video files

I have a bunch of video files on my hdd. What is the best software to burn on dvd so I can save some space?

 

Nero or anything else capable of burning data to DVD's.

 

nero does not work, any other suggestions?

 

Doesn't work? Can you be more descriptive?

You start a data compiliation, drag the files over and press burn. Then something goes wrong?

 

I have video files that are not images. I keep on trying to burn and keep on getting a error saying "incompatible file".

 

sounds like you want to convert them to be watch on a dvd player instead of backing up the data ?

 

correct

 

Does anyone have a the answer to my question? I am trying to make copies of my video files, so I can play the videos on my dvd player.

 

It would be of some help if you were kind enough to tell us what format are the files you are trying to burn (avi, mpeg etc).

 

First thing to do is to convert your movies to MPEG-2:
http://www.digitalvideoclub.com/basics/encoding.php
Then you create a DVD with an authoring program:
http://www.digitalvideoclub.com/basics/createdisc.php

 

Nice if you said that to begin with.

As said you need to convert, author and then lastly burn or use an all in one type app to do the lot or as much possible in one go.

 

You said convert author, how do you do that?

 

Get VSO DivX to DVD.
Load the movie, convert, burn the result.

 

try looking for a guide, once you get the hang of it, you'll improve every step on using the most efficient way.

or

get a HTPC

 

My video files are wmv

 

normally i would use avisynth's directshowsource ()

how about muxing it to avi ?
avimuxgui ?
any comment on this method anyone ?

there are oneclick tool out there.
winavi (or something)

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