. I don't want to be Steven Spielberg, I just

>> want to have my files viewable on a DVD player.

>>

>> Thanks very much for pointers.

>> Bobb

>>

July 30, 2007

Re: Want to play VCD od DVD on home DVD player not PC

- Bobb - wrote:

> I've been looking online for a basic intro and overwhelmed with

> details. What I'm trying to do:

> I have jpg,avi's from my digital camera that I'd like to send to

> family to watch on a store-bought DVD player.

> I've been wasting a few days trying to make this happen with

> moviemaker and Nero.

>

> I've created +R, - R , VCDs - ok on PC and then I bring into my living

> room - insert the CD/DVD and get an error. It won't load. I have

> Nero 7 and thought it had ability to do this - when I choose Make DVD

> and browse, it's looking for vob files ( isn't that DVD stuff

> already?), so I tried Data - DVD - browse - still avi, wmv is not

> "good". Nero Express - same thing.

>

> I have jpg, avi, wmv files only

>

> Can someone tell me WHAT app to use /buy/download so that I can: take

> my camera jpg pictures and avi files - from a folder on my PC - and

> burn them to a VCD or DVD that will work in any DVD player to view on

> a TV ( not PC)

> I thought this would be pretty simple .. digital pictures / digital

> CD/DVD - copy - create - done. Ha!

> I.m not trying to be fancy. I don't want to be Steven Spielberg, I

> just want to have my files viewable on a DVD player.

>

> Thanks very much for pointers.

> Bobb

================================

Since you have Nero...

NeroVision 4...may be the app you're looking for.

Nero Vision 4 – Video Editing and Authoring

http://www.nero.com/nero7/eng/Nero_Vision_4.html

User Guide / Help File for Nero Vision 4

http://www.nero.com/nero7/eng/User_Guide_Vision_4.html

Two thoughts...some DVD players will not

play home made VCDs / DVDs...Why? Who

knows but they won't.

DVD blanks come in many different types

and brands. I'm not telling you to purchase the

following type but I can say I've had good luck

using them:

Verbatim DVD-R 16X

http://tinyurl.com/y59z9e

More Info:

Turn your Movie Maker 2

video into a DVD

http://tinyurl.com/4k97d

Wojo's Web...DVD Creation

http://tinyurl.com/g64gb

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

--

John Inzer

MS Picture It! -

Digital Image MVP

Digital Image

Highlights and FAQs

http://tinyurl.com/aczzp

Notice

This is not tech support

I am a volunteer

Solutions that work for

me may not work for you

Proceed at your own risk

July 31, 2007

Re: Want to play VCD od DVD on home DVD player not PC

"- Bobb -" <bobb@noemail.123> wrote in message

news:uruY1%23t0HHA.1100@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...

> I've been looking online for a basic intro and overwhelmed with details.

> What I'm trying to do:

> I have jpg,avi's from my digital camera that I'd like to send to family to

> watch on a store-bought DVD player.

> I've been wasting a few days trying to make this happen with moviemaker

> and Nero.

>

> I've created +R, - R , VCDs - ok on PC and then I bring into my living

> room - insert the CD/DVD and get an error. It won't load. I have Nero 7

> and thought it had ability to do this - when I choose Make DVD and browse,

> it's looking for vob files ( isn't that DVD stuff already?), so I tried

> Data - DVD - browse - still avi, wmv is not "good". Nero Express - same

> thing.

>

> I have jpg, avi, wmv files only

>

> Can someone tell me WHAT app to use /buy/download so that I can: take my

> camera jpg pictures and avi files - from a folder on my PC - and burn them

> to a VCD or DVD that will work in any DVD player to view on a TV ( not PC)

>

> I thought this would be pretty simple .. digital pictures / digital

> CD/DVD - copy - create - done. Ha!

> I.m not trying to be fancy. I don't want to be Steven Spielberg, I just

> want to have my files viewable on a DVD player.

>

> Thanks very much for pointers.

> Bobb

>

Try Doom9 forums. There are plenty of DVD authoring tutorials out there.

Generally speaking you want to create a DVD Video disk. These are different

in format from a DVD data disc, and the videos need to be in mpeg2 format

which is what DVD video authoring tools do.

Some versions of Nero have a tool to do this. Not to be confused with the

Nero tool that takes files already converted to mpeg2 and puts them on a

DVD. Your files will need to be re-encoded.

