I want to burn full movies that I have downloaded so I can play them on my dvd player. I have done this using Nero 7, but the program is crashing on my, I have tried to reinstall and it tells me I am missing some shelldatabse file, and won't let me install anything. I downloaded TMPGEnc and have encoded a couple movies. I have downloaded CDBurnXP but when I burned the file that I transcoded it will not play on any of my dvd players (ones that would play previously done movies on Nero. Am I missing a step in the burn process. TMP output says the file is encoding in MPEG-2 format. How can I be sure it is once it is finished transcoding? And what is this about authoring? Do I need to worry about this, or do I just burn the transcoded files as is? Is ISO an issue?
Sorry about the long question for such a simple problem,
Once you have encoded the file using TMPGEnc, you will have to author it (TMPGEnc DVD Author, DVD Lab, Ulead MovieFactory, etc). Nero won't require this step. MPEG 1 is VCD and MPEG 2 is SVCD, DVD compliant and an ISO is just an image file you can burn to CD, DVD. If you are trialling TMPGEnc, here is a program that will take you from your file to a burned DVD and it is far faster:http://www.afterdawn.com/guides/archive/vso_convertxtodvd_guide.cfm The trial will insert a watermark in your video and burns at half speed.
Use any of the programs I named to author. I use Ulead but TMPGEnc DVD Author may be your best bet as they may combine both programs in a single package or give you a deal. Here is a basic guide from the guides section and I am sure there are others here and around the web:http://www.afterdawn.com/guides/archive/tmpgenc_dvd_author_guide.cfm
