Have .mp4; trying to make playable DVD

If you install AviSynth and you can create a simple script just to open the video file, you can then use the free AVStoDVD to create the DVD folder or ISO from it. If you have ImgBurn installed you can burn to DVD after creating the folder/ISO or directly.

SIW2 said:

apparently it is possible, but I wouldnt recommend it. Easier to use dvdstyler

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Neither would I. After seeing what DVDStyler could do I never wanted to go back to Microsoft Windows DVD Maker.

Bree said:

Neither would I. After seeing what DVDStyler could do I never wanted to go back to Microsoft Windows DVD Maker.

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I am currently testing DVDStyler. I noticed it uses FFMPEG to connect to MPEG. My past experience with FFMPEG is that it doesn't respect the average bitrate you set and the file is either too small (much lower bitrate and much worse quality) or doesn't fit on a single layer DVD (too high bitrate). The only way to use my average bitrate was to set all the values to the same bitrate essentially forcing constant bitrate. Not the best solution, but a good workaround. Let's hope DVDStyler is using better settings than I tried from Command Prompt and it will make a reasonable size DVD folder without cheating (aka encoding at CBR instead of VBR). I will let you know.

EDIT: No such luck, it used CBR. I would rather keep using AVStoDVD. All I need is to create an Avisynth script to open the source video and save as source.avs. Then open the source.avs in AVStoDVD.

I use DVDStyler on the very rare occasions when I need to make a DVD from an edited video. Only my old (and technophobe) friends still use DVD players (not even Blu-ray), and DVDStyler is fine for them. It is easy to use and produces an acceptable product.

Senecio said:

Only my old (and technophobe) friends still use DVD players (not even Blu-ray)

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I was wondering if some folks still burned DVD's and CD's with most everything today having a USB port. I still have a lot of blank DVD's and CD's but I haven't burned anything in a long time. Just in case, I still have a burner in all my PC's, sometimes I miss the old days of burning, I guess it's just a lot easier to use a flash drive, they do hold a lot more information on them.

RD Mercer said:

I haven't burned anything in a long time. ...sometimes I miss the old days of burning,

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Yes - the good old days - printable DVD discs with designer pictures on them, choosing fonts, setting up chapters and having fancy moving front menu pages.

It's a lot easier transferring the file to a USB stick.

John

I used to burn DVDs or AVCHD-DVDs (for HD videos), so I can play them on standalone Blu Ray players. Even today, I don't burn to disc, but convert some videos to DVD or AVCHD folders ready to burn on blank DVD+R discs. If I want to transfer the videos on USB I can rip to MKV without recoding and affecting quality. If I want to play the videos on my laptop I just copy the respective folder to USB and open the VIDEO_TS.IFO file for DVD or the index.bdmv file for AVCHD in MPC-HC. It behaves just like inserting the disc in the player.

Senecio said:

Yes - the good old days - printable DVD discs with designer pictures on them, choosing fonts, setting up chapters and having fancy moving front menu pages.

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Still have an ODD marked with LightScribe on its label.

LightScribe and LabelFlash were nice, but I prefer a plain colorful paper label. I had even found glossy labels that looked like professionally printed directly on the disc surface, not as extra labels. Good old years. Probably there isn't any, but I have to ask out of curiosity... Is there a disc format to store 4K movies on standard BD-25 or BD-50 or even DVD discs? Much like AVHCD stores HD on standard DVD discs? Or you can just copy a 4K video on a data DVD or USB (MKV or MP4) and play it on a standalone 4K Blu Ray player?