Windows Movie Maker, what is the fastest way to make a DVD?

Question

Hi

It seems to take hours to make a DVD, is there a quicker way?

First I capture the video from my mini dv tape camcorder, then I use windows movie maker to edit it and add sounds etc, save it as a WMV file and I then save it as a Movie onto my computer. Next I have to use Nero to convert it to DVD format and then burn the conversion onto my PC internal DVD drive. Is there not a way to make a DVD direct from windows movie maker or can Nero use the WMV file diret?

Any advice appreciated.

Thanks 10 points best answer

Answer 1

After editing everything in WMM, click publish to DVD. It will publish it directly to the dvd if you have a blank dvd in.



Hope I helped!

Answer 2

you can do the whole thing through Nero, capture, edit and burn to dvd, you are better of not saving the video as a WMV its a horrible video format, as you are editing AVI files when you come to export the video export it as an AVI, WMV is compressed, then you are going to recompress it to your dvd as a VOB file. Always leave the video as it was captured ( but edited) you are going to get the best results. nero will import many formats,



Nero Vision I think is better than WMM anyway, but thats your choice, it does take time to convert the video and burn it to your DVD, dont expect it to be done in ten minutes. even on my system Built for editing and producing video it takes some time.



Good luck



RR

Answer 3

You may try convertxtodvd, I always use it to convert and burn wmv video to DVD for playback, it takes about 30 minutes to burn a two hours movie, I think the burning speed is fast than nero. If you are interested in it, here is a guide about how to download and use it

http://www.reviewstown.com/how-to-burn-avi-divx-movie-to-playable-dvd.html

Hope it helps, email me if you need further help.

Answer 4

If you want to burn video DVD from any videos, no wmm, or nero, there is an easy way, you can try RZ DVD Creator, It can burn multi videos to one disc, it can auto fit the size, it can create standard video DVD from any videos, it can directly convert and burn any videos to DVD(DVD+R, DVD-R, DVD-RW, DVD+RW, DVD-DL, DVD+DL, etc), such as avi to DVD, wmv to DVD, etc.



Work well on my computer, easy to use, following is a step by step guide about DVD Creation:

http://www.rzfun.com/convert-avi-to-dvd.html



Hope it can help you.

Answer 5

I think you can try this easiest-to-use DVD burner software/DVD Movie Creator software that can help you convert movies to DVD and burn DVD movie to DVD disc, DVD folder and ISO files, being played on portable or home DVD players.



It allows you to create special and personalized DVD movies, combine your video collections into video slideshows with beautiful transition effects, customize them with menu template, and add background music, pictures at your Choices; by the way of this DVD Creator you also can edit your video files in your style by cropping, trimming and video effect adjusting, setting watermark, etc.



You can see detail and free download it here:

http://www.flash-to-video.com/products/dvd-creator.html



Here are two useful guide for you:



Converts video to DVD and burn DVD movies

http://www.flash-to-video.com/blog/?p=485



Edit you Video before burn to DVD

http://www.flash-to-video.com/blog/?p=487



certainly, http://answers.yahoo.com will offer you more options

I hope this may help you, any questions, please contact me by mail