Dear sulafa,
The advice I provide derives from my own experiences in DVD authoring
and burning; the entire tutorial is based on practical knowledge, not
on theory.
1. To make a DVD from the Windows Media Video (WMV) files you have,
you will first need a software application that converts them to
MPEG-2 type movie files. For this task, I recommend a program called
"TMPGEnc". You can download the free basic version here:
http://www.tmpgenc.net/e_main.html
2. Once you have installed the program, follow these steps:
- Start TMPGEnc
- You now should, in front of the program's main interface, see a
"Project Wizard" dialogue box.
- On the left side, choose "NTSC" if you want the final DVD to be
compatible to American and Japanese TV sets; choose "PAL" if the DVD
should be used with European TV equipment or almost anywhere in the
rest of the world.
- On the right side, there is a pull-down menu where you can choose
quality settings. Since your files are rather small, choose the "CBR"
setting with the highest kbps-rate available (usually 8000kbps). Your
DVD has room enough for highest quality.
- Click "Next"
- The new screen lets you choose a video file. Browse for one of the
two files you want to get on DVD. Don't change the other settings.
- Click "Next"
- On the new screen, don't change anything except one thing: Click
"Other Settings". A box labeled "MPEG setting" will appear. Enter the
"Video" section, and in the pull-down menu at the bottom, "Motion
search precision", choose "Highest quality (very slow)". Click "OK"
- Click "Next"
- On the new screen, don't change anything; just click "Next"
- On the new screen, choose name and location of the output file.
Then, click "OK"
- The first of your WMV files will now be converted to an MPEG-2 file
which can be used for DVD authoring. When that is finished, do the
same with the other file.
3. You now have two MPEG-2 movie files. Now you need a second software
application to create a set of final DVD files from them. Fot this
task, I recommend "TMPGEnc DVD Author". You can download a free trial
version (limited to 30 days of use) here:
http://www.pegasys-inc.com/e_main.html
4. Once you have installed TMPGEnc DVD Author, follow these steps:
- Start the program and click "Go" on the introduction screen
- The next screen appears. On the right side, there are two large
buttons, one of them labeled "Create new project". Click it.
- On the following screen, click the "Add file" button.
- A menu box pops up that will let you select the movie file you would
like to include. Choose one of your files.
- A screen will pop up, where all you have to do is to click "OK" at
the bottom.
- Back on the main screen, repeat the steps from "Add file" with the
second movie file.
- Once you have chosen all movie files you would like to have on DVD,
click the "Output" button on the top of the screen.
- Choose a destination for the DVD folder that will be created. Then,
click the large "Begin output" button.
- The program will notify you as soon as the DVD files are created. At
the destination you specified, you should now have two folders:
VIDEO_TS and AUDIO_TS
5. The last step is to burn a DVD from the files created by TMPGEnc
DVD Author. I recommend the software application "Nero 6.0". There is
a free, fully-featured demo version which you can download here:
http://www.nero.com/us/nero6-ultraedition.html
6. Once you have installed the Nero 6.0 software suite, start its
"Nero Burning ROM" application.
- Insert a DVD-R in your DVD burner
- Then, follow the steps as described in this tutorial (Acrobat Reader
file!):
ftp://ftp6.nero.com/Support_doc/PDFDVD/CreateVideo-DVD.PDF
- Your source for the BUP, IFO, and VOB files that make the DVD
content is the VIDEO_TS folder you created with TMPGEnc DVD Author.
Don't forget that ALL files in that folder must go into the VIDEO_TS
folder of the DVD you are creating!
By following these steps, you should successfully produce a DVD of
your movie files. It is exactly the way I do it (except that I do not
use the free trial versions of the necessary software), so it should
also work for you.
I hope I was able to help you.
Regards,
Scriptor |
