Friday, August 28, 2009

Convert any format video to DVD for playable on TV

We often download various vides online. We need burn these video to DVD for playback on TV. Now we can use Wondershare Video to DVD Burner to organize video files to slideshows and burn them to DVD.

Step 1: Organize your slideshow
Click the 'Load file' button to load the video files you want to burn. Then drag & drop the loaded files from the Collections pane to the slideshow storyboard to start organize your slideshow. You can sort the order of the video files in a slideshow by drag them in the storyboard. Click the Add Slideshow button (the first button from the left above the storyboard).


Step 2: Apply Effects
Click the Effect tab and you will see all the available transitions in the Effect pane, to apply a transition, you can just drag and drop it to into the slideshow storyboard.


Step 3: Customize DVD menu
Click the Menu tab to customize your DVD menu. There are different styles of built-in templates, frames and buttons for your choice. To apply a template, frame or button, you can just double click it. You can even add text, background music and background image to customize the menu.


Step 4 Preview your video slideshow(s)
Click the Preview tab to preview your slideshow project by click the preview control buttons. This step is to help you decide if everything is what you have expected. If not, you can go back to any of the previous steps to make changes to your project.


Step 5 Start Burning
After you finish the four steps above, click the Burn tab to prepare for burning your project. If you want o burn your project directly to the DVD disc you have inserted in your DVD-ROM, you can just select "DVD" in the "Burn to" field, specify a temp folder (used to save the generated temporary files), select your DVD drive and burning program (either built-in or your own burning application), select, select your TV Standard and output aspect ration, and click Start to burn your project. If you just want to create DVD files or an ISO file for the current project, you can just select the "DVD Folder" or "ISO file" option, specify a folder to save them, and click Start to generate DVD files or ISO onto your computer.


Video* - Audio Video Interleaved - A multimedia file format for storing sound and moving pictures in RIFF format developed by Microsoft. An Video file can use different codecs and formats so there is no set format for an Video file unlike for example standard VCD video which sets a standard for resolution, bitrates, and codecs used.

DVD* - DVD stands for Digital Video Disc. A standard VCD records video data in MPEG-1format. On the other hand, a standard DVD records video data in MPEG-2 format. A DVD player or a computer equipped with a DVD drive is required to play DVDs. Almost all DVD players also play VCDs.

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Tuesday, August 25, 2009

How to watch mutiple WMV videos on TV

WMV video is a one of the most pop format video we often use. Enjoy the WMV video on TV, Xbox, PS 3 or other DVD Players is often necessary in our common life. Now we can follow this simple guide to learn how to burn WMV video to DVD Disc. The tool you will need is Wondershare WMV to DVD Burner, which can make DVD from WMV video slideshow with customizable DVD menu and transition effects by editing the video freely.

Beacause there are multiple WMV video files need to be burned, organizing a WMV video slideshow would be a good idea. Try it now as following!

1. Add video files: Click "Load Video", then find and select target WMV videos in poped window.

2. Organize a WMV video slideshow: drag & drop WMV video files from the collections panel to the storyboard below to start organizing your slideshow. A slideshow allows to add upto 20 slides.

Burn WMV to DVD

Order: you can sort the order of the WMV video files in the storyboard by dragging and dropping.

Add a slide: right click mouse and select the first option "Add Slideshow" to add a slide.

Edit a video: select a WMV video in the storyboard, right click mouse, and you will see three options: "Edit", "Remove", and "Clear All". Just select "Edit" to edit video effects.

3. Transition: click "Transition" and you will see all the available transition effects in the transition panel. A simple click could help you to display the tiansition effect in the right window. Just drag and drop the transition effect you want to the middle of two WMV video files in the slideshow storyboard.

Burn WMV to DVD

4. Menu: Click "Menu" to customize your DVD menu. There are different styles of built-in templates, frames and buttons for your choice. To apply a template, frame or button, you can just double click it. You can even add text, background music and background image to customize the menu.

Burn WMV to DVD

5. Preview: please click when you have finished organizing the WMV video slideshow to check if everything is ok. If not, just go back to the previous steps.

6. Burn: click "Burn" tab to start burning WMV video slideshow to DVD.

After all these steps done, you will get the WMV video burned on DVD Disc and enjoy it on TV or DVD Player together with friends and family.

Note: There are two different TV Standards: "NTSC" is 30 fps, which is used in USA, Canada and Japan; "PAL" is 25fps, used in Europe and Asia.

Learn what is DAT video and burn DAT video to DVD

I wonder to know if you heard of DAT video. We often see it in VCD, and in VCD the DAT video is MEG video. It is converted from MPEG-1 when burning. We may also come cross this video online. So in this guide I will show you how to burn DAT video to DVD disc for playback on TV DVD or players. Besides, you'll get to know how to make a DAT video slideshow with customizable menu and transitions.

All you need is a powerful DVD creator like Wondershare Video to DVD Burner which supports converting DAT to DVD. You can download Wondershare Video to DVD Burner free from this official website. You can follow the following steps to get it done.

Step 1: Add DAT Video Files

Click "Load Video" to browse your computer and find the DAT movies, then add DAT movies from your hard drive to the program. Well they will appear in the collections panel.

Convert DAT Movie to DVD

Step 2: Convert DAT to DVD directly

If you don't want to add any special effect, you can convert one DAT file to DVD directly. Just select the DAT video file in the collections panel, click "Burn" tab, a window will pop up for you to set the output target(you can convert DAT to DVD disc, DVD folder, or ISO), aspect ratio, etc.

Convert DAT Movie to DVD

If you want to convert multiple DAT movies or videos together to one DVD disc, making a slideshow would be a good choice for you!

Step 3: Combine multiple DAT movies to a slideshow

Drag and drop DAT movies from the collections pane to storyboard to start organizing a slideshow.

Order: You can sort the order of the DAT movies in the storyboard by dragging and dropping.

Add a slide: right click mouse and select the first option "Add Slideshow" to add a slide. Then you can add DAT movies to this slide. There are two other options: "Remove Slideshow" and "Play Slideshow", just do as you like.

Edit a video: select a DAT movie in the storyboard, right click mouse, and you will see three options: "Edit", "Remove", and "Clear All". Just select "Edit" to edit video effects.

Step 4: Set Transition

Click "Transition" and you will see all the available transition effects in the transition pane. A simple click could help you to display the transition effect in the right window. Just drag and drop the transition effect you want to apply to the middle of two DAT files in the slideshow storyboard.

Convert DAT Movie to DVD

Step 5: Customize DVD Menu

Click "Menu" to customize your DVD menu. There are different styles of built-in templates, frames and buttons for your choice. To apply a template, frame or button, you can just double click it.

You can even add text, background music and background image to customize the menu.

Convert DAT Movie to DVD

Step 6: Preview and Burn

Preview: click "Preview" to preview your slideshow. This step is to help you decide if everything is what you have expected. If not, you can go back to any of the previous steps to make changes to your project.

Burn: this step is the same as the second step. Please go back to Step 2.

Now you have burned the DTA video to DVD Disc. You can enjoy the video on TV or DVD Player together with your friends and family.

TV Standards: Please note different countries use different TV Standards: "NTSC" is 30 fps, which is used in USA, Canada and Japan; "PAL" is 25fps, which is used in Europe and Asia.

Tips: The used disc space is shown on the disc space bar underneath the storyboard; You can select the size of burning DVD between "DVD-R4.5G" and "DVD-R9.0G"; The output quality is also up to your choice, you may select "Low video quality", "High video quality" or "Highest video quality".