copying Cowboys videos on HD to DVD

[cowboy4322]

Hey all,

I have the videos from the previous games that Calico made on my hard drive, but I want to copy them to DVD. I have a cd/dvd burner. How is the best way to go about doing this? My operating system is Windows XP.

Thanks in advance

Cowboy4322

 

[BrAinPaiNt]

Hey all,

I have the videos from the previous games that Calico made on my hard drive, but I want to copy them to DVD. I have a cd/dvd burner. How is the best way to go about doing this? My operating system is Windows XP.

Thanks in advance

Cowboy4322

If you have a cd/dvd burner then you should have software with that burner.

Chances are that software has the ability to convert the video to a dvd playable format.

 

[Yeagermeister]

You don't need burner software with XP. You can just put in a blank cd and it should launch a window where you can drag and drop the files you want to burn. It doesn't always work properly so the burning software is usually the way to go.

 

[cowboy4322]

Thanks Brain and Yeager, I do have the software, I just have to find it.


Thanks again

Cowboy4322

 

[BrAinPaiNt]

Just be aware that there is a difference between just burning the files to a DVD (in a data disk type format) compared to burning it after it formatting the videos.

While formatting the videos to work in most DVD players it may take a long time to burn, or at least get ready to burn.

However I just made a data disk (on DVD) with all the clips for backup purposes...saves from a bunch of downloading again if something goes wrong with you computer.

 

[cowboy4322]

Just be aware that there is a difference between just burning the files to a DVD (in a data disk type format) compared to burning it after it formatting the videos.

While formatting the videos to work in most DVD players it may take a long time to burn, or at least get ready to burn.

However I just made a data disk (on DVD) with all the clips for backup purposes...saves from a bunch of downloading again if something goes wrong with you computer.

Thanks BP, I'll keep that in mind

 

[Viper]

Most DVD burners come with a program called Nero, it works really well. You can also use WinAVI video converter, should be able to download it from tucows. For backing up your dvd’s I use DVD Shrink, it’s free and it works really well.