[benx8]

Also make sure that your DVD player will play the type of disc you are using. Some will play +R but not -R and some will not play RW discs. What are you using and what brand?

Same problem as discussed!!!

With Creator 2009, captured several Hi8 tapes to AVI. The User Guide for Creator 2009 says to make "DVD-videos" for playing on TV dvd players (pages 154-160).

I am using the "video copy and convert" to make dvds from my avi files. The destination dvd "format" gives over 13 options, however none of these options are "dvd-video"! Reading all around the web, it seems dvd-video is MPEG2?? I have tried multiple MPEG4 and MPEG2 dvds. They burn fine, work on the computer, but won't play on the TV systems.

Other formats seem irrelevant for playing on regular dvd players. I have a westinghouse tv/dvd-combo. My other player is a standard brand dvd player hooked to another tv.

(Chose AVI to avoid losses, but requires huge memory...still think avi may be the best way to preserve my tapes?)


So, I can't get a dvd "created" by roxio to play on either of my dvd players. Errors, eg "unknown disc".

My new computer burns dvds fine at 22X. I slowed burn rate to as low as 12x (as Roxio Discussion Group posts mentioned this as a possible solution). However, MPEG dvds still won't play on tv for family to watch.

DVDs say 4.7G, 01Media, A+ professional grade, DVD-R, 16x.


Other DVD suggestion?
Capture format suggestion rather than AVI?
Conversion format suggestion which "TV dvd player will recognize?"

[Jim_Hardin]

Previously answered in an IM: "For output, you can't make any decisions! The Authoring software (MyDVD) will format to meet the type of project you select. You can't just slap files on media, you have to Author.

For Capture it is either DV or DV HQ. Nothing else will do the job.

DV is uncompressed making large files, 13Gb per Hour. It places the least burden on the PC, ideal for low to mid range systems.

DV HQ is compressed but in the same level that DVD Movies are made. Only higher end PCs can keep up with the capture flow and many of them will bog down during edit as only a small portion can be seen so every time you move, it has to compress, put away then decompress the next section and load to memory."

This time Ben included some info (Video Copy & Convert) that he had not included before and offers another option… Just leave the Destination Format as DVD and it will work.