JPGs should be fine on a normal data CD. I expect by now most players are

JPG compatible.

When you create a DVD video disk, it should be set as DVD-ROM and don't use

RW, (except for testing if you can), when burnt for maximum compatibility.

There are however some machines that don't like certain brands of disks for

some unknown reason, so that will be a suck it and see approach.

July 31, 2007

Re: Want to play VCD od DVD on home DVD player not PC

"John Inzer" <oobie@doobie.xyz> wrote in message

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>- Bobb - wrote:

>> I've been looking online for a basic intro and overwhelmed with

>> details. What I'm trying to do:

>> I have jpg,avi's from my digital camera that I'd like to send to

>> family to watch on a store-bought DVD player.

>> I've been wasting a few days trying to make this happen with

>> moviemaker and Nero.

>>

>> I've created +R, - R , VCDs - ok on PC and then I bring into my living

>> room - insert the CD/DVD and get an error. It won't load. I have

>> Nero 7 and thought it had ability to do this - when I choose Make DVD

>> and browse, it's looking for vob files ( isn't that DVD stuff

>> already?), so I tried Data - DVD - browse - still avi, wmv is not

>> "good". Nero Express - same thing.

>>

>> I have jpg, avi, wmv files only

>>

>> Can someone tell me WHAT app to use /buy/download so that I can: take

>> my camera jpg pictures and avi files - from a folder on my PC - and

>> burn them to a VCD or DVD that will work in any DVD player to view on

>> a TV ( not PC)

>> I thought this would be pretty simple .. digital pictures / digital

>> CD/DVD - copy - create - done. Ha!

>> I.m not trying to be fancy. I don't want to be Steven Spielberg, I

>> just want to have my files viewable on a DVD player.

>>

>> Thanks very much for pointers.

>> Bobb

> ================================

> Since you have Nero...

> NeroVision 4...may be the app you're looking for.

>

> Nero Vision 4 - Video Editing and Authoring

> http://www.nero.com/nero7/eng/Nero_Vision_4.html

>

> User Guide / Help File for Nero Vision 4

> http://www.nero.com/nero7/eng/User_Guide_Vision_4.html

OK - one thing I noticed :

I created the avi with moviemaker: but when I play it back with Media

Player on XP, the video is about 3" across. When I burned it , it showed

640x480 - what happened there ? I opened with QuickTime and looked fine. I

have WMP set to "fit screen to video" and 100% so expected big window.

Burning to DVD with Nero Vision 4 now.

Will update when finished.

Thanks,

Bobb

>

> Two thoughts...some DVD players will not

> play home made VCDs / DVDs...Why? Who

> knows but they won't.

>

> DVD blanks come in many different types

> and brands. I'm not telling you to purchase the

> following type but I can say I've had good luck

> using them:

>

> Verbatim DVD-R 16X

> http://tinyurl.com/y59z9e

>

> More Info:

>

> Turn your Movie Maker 2

> video into a DVD

> http://tinyurl.com/4k97d

>

> Wojo's Web...DVD Creation

> http://tinyurl.com/g64gb

>

> 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

>

> --

>

> John Inzer

> MS Picture It! -

> Digital Image MVP

>

> Digital Image

> Highlights and FAQs

> http://tinyurl.com/aczzp

>

> Notice

> This is not tech support

> I am a volunteer

>

> Solutions that work for

> me may not work for you

>

> Proceed at your own risk

>

July 31, 2007

Re: Want to play VCD od DVD on home DVD player not PC

"RA" <noonehere@thisplace.com> wrote in message

news:%23SmlEJu0HHA.3768@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...

>- Bobb - wrote:

>> I've been looking online for a basic intro and overwhelmed with

>> details. What I'm trying to do:

>> I have jpg,avi's from my digital camera that I'd like to send to

>> family to watch on a store-bought DVD player.

>> I've been wasting a few days trying to make this happen with

>> moviemaker and Nero.

>>

>> I've created +R, - R , VCDs - ok on PC and then I bring into my living

>> room - insert the CD/DVD and get an error. It won't load. I have

>> Nero 7 and thought it had ability to do this - when I choose Make DVD

>> and browse, it's looking for vob files ( isn't that DVD stuff

>> already?), so I tried Data - DVD - browse - still avi, wmv is not

>> "good". Nero Express - same thing.

