Burning a DVD

Posted on Thu 24th, April 2008

• #1

Vinz

How do i burn a movie from my laptop onto a dvd that will then work on a 'normal' home DVD player?

P.S Im a mac user.
• #2

turpe

http://mac.sofotex.com/Multimedia/DVD_Utilities/

Something from that lot should do it.
• #3

cornelius_blackfoot

wouldn't the best thing be to plug your laptop into your tv, and play it that way, if you've got front row on your laptop you should be just able to av out into tv and do that, saves you burning a dvd.
I'm willing to be corrected if I'm wrong.
• #4

badtmy

he'll probably need a dongle to output video. macbooks/MBPs have a proprietary display output AFAIK.

if the content is not copyright protected and not too long you should be able to use the iDVD software that comes installed on the mac. but i've never tried this so i don't know - i have the dongle.

EDIT don't know if iDVD can handle DivX or Xvid files, sorry.
• #5

rusty

Toast
• #6

miro_o

bored.

(check the tags)
• #7

Vinz

[QUOTE=miro_o;154324]Bored

Check tags.
• #8

pj_(pj)

if you are using imovie, there's a function within that.

i use idvd, which is bundled with macs, and you can drag and drop your media files and create menus. your files need to be QT though i think prior to burning.
• #9

tynan

The free route:

To rip a DVD (regrdless of copyright protection, DRM or region) use Handbrake - free from http://handbrake.fr/

To burn a domestic DVD player compatible DVD - use iDVD.
• #10

Vinz

Thanks

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