DVD formats

[Freak4Sneaks]

i have movies on my itunes that are already formatted for my iphone. now im trying to burn them on a DVD. what format does the movie need to be in? can i use iDVD? if so how. and what free program can i use to format the movie in the right format for my dvd player.

thanks in advance.

 

[kgarner]

For starters, if these are movies you bought from iTunes you won't be able to burn them to a DVD (you can burn the files to DVD, but not create a DVD playable on a DVD player). DVD requires the video to be in MPEG-2 format. I am not positive, but I think that iDVD will handle the conversion for you if they are a format that iDVD recognizes (MPEG-4, MPEG-2, DV, but not stuff like DivX).

 

[Freak4Sneaks]

the files are in .avi format. and no these are not videos i bought from itunes. what software do i use to convert from .avi to mpeg-2 for my dvd player?

thanks again

 

[kgarner]

the files are in .avi format. and no these are not videos i bought from itunes. what software do i use to convert from .avi to mpeg-2 for my dvd player?

thanks again

Try Handbrake or MPEG Streamclip.

 

[Freak4Sneaks]

handbrake only lets me output the videos in mkv mp4 ogm.

 

[Freak4Sneaks]

after i convert the file to the right format. how do i actually burn it on to the disc?

 

[Sky Blue]

I use VisualHub, but I don't think you can buy it anymore. You can also use Toast.