>>

>> I have jpg, avi, wmv files only

>>

>> Can someone tell me WHAT app to use /buy/download so that I can: take

>> my camera jpg pictures and avi files - from a folder on my PC - and

>> burn them to a VCD or DVD that will work in any DVD player to view on

>> a TV ( not PC)

>> I thought this would be pretty simple .. digital pictures / digital

>> CD/DVD - copy - create - done. Ha!

>> I.m not trying to be fancy. I don't want to be Steven Spielberg, I

>> just want to have my files viewable on a DVD player.

>>

>> Thanks very much for pointers.

>> Bobb

>

> I think the problem isn't your disk or Nero. It is the machine you are

> trying to play them on. I was really frustrated trying to do the same

> thing. My sister sent me a disk of jpgs that she burned and could see on

> her DVD player on her TV. I could not see them on my DVD player. My DVD

> player was only a year older than hers. Later in the year we purchased a

> new DVD player for another TV in the house and it played the disk just

> fine.

That's how it seems, but : the DVD ( HP and Sony) burners in my PC have

the little logos stating that THEY meet the standards, so ( he asked

rhetorically) if there is a STANDARD for VCD's and DVD's , how can a

company make a DVD player that cannot play "standard" DVD's ? It is NOT

like I'm trying to watch a PAL tape on a VHS deck. The manufacturers set

the standards - not us. Even when I tried the HIGHMAT ( old ) VCD

standard, it failed on 2 of my DVD players. Trying burn again - now with

NeroVision4.

July 31, 2007

Re: Want to play VCD od DVD on home DVD player not PC

"- Bobb -" <bobb@noemail.123> wrote in message

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>

> "John Inzer" <oobie@doobie.xyz> wrote in message

> news:uOuhChv0HHA.1208@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...

>>- Bobb - wrote:

>>> I've been looking online for a basic intro and overwhelmed with

>>> details. What I'm trying to do:

>>> I have jpg,avi's from my digital camera that I'd like to send to

>>> family to watch on a store-bought DVD player.

>>> I've been wasting a few days trying to make this happen with

>>> moviemaker and Nero.

>>>

>>> I've created +R, - R , VCDs - ok on PC and then I bring into my living

>>> room - insert the CD/DVD and get an error. It won't load. I have

>>> Nero 7 and thought it had ability to do this - when I choose Make DVD

>>> and browse, it's looking for vob files ( isn't that DVD stuff

>>> already?), so I tried Data - DVD - browse - still avi, wmv is not

>>> "good". Nero Express - same thing.

>>>

>>> I have jpg, avi, wmv files only

>>>

>>> Can someone tell me WHAT app to use /buy/download so that I can: take

>>> my camera jpg pictures and avi files - from a folder on my PC - and

>>> burn them to a VCD or DVD that will work in any DVD player to view on

>>> a TV ( not PC)

>>> I thought this would be pretty simple .. digital pictures / digital

>>> CD/DVD - copy - create - done. Ha!

>>> I.m not trying to be fancy. I don't want to be Steven Spielberg, I

>>> just want to have my files viewable on a DVD player.

>>>

>>> Thanks very much for pointers.

>>> Bobb

>> ================================

>> Since you have Nero...

>> NeroVision 4...may be the app you're looking for.

>>

>> Nero Vision 4 - Video Editing and Authoring

>> http://www.nero.com/nero7/eng/Nero_Vision_4.html

>>

>> User Guide / Help File for Nero Vision 4

>> http://www.nero.com/nero7/eng/User_Guide_Vision_4.html

>

> OK - one thing I noticed :

> I created the avi with moviemaker: but when I play it back with Media

> Player on XP, the video is about 3" across. When I burned it , it showed

> 640x480 - what happened there ? I opened with QuickTime and looked fine.

> I have WMP set to "fit screen to video" and 100% so expected big window.

>

> Burning to DVD with Nero Vision 4 now.

> Will update when finished.

> Thanks,

> Bobb

Yeah - using Nero Vision4 to burn,

DVD now plays in living room DVD player !

Burned to VCD too but VCD still won't load there though.

More research needed here.

Off to read those links.

Thanks guys

Bobb

>

>>

>> Two thoughts...some DVD players will not

>> play home made VCDs / DVDs...Why? Who

>> knows but they won't.

