Newbie wants to burn DVD-r

[jackdee98]

Excuse me being abit of a thicko but I need your guys help.

I'm looking for the simplest way to convert MPEGs on my hard drive to burn to DVD-r I'm hoping to use NERO as the 'burning tool' but I am abit confused of how to convert the MPEGs to enable Nero to burn them, any help is most appreciated.

P.S. As I'm abit of a technophobe an idiots guide would be most useful.

Many thanks

[setarip]

One set of procedures (other posters may/probably will suggest alternative methods) would be:

1) If not already DVD-compliant, use "TMPGEnc" (or "TMPGEncPlus") to convert the MPEG to compliant MPEG2-for-DVD format - Use "TMPGEnc's" DVD wizard/template to accomplish this (This step may not be necessary, if your MPEG-2 filies are already in DVD compliant format)

2) Use "TMPGEnc DVD Author" (a different program than "TMPGEnc") to easily create the required additional DVD files and structure (and chapters and a menu, if you wish)


**If the combined filesize of the DVD "package" written to your hard drive is greater than 4.37Gb, use DVD Shrink (or similar) to compress


If your O/S is either Win2000 or WinXP, TMPGEnc DVD Author can also burn your DVD. Otherwise, use NERO to burn in "DVD-Video" mode
(As an alternative to "TMPGEnc DVD Author", you could use "DVDLab")


Let us know of your success ;>}