Music Video DVD

[Chris Kulbaba]

Hey everyone... got a ton of music videos off the newsgroups and wanting to make my own DVD of music videos to play on the new In-Dash DVD unit...



Anyone know how I go about doing this properly?



Thanks!

 

[Boodrodon Dykes]

You need a DVD burner. If you have one, then your good to go. (most likely if u have a burner then you have a program that came with it or a different one.)





Boodro

 

[Brian Curry]

Don't use dvd shrink 3.2 it is illeagal to use ..........So don't use DVD SHRINK 3.2 ......OK

 

[Bruce Branch]

brianC, should you NOT use dvd shrink 3.2 to burn full length movies as well? Does it compress a movie so it will fit on an single dvd?

 

[Thomas Rogers]

BrianC...DVD Shrink, DVD XCopy and others that use the DES encryption hack are now illegal to sell, due to the DMCA, but if you owned a copy purchased before the DMCA came into affect, I think these programs are STILL legal to use when used to make legal backups.



I think I am right on that, but if you have something that SPECIFICALLY says otherwise, please provide.



Thanks,

TJR

 

[Thomas Rogers]

XST, does your new in-dash unit support Divx/MPEG 4 movies?



If so, you may be in luck. Most DVD players use a traditional DVD format which is proprietary and uses a special convention of known folders and file names for the various dvd elements, including the menu and the main movie. However, some of the newer players that support Divx allow a set of movies burned on a DVD data disc to play, just like some DVDs support a picture-viewer mode of CD-R's filled with JPG photo files. If your player supports this, just burn the files onto a DVD.



If your player doesn't support DIVX, then you need to consider your source material. Chances are the stuff you downloaded off the newsgroups is DIVX (or MPEG4) as that seems the codec of choice for peer-shared video on the Internet these days. If this is the case, then you will probably need a program that will transcode back to MPEG2, and properly build the necessary DVD menu files (the convention I discussed above...because if the player doesn't support DIVX chances are it won't support a data disc of MPEG2 files either).



Nero will let you burn a DVD from a set of individual movie files and it transcodes along the way and creates all the necessary menu files and such. I don't know if it can transcode DIVX files though. You will have to try it. Start with the latest version.



TJR

 

[Fudged Undies]

DVD ripping software may be illegal, (brian's post read a bit more like a plug than discouragement) but there is still plenty of ripping software available for purchase whether it's legal or not.

 

[Thomas Rogers]

DVD ripping software, persay, isn't illegal. It is 100% legal to backup a copy of a DVD for personal use. What made most DVD software illegal was the DES encryption algorithm hack that circumvented a copyright convention mechanism...and that circumvention is specifically prohibited by the Digtal Millenium Copyright Act (DMCA) of 2000. Now DVD copy programs selling today on store shelves simply don't have the code that circumvents the DES encryption which makes them legal to sell. And, it also means they will only copy un-encrypted DVDs in a shrink mode and encrypted DVDs as-is. Some get around the issue by letting you download from a third-party the DES decrypt library and if found on your system they will use it...but they don't ship it.



TJR

 

[Brian Curry]

That illegal program does shrink to fit DVD's if it is used........to do that sort of stuff

 

[Ryan Schaecher]

Whatever you do, DO NOT DOWNLOAD DVDShink3.2 from the internet... even though it is readily available and .... from what I've "read"... works like a charm. Do not look at the website <A HREF="http://www.dvdshrink.org/what.html"> HERE </A> .



**NOTE**

This information posted strictly for educational use only. Use at your own risk. Blah Blah Blah

 

[Chris Kulbaba]

Actually, NeroVision was simple to use and didnt have to reformat the videos to certain file types.



Drag and drop .mpg, vod, avi, etc files, click burn, done!

 

[Thomas Rogers]

XST, did Nero have you go through the motion of creating the title menu and all that, and did the DVD work in your player?



TJR

 

[TomT]

Screw the DMCA. Cucusoft makes some great programs if you need to convert from DIVX or AVI. NeroVision also works.