i am trying to burn movies off my drive for my children but need help doing so and am new to this, plz tell me what i need to do to do this, thank u!
This is a very good 1 step program you can have a look at but be aware the trial places a watermark in your picture and runs at 1/2 speed:http://www.afterdawn.com/guides/archive/vso_convertxtodvd_guide.cfm or you could use Nero:http://forums.afterdawn.com/thread_view.cfm/272946 or even the predecessor to VSO and it's free:http://www.afterdawn.com/software/video_software/video_encoders/vso_divxtodvd.cfm
here are some guides for you: http://home.comcast.net/~bbmayo/guides.htm don't know what programs you have to use to burn your movies that are on the hard drive? Did you download the movies? Then use the programs mentioned by Mistycat. Nero is a great program but don't use the latest version because it's buggy and many members have problems with it. So far, I haven't! But I also don't use it exclusively. It does a great job for what I want it to do. here are some other programs that many members love and use all the time: [bold]DVDDecrypter[/bold], download it from here: http://fileforum.betanews.com/download/DVD_Decrypter/1011845169/1 Although this program is not updated any more it's one of the best free programs that does EVERYTHING and still works for older movies that are at least a year old or older. And even works with some newer movies that didn't put in the newer encryptions. Use the guides that I gave you (above). [bold]DVDFab Decrypter[/bold] download it from here: http://www.dvdidle.com/free.htm when DVDDecrypter can't rip the movie to the hard drive(newer encryptions---the new movies) then use this program to rip to the hard drive.... it's free [bold]AnyDVD & CloneDVD2[/bold] download it from here: http://www.slysoft.com/en/ this is not freeware..... but it lets you have a 21 day trial period to use the programs and they work great on new movies and old and are updated often. So if new encryption come out on those new movies just released these programs will already have the updates! [bold]Shrink[/bold] download from here: http://www.afterdawn.com/software/video_software/dvd_rippers/dvd_shrink.cfm this is another freeware program that does many movies and you can reauthor a movie to the way you want it... good program for newbies with the guides and these programs you should be well on your way to burning DVDs to your hearts content! enjoy........ some tips of the trade: 1. use good media will stop many problems you might run into. Verbatim, Taiyo Yuden, Maxell, Sony..... look for the ones [bold]Made In Japan[/bold]. the exception to this rule is Verbatim. 2. burn at half the rated speed of your media (if the disk is an 8x media speed then burn at 4x). This will stop reading errors from your player. 3. Don't burn too close to the edge of the media. 4484MB is the max and on good media you can go as close as 4400.... to be sure I only go up to 4384MB just in case and I use Taiyo Yuden where I know my buddies go up to 4400 without any problems. 4. keep your firmware up do date..... this will make your writer recognize all the disks and burning speeds and other improvements with the software of your drive. just some things to consider when burning DVDs..... there are many more things to learn but this is a good start! If you want to read more and learn more then this is a good thread to read: http://www.afterdawn.com/software/video_software/dvd_rippers/dvd_shrink.cfm I hope this helps you out! good luck. And welcome to Afterdawn!
