P/C to DVD Transfer

big ste

I'm not really up to speed with this stuff,so bear with me.

We got married last year,and a friend of a friend of a friend,did the video for us.

We got the dvd back,but it will only play on the pc,it won't play on the dvd.
Is there anyway of changing the format so we can get it copied onto a playable dvd.
We had a few issues withthe fella,so I'm not all that keen on going back to him.

Any ideas would be great.

Ste

minxie

big ste wrote: »

I'm not really up to speed with this stuff,so bear with me.

We got married last year,and a friend of a friend of a friend,did the video for us.

We got the dvd back,but it will only play on the pc,it won't play on the dvd.
Is there anyway of changing the format so we can get it copied onto a playable dvd.
We had a few issues withthe fella,so I'm not all that keen on going back to him.

Any ideas would be great.

Ste

Hi
save the disc to your pc and use your windows
media player to burn it to new disc
using media player options format it to "dvd"

should be ok then

big ste

minxie wrote: »

Hi
save the disc to your pc and use your windows
media player to burn it to new disc
using media player options format it to "dvd"

should be ok then

Hi Minxie,

That's brilliant,thanks a mill,star !!:D

Bob Z

big ste wrote: »

I'm not really up to speed with this stuff,so bear with me.

We got married last year,and a friend of a friend of a friend,did the video for us.

We got the dvd back,but it will only play on the pc,it won't play on the dvd.
Is there anyway of changing the format so we can get it copied onto a playable dvd.
We had a few issues withthe fella,so I'm not all that keen on going back to him.

Any ideas would be great.

Ste

Is it a proper dvd or is it a computer file saved onto DVD?

If its a proper dvd it might not play on your own particular dvd player(especially if its an old dvd player or playstation 2). if thats the case you could try copying it on your pc. Use a slow speed eg x2 and good quality disc

big ste

Bob Z wrote: »

Is it a proper dvd or is it a computer file saved onto DVD?

If its a proper dvd it might not play on your own particular dvd player(especially if its an old dvd player or playstation 2). if thats the case you could try copying it on your pc. Use a slow speed eg x2 and good quality disc

Hi Bob,

As far as I know,he transferred the video he shot onto a harddrive,then copied that onto a dvd that should have been able to play on our dvd player.When we put it in,it couldn't read the disc,so I'm presuming it can only be played on a pc,we had the same problems with the disc that had the photo's on as well,it would only play on the pc,so what with me being a bit thick with this kind of thing,I'm at a loss.

Thanks again for any help,

Steve

Bob Z

big ste wrote: »

Hi Bob,

As far as I know,he transferred the video he shot onto a harddrive,then copied that onto a dvd that should have been able to play on our dvd player.When we put it in,it couldn't read the disc,so I'm presuming it can only be played on a pc,we had the same problems with the disc that had the photo's on as well,it would only play on the pc,so what with me being a bit thick with this kind of thing,I'm at a loss.

Thanks again for any help,

Steve

Try it on another dvd player.

ED E

Has the disk been finalized?

VideoPhoto

The DVD format used and working on your computer is probably DVD+RW.

You need to transfer that DVD to Video and back onto a format that plays on your DVD player.

What format plays on your DVD player?
Check the bottom of the DVD player and see DVD+R or DVD-r or other combination.

Convert the video to DVD now using that format.

I do this regularly for people and it's quick enough.

I'm in Cork city area if you need any help contact me.

Cheers