>>

>> DVD blanks come in many different types

>> and brands. I'm not telling you to purchase the

>> following type but I can say I've had good luck

>> using them:

>>

>> Verbatim DVD-R 16X

>> http://tinyurl.com/y59z9e

>>

>> More Info:

>>

>> Turn your Movie Maker 2

>> video into a DVD

>> http://tinyurl.com/4k97d

>>

>> Wojo's Web...DVD Creation

>> http://tinyurl.com/g64gb

>>

>> 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

>>

>> --

>>

>> John Inzer

>> MS Picture It! -

>> Digital Image MVP

>>

>> Digital Image

>> Highlights and FAQs

>> http://tinyurl.com/aczzp

>>

>> Notice

>> This is not tech support

>> I am a volunteer

>>

>> Solutions that work for

>> me may not work for you

>>

>> Proceed at your own risk

>>

>

July 31, 2007

Re: Want to play VCD od DVD on home DVD player not PC

- Bobb - wrote:

> Yeah - using Nero Vision4 to burn,

> DVD now plays in living room DVD player !

>

> Burned to VCD too but VCD still won't load there though.

> More research needed here.

> Off to read those links.

> Thanks guys

> Bobb

==============================

At least something is working right.

Some DVD players will not play VCDs.

Check your DVD player's documentation.

--

John Inzer

MS Picture It! -

Digital Image MVP

Digital Image

Highlights and FAQs

http://tinyurl.com/aczzp

Notice

This is not tech support

I am a volunteer

Solutions that work for

me may not work for you

Proceed at your own risk

July 31, 2007

Re: Want to play VCD od DVD on home DVD player not PC

"- Bobb -" <bobb@noemail.123> wrote in message

news:uruY1%23t0HHA.1100@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...

> I've been looking online for a basic intro and overwhelmed with details.

> What I'm trying to do:

> I have jpg,avi's from my digital camera that I'd like to send to family to

> watch on a store-bought DVD player.

> I've been wasting a few days trying to make this happen with moviemaker

> and Nero.

>

> I've created +R, - R , VCDs - ok on PC and then I bring into my living

> room - insert the CD/DVD and get an error. It won't load. I have Nero 7

> and thought it had ability to do this - when I choose Make DVD and browse,

> it's looking for vob files ( isn't that DVD stuff already?), so I tried

> Data - DVD - browse - still avi, wmv is not "good". Nero Express - same

> thing.

>

> I have jpg, avi, wmv files only

>

> Can someone tell me WHAT app to use /buy/download so that I can: take my

> camera jpg pictures and avi files - from a folder on my PC - and burn them

> to a VCD or DVD that will work in any DVD player to view on a TV ( not PC)

>

> I thought this would be pretty simple .. digital pictures / digital

> CD/DVD - copy - create - done. Ha!

> I.m not trying to be fancy. I don't want to be Steven Spielberg, I just

> want to have my files viewable on a DVD player.

>

Not all standalone video DVD/CD players recognise picture CDs.

But the situation with picture DVDs is worse. This is one of those

ambiguities. The DVD was not intended to hold picture files for playing in

a standalone DVD player. However, the spec was somewhat ambiguous on the

point and as a result, there are players that will recognise and play such

disks.

Your best bet is to use a DVD video editing package that will accept image

files. I believe Windows' own Movie Maker does do this, but I am unable to

check as this machine doesn't have it.

Sonic produces an application that does precisely what you want, and it is

provided with many of the top line DVD/CD burning packages. It is called

MyDVD, but beware that Sonic also produced a far older but identically named

application that had a very different purpose.

July 31, 2007

Re: Want to play VCD/ DVD on home DVD player not PC

Re: Want to play VCD/ DVD on home DVD player not PC

John,

Even when I try on my PC it doesn't 'work right'. If I could ask a few

questions about VCD's ... ( VCD 101)

1 Shouldn't there be an AUTOPLAY function/option?

If I drag the AVSEQ01.DAT file to WMP then it plays OK, but just

inserting into CD player does nothing. I just burned another one - same

thing. I see only the 4 folders at root level. In NeroVision4 I see no

option for autoplay. right-click on drive with burned VCD inserted- no

option for autoplay, so I suspect that's why it 'won't load' - normally a

GOOD VCD/DVD loads to some menu, right ?

2. Assuming it DID work OK, how does it load - to get to ' The Menu I

made' ? Is that a pointer inside one of those folders ? Or should be a

root level ?

