Question Regarding Burning Downloaded Movies To DVD And Why They Only Work On Some DVD Players

HacheMan · Dec 27, 2010

I'm sure some of you have the answer to this.....

When I download movies, and burn them to dvd, they don't play on hardly any dvd players.

Is the problem with the program I'm using, the dvds, or something else?

Thanks fellas.....

seanm0520 · Dec 27, 2010

I'd say it's the file type. For example, a lot of movies I download are like a .mkv file or some crap and only VLC media player will play them. Not a DVD, not quicktime, not Windows Media Player.

For files you download and want to burn, make sure it is a .AVI file.

betmonkey · Dec 27, 2010

what software are you using to burn movies to dvd?

Freemake is a great software for converting any type of file to a dvd, avi, youtube even does Bluray...etc.......It's free
I know sometimes I download a movie and try to use windows dvd maker and it will not recognize certain file types...espcially mpg-4 so I use Freemake to convert directly from mpg-4 to dvd or if you want to use another type of burner then just use Freemake to convert the file to avi.

If you burn a file to a dvd as DATA this will not play on most dvd players
make sure you are actually convertin the files to dvd format.

HacheMan · Dec 27, 2010

betmonkey said:
what software are you using to burn movies to dvd?

if you burn a file to a dvd as data this will not play on most dvd players
make sure you are actually convertin the files to dvd format.

Sonic recordnow, but have tried windows media player to burn as well

And I convert them to dvd format how?

Thanks

betmonkey · Dec 27, 2010

http://www.freemake.com/

Download, install, choose file to conert and then convert to dvd

Right click on the files you are hoving problems with
click "media info" and it will tell you what type of file you have.

I got freemake from Cnet.com. Very good reviews from editors and users. Works as good as the pay software like Nero...etc. just as fast also

HacheMan · Dec 27, 2010

betmonkey said:
http://www.freemake.com/

Download, install, choose file to conert and then convert to dvd

Right click on the files you are hoving problems with
click "media info" and it will tell you what type of file you have.

I got freemake from Cnet.com. Very good reviews from editors and users. Works as good as the pay software like Nero...etc. just as fast also

There are tabs at the top of this program: Video - Audio - Dvd - Photo - Past URL

And tabs at the bottom: to avi - to dvd - to blue ray - etc. ( I assume to burn)

I opened/added the file through the VIDEO tab up top.

Now, I click CONVERT at the very top.

When I select TO DVD, will this convert the file as it burns it?

Thanks again

Thanks Again

KingofNicotine · Dec 27, 2010

What kind of file are you downloading? That's the problem right there.

JakeT. · Dec 27, 2010

Yup. We need to know the file extension of the failed DVD burns...

betmonkey · Dec 27, 2010

"When I select TO DVD, will this convert the file as it burns it?"

Yes...it will convert and burn at the same time

HacheMan · Dec 27, 2010

KingofNicotine said:
What kind of file are you downloading? That's the problem right there.

Jake T. said:
Yup. We need to know the file extension of the failed DVD burns...

Looks like they're all AVI files

They're downloaded via torrents.

They play on the computer, but when I burn them, they don't work on hardly any dvd players.