dvd burning software

[Robert]

I'm trying to find some free software to burn a dvd, but can't find anything good enough..

I want to add special features etc, but all i can find are programs that have set menus with play and scene selection menu's.

Basically, i want it set out like this:

-introduction video
-menu ('play' links to movie, and 'special features' links to a special features menu)
-special features menu (needs to link to 3/4 different videos)

Any help?

 

[Arnold]

It's unlikely you'll find software capable of doing that for free! Why don't you purchase something legally?

 

[SuluR]

Nero does it, but it isnt free, maybe you can download the trial and do wat u need to do

 

[Bash1989]

sorry about that arnold

 

[rlees85]

powerdvd is good especially if you have a graphics card capable of hardware acceleration. costs a lot of money though...

 

[Robert]

tried a free trial of nero but i couldnt see a way of adding in the menus..

I think i've found something, but need to find a way of converting .wmv files to mpegs?

 

[Ed]

pinnacle studio will do that - again not free. Windows movie maker might get you some way too..

 

[Robert]

i used movie maker to make the videos, no way of putting in the menu's i want though. Windows dvd maker only has 'play' and 'scenes' menus, so thats no good either.

I've got a couple of programs that should do what i want now, but need to convert the wmv files to mpeg somehow..

 

[richj]

ffmpeg

 

[James]

ffmpeg

That's not really too helpful considering there's no GUI out of the box, and it's a pretty vast piece of software. Especially to add DVD menus and the like! Show me the command to add a bunch of DVD titles, to encode and burn to DVD and i'll give you a cookie.

 

[richj]

James I was responding to the last line of his last post,

I've got a couple of programs that should do what i want now, but need to convert the wmv files to mpeg somehow..

for which ffmpeg is perfect.

 

[James]

:blush: whoops!

Although, I think there's probably more user-friendly ways than just ffmpeg, this for example: http://www.cocoonsoftware.com/

 

[richj]

Robert, I just tried coverting wmv in xp. Heres what i did:

goto http://www.winff.org

download the stable version for windows

goto http://www.jhepple.com/support/sample_movies1.htm

download a sample .wmv

install the program, open it up, add the sample.wmv you download, click the dvd option, set as pal 4:3, press convert

worked a treat.

 

[Robert]

Cheers guys, I'll have a look at those options in a bit