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DVD Burning
I have edited my video files;
Now I am trying to burn a dvd so I can watch it on TV;
Also, I would like to view it on a computer with Windows Media Player, which will start on its own once I insert a CD or DVD; currently, the auto start is not happening and I have to go and select my CD or DVD drive, then I get a list of files… Is this normal for DVD formats?To continue, I
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[denodigital] “the auto start is not happening and I have to go and select my CD or DVD drive, then I get a list of files… Is this normal for DVD formats?”
This would depend on YOUR system. My system upon, entering a DVD, pops up a box asking which application to use (and I DON’T pick media player – instead I use the DVD app on my system)
[denodigital] “I
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In Sony Vegas 5.0, I edited my footage, then rendered it as
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Ok, sounds like the DVD preparation process is fine. The rest does NOT sound fine, though.
If you’re sharing files over the internet, render that to the appropriate type of file (which is usually NOT VOB files). If they want an MPEG file, render the project to an MPEG file and upload that single file. If they state MPEG, I’d imagine they’re talking MPEG1 which is smaller than MPEG2 (but is also lower quality). What about WMV as an alternative format?
Edward Troxel
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What I am trying to do is burn a DVD, then take that DVD to my home Internet computer, save the footage to my desk top/hard drive; then go to an Internet video streaming service so I can upload my footage to their site, so I can share it with others.
In this case you should not use DVDA at all. DVDA will create a DVD for you, which means that it will take your MPEG files, massage them into .VOB files, split the sound into a separate file etc. This format isn’t particularly well suited for sharing over the net. In fact, if you want to share your videos, you should reconsider using MPEG-2, since some computers may not be able to play that (the user will need a DVD player to watch MPEG-2 as well). For internet sharing (I am not familiar wth MpegNation) I would recommend MPEG-4, DivX or similar.
What you want to do, once you have created the finished file (MPEG-2, MPEG-4, DivX or whichever) is to create a data DVD and just put the MPEG onto that. Your DVD burner probably came with the appropriate software to do this. This will not play on your home DVD player/TV.
Now, from your first post, you said that you would like to create a DVD that you can watch on your TV, for this you need to create a DVD using DVD Architect. It should work fine on your TV. Whether it works on your home computer depends on your setup. Is auto-play enabled? Does the computer have a software DVD player installed?
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Terje A. Bergesen
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