3. A big picture question :

If I bring film to CVS and tell them to put it on a VCD for me, that has

never failed to work when I/family/neighbors get it home. Put it in - it

plays - on a pc, dvd player - never had an issue. What do THEY do to that

media - anyone know ?

Thanks again.

"John Inzer" <oobie@doobie.xyz> wrote in message

news:%23zFa47x0HHA.748@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...

>- Bobb - wrote:

>> Yeah - using Nero Vision4 to burn,

>> DVD now plays in living room DVD player !

>>

>> Burned to VCD too but VCD still won't load there though.

>> More research needed here.

>> Off to read those links.

>> Thanks guys

>> Bobb

> ==============================

> At least something is working right.

>

> Some DVD players will not play VCDs.

> Check your DVD player's documentation.

>

> --

>

> John Inzer

> MS Picture It! -

> Digital Image MVP

>

> Digital Image

> Highlights and FAQs

> http://tinyurl.com/aczzp

>

> Notice

> This is not tech support

> I am a volunteer

>

> Solutions that work for

> me may not work for you

>

> Proceed at your own risk

>

July 31, 2007

Re: Want to play VCD / DVD on home DVD player not PC

Re: Want to play VCD / DVD on home DVD player not PC

"M.I.5¾" <no.one@no.where.NO_SPAM.co.uk> wrote in message

news:46aeeced$1_1@glkas0286.greenlnk.net...

>

> "- Bobb -" <bobb@noemail.123> wrote in message

> news:uruY1%23t0HHA.1100@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...

>> I've been looking online for a basic intro and overwhelmed with

>> details.

>> What I'm trying to do:

>> I have jpg,avi's from my digital camera that I'd like to send to family

>> to watch on a store-bought DVD player.

>> I've been wasting a few days trying to make this happen with moviemaker

>> and Nero.

>>

>> I've created +R, - R , VCDs - ok on PC and then I bring into my living

>> room - insert the CD/DVD and get an error. It won't load. I have Nero

>> 7 and thought it had ability to do this - when I choose Make DVD and

>> browse, it's looking for vob files ( isn't that DVD stuff already?), so

>> I tried Data - DVD - browse - still avi, wmv is not "good". Nero

>> Express - same thing.

>>

>> I have jpg, avi, wmv files only

>>

>> Can someone tell me WHAT app to use /buy/download so that I can: take

>> my camera jpg pictures and avi files - from a folder on my PC - and

>> burn them to a VCD or DVD that will work in any DVD player to view on a

>> TV ( not PC)

>>

>> I thought this would be pretty simple .. digital pictures / digital

>> CD/DVD - copy - create - done. Ha!

>> I.m not trying to be fancy. I don't want to be Steven Spielberg, I just

>> want to have my files viewable on a DVD player.

>>

>

> Not all standalone video DVD/CD players recognise picture CDs.

>

> But the situation with picture DVDs is worse. This is one of those

> ambiguities. The DVD was not intended to hold picture files for playing

> in a standalone DVD player. However, the spec was somewhat ambiguous on

> the point and as a result, there are players that will recognise and

> play such disks.

>

> Your best bet is to use a DVD video editing package that will accept

> image files. I believe Windows' own Movie Maker does do this, but I am

> unable to check as this machine doesn't have it.

>

> Sonic produces an application that does precisely what you want, and it

> is provided with many of the top line DVD/CD burning packages. It is

> called MyDVD, but beware that Sonic also produced a far older but

> identically named application that had a very different purpose.

>

I have that on one of my laptops - powering up now

Thank you.

will update later ( battery dead on laptop)

July 31, 2007

Re: Want to play VCD/ DVD on home DVD player not PC

Re: Want to play VCD/ DVD on home DVD player not PC

- Bobb - wrote:

> John,

>

> Even when I try on my PC it doesn't 'work right'. If I could ask a few

> questions about VCD's ... ( VCD 101)

>

> 1 Shouldn't there be an AUTOPLAY function/option?

> If I drag the AVSEQ01.DAT file to WMP then it plays OK, but just

> inserting into CD player does nothing. I just burned another one -

> same thing. I see only the 4 folders at root level. In NeroVision4 I

> see no option for autoplay. right-click on drive with burned VCD

> inserted- no option for autoplay, so I suspect that's why it 'won't

> load' - normally a GOOD VCD/DVD loads to some menu, right ?

