[mcbain221]

Hello - I have many videos on my pc that I'd like to burn to a DVD.

I've tried this and it hasn't worked:

- Inserted DVD into drive
- Chose "Burn a DVD Video Disk using Windows DVD Maker" (selected from auto-play menu)
- Added video file from pc's hard drive

Problem - I frequently get "unsupported file type" message. Often the DVD Maker program stops working and restarts.

1) How do I know what types of files are supported by this program?
2) How do I know the video format of the files in question?
3) Is there a way to either convert the file into a supported version, or configure the DVD Maker program to support other file types?

I think u get the idea.. can anyone help?

[fairnooks]

If you start the DVD maker independently and click on add items there's a list of compatible video formats in the dropdown in the lower right it includes; avi, mpg, m1v, mp2v, mpeg, mpe, mpv2, wm, wmv, mswmm, dvr-ms and asf.

You want to be able to see the extension of the file to determine what fomat it is.

DVD maker file support can only be changed by version updates that may include such features, so converting unsupported files into supported ones is the only option if you want to continue using DVD maker. http://www.erightsoft.com/Superdc.html

[mcbain221]

Thanks for reply, but I'm still having trouble.

When I start Windows DVD Maker by itself & click "Add Files" as recommended, the drop-down menu in the lower right corner only has broad categories to choose from: "audio file," "media file," "video file," i.e., no apparent options to chose specific video formats by type.

I also checked out the link provided but the site was incomprehensible to me, a lot of advanced video-coding langauge that I can't understand.

Any other help available? Thanks in advance

[fairnooks]

Try opening a video file with DVD maker by going to the video source folder. If it shows up in the Open window then it is compatible as far as extension goes, if it does not show up then it is not compatible. If it doesn't show up then you need a converting program like Super but I understand it is a fairly daunting program, not easy to use at all.

You can try a program like DVDFlick to make your DVDs, it supports many more formats than DVD Maker and you may be able to avoid the format conversion. A new version just came out so it probably has some enhancements that I am unaware of, and I already have a high opinion of it.

Good luck.