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Hi Guys

I am trying to copy from my hard drive onto a disc a windows media player film I have edited and created on Pinnacle v10. I assumed it would copy and paste straight onto a DVD+RW disc as my drive is a dual layer +/- one but it will not allow me to do that. If i try to copy to a CDR it only copies the audio.

When I create a DVD direct from Pinnacle to the DVD+RW it works. So how do I copy a windows media player video file to disc??

Help would be appreciated.

Graham

Hi Graham,

are you trying to use the DVD as a removable file device or in DVD video mode?

Ian.

As a removable file device. So I want the .wmv file that Pinnacle created on a backup disc.

If I transfer straight from Pinnacle to the DVD disc as a DVD it works but as a .wmv copied from a directory on my c: after it has been created it doesnt wanna know!

Graham

Sorry in advance if I'm telling you what you already know
Personally, I have little confidence in DVDs of any flavour
as a back-up medium. I've had nowt but trouble with them!

Have you pre-formatted the DRD+RW, are you re-using an old one?
Are you getting any system messages?

Its always difficult to burn wmv to DVD disk as it wasmt designed for it wmv is mainy for playback on a computer but it should burn to CD disk ok so if your having problems there i should try another CD disk to record to.

The DVD will need to be burnt as a data-disc.

If you simply want to drag and drop (like you would with a second hdd) then you need something like InCD from Nero.

Jacques

Should I just not be able to drap & drop/copy & paste straight to a CDR or RW? If I do that it seems only to copy the audio from the film. Or do I need nero for this also??

Graham

You need to user Nero or similar to encapsulate the wmv file in an iso image and burn the iso image. This will give you a removable data disk with the wmv on it as if it were on a hard disk, CD or floppy as opposed to a playable DVD.

If you use a new DVD+RW, a formatting process preceeds the burn.

I have never successfully re-used a DVD+RW... I've given up on them!!!

Cheers,
Ian.

Ok thanks for the advice. Do you know of a downloadable piece of software which will do the job??

Windows XP's built in burning engine only supports CD thats why.

To burn your file to any type of DVD you need a proper burning program like Nero. Pinnacle will only let you burn DVD-Video format, not individual files.

I've been using Nero and DVD+RW discs for a few years now. In fact one of my DVD+RW discs is 3 years old and I use it at least weekly and its still working without a problem. Thats a memorex one.