Toadstool
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Right-clicking on the ISO file I don't get "Burn to disc" as an option, but I do get "burn disc image". Is that quite different? Or equivalent? Should it create a playable DVD (ie playable on a standalone DVD player?) - (trying to burn a dvd tends to take hours & tends not to work, which is why I'm asking again before trying again ...)
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Yes, but when I said "DVD compatible" I meant (in this context) a file / format that can be burned onto a DVD in such a way that it makes a DVD that will play on a DVD player. I want to watch my movies on my big TV screen not just my little laptop screen. I'm still confused. In Windows 7, Windows Movie Maker / DVD Maker produces WMV files, not MPEG2, but still produces playable DVDs. And: in Videopad if I go to "Export DVD Movie" then pick "DVD Movie disc" (NOT data disc), I'd expect that to make a playable DVD - as people on this thread have said it should - using MPEG2 or whatever it needs? Is that wrong? Also: I notice that PhotoStage (also from NCH) gives plenty of choice for file formats for DVD burning - eg, avi, wmv etc - but the list doesn't include mpeg2. It does include "mpg" though - is that the same?
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Ah, just found that "Mount" menu that C-major posted: it comes up when I right-click on the ISO file which my laptop CD/DVD drive says is "ready to be written to the disc". But I've already tried writing that to a disc & got "disc image has been successfully burned to disc" (which my standalone DVD player responds to with "playback feature may not be available on this disc"). But is "burn disc image" the same thing as actually burning a DVD? The old Windows Movie Maker (on Windows 7) used to make WMV files which the old Windows DVD Maker (also Windows 7) burned perfectly playable (on my standalone DVD player) DVDs from. So I'm assuming WMV files are DVD compatible. The problem seems to be either with videopad or with Windows 10.
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Well, I tried burning a DVD from the Image file as per borate's instructions. The 1st time it said "failed", though it turns out the TS files were on the disc. Tried again & got "disc image has been successfully burned to disc", but my DVD player still won't play it: says "playback feature may not be available on this disc". C-major, where did you find that menu you've posted above? After editing in videopad I can save my home-made vids as .wmv files - do they count as "DVD format"? Should that Windows 10 feature (if I can find it) be able to burn a DVD with "playback feature" from them?
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Thanks - found that, now trying to create the image file. It says it estimates it'll take 2 & a half hours ... I'll let you know. That link you've given me goes to a page that says "applies to Windows 7", not 10 though. Does Win 10 have a built-in DVD burner?
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Sorry, I don't understand - can't find "export to ISO image" in VP, though Express Burn has "create ISO" from a disc and "write ISO image to a disc". My Windows 7 computer has the old Windows DVD Maker - is that what you mean by Windows built in burner? This laptop (Win10) doesn't seem to have a built in burner. I've been trying to use Express Burn to burn DVDs but it always comes up with "DVD Authoring failed".
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It's videopad 4.45 - only installed a week or so ago. The DVD player is a Funai DBVR-5500 (quite old, VCR & DVD player). My desktop computer is Windows 7 & my laptop (brand new) is Windows 10 - I've tried both but it makes no difference to DVDs, although editing in VP is easier in Windows 10. On the desktop (Win7), I burned another DVD overnight, trying PAL instead of NTSC. But when I put it in the DVD player I get the same message: "playback feature not available ..." It still plays my old DVD+R discs, burned in the past with Windows Movie Maker / DVD Maker. But that software is now unreliable on Win7 & apparently not available for Win10, which is why I'm experimenting with Videopad. VP has far more features & seems attractive, but I can't sort out how to make DVDs!
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Hi c-major: the DVD player manual says it takes "DVD video". Yesterday I saved a VP project (approx. 45 minutes) as a "video file" (from within VP) & left it to burn a DVD overnight using Express Burn. This morning it just says it "failed". The disc was DVD+R.
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Hi - I was using NTSC but I'll try PAL - which a bit of internet browsing suggests what may be what an older DVD player / TV needs. If that doesn't work I'll try Express Burn or something like that. But one of the attractions for me of Videopad is that it looks like you can bypass the "save video" step & go direct from editing to burning. With Windows Movie Maker after editing a movie, I had to save a movie file (an overnight job with a movie of an hour plus) before I could burn it (another overnight job) ...
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Can't find an ENCODING button. I can get "choose settings" which gives a choice of NTSC or PAL, with NTSC set as default - is this the one you mean? I'm in the UK, if that makes any difference - & my TV & VCR/DVD player is a bit ancient ..
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Can Videopad make DVDs that will play on an ordinary DVD player through a TV set? After editing, I've been going to "export DVD movie" then "DVD movie disc". This makes DVDs that will play on the computer, but at lower quality / resolution than Preview, but when I put the disc in my TV's DVD player I get "disc error, please eject the disc, playback feature may not be available on this disc". What's going wrong?
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I've been using "Export DVD Movie" then clicking "DVD movie disc" from within Videopad. This makes DVDs that will play on the computer, but at lower quality / resolution than Preview. When I put this disc in my DVD player attached to the TV I get "Disc error, please eject the disc, Playback feature may not be available on this disc". What am I doing wrong?
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Thanks gents, it's making sense now. I was used to Windows Movie Maker but I'm coming to like VP.
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Thanks - think I've got it - trying to delete the 1st few minutes of a clip, I missed the very first fraction of a second, so there was an extra clip of 0.002 seconds or something daft hiding between the clips ,,, zoomed right in & cut it out. I'm slowly getting there.
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Thanks. Do you mean one (or both) of the clips may be too short for a 3-second fade? - so a frame is a 30th of a second? My clips are usually several minutes each. If I use the "x" marker in the top R corner of the frame to insert a transition, it often doesn't ask me how long for. The "transitions" tab at top of screen seems more reliable. Also: hard to tell whether a transition has actually gone in or not. When I play it, when it gets to a join between clips it tends to stop & say "building transition, please wait", & then start the next clip in a minute.
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I'm using "crossfade" transition between clips. Sometimes it lets me set it for 3 seconds but other times when I ask for 3 seconds it says it's "invalid" & only lets me have 0.002 seconds (? or something, I forget the exact length but it's tiny & not worth having,) Why is this?