==============================

I'm no expert on VCDs but I'll try to offer some

ideas. If the VCD is burned correctly and if you

have a decoder installed like PowerDVD or

WinDVD...the VCD should auto-load and you

should not have to access the file structure

of the disk.

==============================

> 2. Assuming it DID work OK, how does it load - to get to ' The Menu I

> made' ? Is that a pointer inside one of those folders ? Or should be a

> root level ?

===============================

If you have decoding software installed like

PowerDVD or WinDVD...the the VCD should

auto-load.

===============================

> 3. A big picture question :

> If I bring film to CVS and tell them to put it on a VCD for me, that

> has never failed to work when I/family/neighbors get it home. Put it

> in - it plays - on a pc, dvd player - never had an issue. What do

> THEY do to that media - anyone know ?

>

> Thanks again.

================================

I suspect they use powerful authoring software.

It would be interesting to ask them what they

use. I know this is not much help but maybe

someone else will offer some ideas.

--

John Inzer

MS Picture It! -

Digital Image MVP

Digital Image

Highlights and FAQs

http://tinyurl.com/aczzp

Notice

This is not tech support

I am a volunteer

Solutions that work for

me may not work for you

Proceed at your own risk

July 31, 2007

Re: Want to play VCD od DVD on home DVD player not PC

HiMat is not vcd.

The burners may meet the standards, but that doesn't mean that teh

programmes do, it doesn't mean that you change settings to make a dvd out of

the standards, it doesn't mean that your player will play both +/- discs, it

may only play one of them, it doesn't mean that it can read all makes of

discs and types of dyes, it doesn't mean that the burner can burn a deep

enough track to be read, etc etc.

There are so many variables.

--

Graham Hughes

MVP Digital Media

http://www.myvideoproblems.com

>

> That's how it seems, but : the DVD ( HP and Sony) burners in my PC have

> the little logos stating that THEY meet the standards, so ( he asked

> rhetorically) if there is a STANDARD for VCD's and DVD's , how can a

> company make a DVD player that cannot play "standard" DVD's ? It is NOT

> like I'm trying to watch a PAL tape on a VHS deck. The manufacturers set

> the standards - not us. Even when I tried the HIGHMAT ( old ) VCD

> standard, it failed on 2 of my DVD players. Trying burn again - now with

> NeroVision4.

>

August 2, 2007

Re: Want to play VCD od DVD on home DVD player not PC

On Jul 30, 12:27 pm, "- Bobb -" <b...@noemail.123> wrote:

> I've been looking online for a basic intro and overwhelmed with details.

> What I'm trying to do:

> I have jpg,avi's from my digital camera that I'd like to send to family to

> watch on a store-bought DVD player.

> I've been wasting a few days trying to make this happen with moviemaker

> and Nero.

>

> I've created +R, - R , VCDs - ok on PC and then I bring into my living

> room - insert the CD/DVD and get an error. It won't load. I have Nero 7

> and thought it had ability to do this - when I choose Make DVD and browse,

> it's looking for vob files ( isn't that DVD stuff already?), so I tried

> Data - DVD - browse - still avi, wmv is not "good". Nero Express - same

> thing.

>

> I have jpg, avi, wmv files only

>

> Can someone tell me WHAT app to use /buy/download so that I can: take my

> camera jpg pictures and avi files - from a folder on my PC - and burn them

> to a VCD or DVD that will work in any DVD player to view on a TV ( not PC)

>

> I thought this would be pretty simple .. digital pictures / digital

> CD/DVD - copy - create - done. Ha!

> I.m not trying to be fancy. I don't want to be Steven Spielberg, I just

> want to have my files viewable on a DVD player.

>

> Thanks very much for pointers.

> Bobb

I normally don't recommend M$ but their Windows Movie Maker is free.

I've used it for making both picture show and video DVDs. They seem

to play fine on my GO VIDEO player. My daughter was also able to play

them on her player. This may be a cheap way out for you.

I'm tired of paying the big buck for M$ products and found that the

Ashampoo Burning Studio 7 works well for me also. The only problem

I'm having is working with the disc menus. I'd also recommend putting

all videos/picture shows on at the same time. Adding to existing DVDs

has been a challenge for me.

THX, Nick

August 3, 2007

Re: Want to play VCD/ DVD on home DVD player not PC

Re: Want to play VCD/ DVD on home DVD player not PC

<farmer47sd-google@yahoo.com> wrote in message

news:1186089831.751863.200230@m37g2000prh.googlegroups.com...

