Trying to move old vhs tapes to dvd. bought a diamond one touch video capture and successfully recorded the vhs tape to my computer. When I burn this to a DVD it appears to burn it as a Data File versus a DVD that I can play.
I can watch the video when I click on the recorded dvd on my laptop------but I can not view it when put in the dvd player
I have tried recording this vhs in 3 formats dvd vcd and ,svcd. All give me the same result when I burn to a dvd----I want the dvd to play the recording when put in my dvd player---help
You need to use DVD burning software that can burn the disc in the standard DVD video format. It sounds like you are just burning it as a data DVD and it isn't setting up the DVD in the correct format. If your DVD player is older, try using DVD-R discs. Old players could not read the DVD+R discs. And don't use rewritable discs. And if all that doesn't work, try a different brand of disc. Some players prefer different brands of discs.
do you have any recommendations for dvd burning software? I read about Img burn -and it sounds like that may work--are you familiar with it?
I have been burning to dvd+r disks. Someone else gave me a video recorded to the identical type and brand of disk and it works so I am thinking the disk is not the problem.
thanks for your feedback
As per response #1, you need to look in your burning software for "Burn a DVD" rather than "Burn a Data DVD" (the words might vary). EDIT:
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What you need is a burner that will produce a VIDEO_TS folder containing IFO/VOB/BUP files. Nero will do it if you have it onboard.
ImgBurn is a good program but it is for creating an image rather than what you are after.
DVDStyler might be the best one look at:
http://www.dvdstyler.org/en/
I've used this for your situation.CDBurnerXP freebie is OK for DVD's up to Windows 7 (despite it having CD and XP in its name):
http://cdburnerxp.se/en/home
Looks like it should work on Win 8 but I've not tried it on that. It's a very simple program.Always pop back and let us know the outcome - thanks
heaviekevie If you been reading my #4, check again because I've been amending it.
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Thanks, ideally I would like find some good free software to accomplish this task I bought this diamond one touch device to move the video from vhs tape to my computer
I thought moving these files to dvds would be easy---so far that has not been the case
I will check out CDBurnerXP. Thanks for your insight.
Here's some more about DVD Styler:
http://www.hanselman.com/blog/HowTo...That too is FREE, has lots of features and is quite light.
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