> On Jul 30, 12:27 pm, "- Bobb -" <b...@noemail.123> wrote:

>> I've been looking online for a basic intro and overwhelmed with

>> details.

>> What I'm trying to do:

>> I have jpg,avi's from my digital camera that I'd like to send to family

>> to

>> watch on a store-bought DVD player.

>> I've been wasting a few days trying to make this happen with moviemaker

>> and Nero.

>>

>> I've created +R, - R , VCDs - ok on PC and then I bring into my living

>> room - insert the CD/DVD and get an error. It won't load. I have Nero

>> 7

>> and thought it had ability to do this - when I choose Make DVD and

>> browse,

>> it's looking for vob files ( isn't that DVD stuff already?), so I tried

>> Data - DVD - browse - still avi, wmv is not "good". Nero Express -

>> same

>> thing.

>>

>> I have jpg, avi, wmv files only

>>

>> Can someone tell me WHAT app to use /buy/download so that I can: take

>> my

>> camera jpg pictures and avi files - from a folder on my PC - and burn

>> them

>> to a VCD or DVD that will work in any DVD player to view on a TV ( not

>> PC)

>>

>> I thought this would be pretty simple .. digital pictures / digital

>> CD/DVD - copy - create - done. Ha!

>> I.m not trying to be fancy. I don't want to be Steven Spielberg, I just

>> want to have my files viewable on a DVD player.

>>

>> Thanks very much for pointers.

>> Bobb

>

> I normally don't recommend M$ but their Windows Movie Maker is free.

> I've used it for making both picture show and video DVDs. They seem

> to play fine on my GO VIDEO player. My daughter was also able to play

> them on her player. This may be a cheap way out for you.

>

> I'm tired of paying the big buck for M$ products and found that the

> Ashampoo Burning Studio 7 works well for me also. The only problem

> I'm having is working with the disc menus. I'd also recommend putting

> all videos/picture shows on at the same time. Adding to existing DVDs

> has been a challenge for me.

>

> THX, Nick

>

I did use Moviemaker but output was wmv. Didn't play for me on DVD player.

BUT - an

UPDATE: for the DVD / VCDs that I made with Nero Vision ....that would

NOT play on my living room DVD players .... I brought them to my sister's

house ( she wanted the videos) and they BOTH played fine - automatically-

on her Sony DVD player. So to those who said it was my players- you are

right. Apparently my 'Consumer Reports recommended' Samsung and Panasonic

model DVD players won't play them ( I thought it was a 'burning issue' on

my part/ burning app problem). So, what I'll do is take those VCD/DVDs to

Circuit City/ Best Buy and try to view them on new TV compatible DVD

player/burners. Only if they play will I buy that model. I recommend that

to others too. ( I'll take that moviemaker wmv cd with me too)

Thanks guys.

August 3, 2007

Re: Want to play VCD/ DVD on home DVD player not PC

Re: Want to play VCD/ DVD on home DVD player not PC

"- Bobb -" <bobb@noemail.123> wrote in message

>> THX, Nick

>>

> I did use Moviemaker but output was wmv. Didn't play for me on DVD player.

> BUT - an

> UPDATE: for the DVD / VCDs that I made with Nero Vision ....that would

> NOT play on my living room DVD players .... I brought them to my sister's

> house ( she wanted the videos) and they BOTH played fine - automatically-

> on her Sony DVD player. So to those who said it was my players- you are

> right. Apparently my 'Consumer Reports recommended' Samsung and Panasonic

> model DVD players won't play them ( I thought it was a 'burning issue' on

> my part/ burning app problem). So, what I'll do is take those VCD/DVDs to

> Circuit City/ Best Buy and try to view them on new TV compatible DVD

> player/burners. Only if they play will I buy that model. I recommend that

> to others too. ( I'll take that moviemaker wmv cd with me too)

> Thanks guys.

>

Unless a DVD player has the WMV codecs it probably won't play.

You might like to try a different brand of disc. There are varying reports

of compatibility.

There are plenty of forums devoted to DVD players and many posters there

experiment with this sort of thing.

Are you setting the disc type as DVD-ROM when burning? This can have an

impact as it fools the player into thinking the disc in a DVD-ROM instead of

a DVD-R or DVD+R.

FWIW the mass produced DVD videos are pressed, not written as they are in a

DVD writer.

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