Grundy Posted October 28, 2014 Share Posted October 28, 2014 got a call request at work, Someone basically wants 5 MP4's onto a disc that play in a continuous loop (So no menu screen, just the dvd playing over and over with no need for interaction) I did some digging around, Windows DVD maker says it does this - Awesome. turns out they removed it from Windows 8 (FUUUUU!) So I then copied all the files onto another laptop which was Windows 7. Then turns out WDM does not like the MP4 format - So back to windows 8, download a converter and turn all the files into WMV formats. So I then transfer them across to windows 7 laptop, and start burning. Was all going fine until it told me there was an error with the burning process -.- At the moment I'm trying again, but does anyone else have any other methods I can try if this does not work? Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StevoD Posted October 28, 2014 Share Posted October 28, 2014 Nothing illegal going on here move along Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toon Chris Posted October 28, 2014 Share Posted October 28, 2014 You will need to convert all the files to a DVD compatible format if you want them to play on a 'standard' household DVD player. MPEG2 for example. There are many free tools out there that will convert the files for you if the one you have doesn't do it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grundy Posted October 28, 2014 Author Share Posted October 28, 2014 You will need to convert all the files to a DVD compatible format if you want them to play on a 'standard' household DVD player. MPEG2 for example. There are many free tools out there that will convert the files for you if the one you have doesn't do it. That's not the issue atm - It's a problem burning them to the disc I'm having. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zebedy Posted October 28, 2014 Share Posted October 28, 2014 another way to do it is to use windown movie maker drag all the tracks that you want onto the time line, stich em together or over cross fade them, set to loop then burn the lot onto dvd. basically you are making a movie with no picture just sound in what ever format you choose. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chirag1988 Posted October 28, 2014 Share Posted October 28, 2014 try roxio or nero? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grundy Posted October 28, 2014 Author Share Posted October 28, 2014 Do I need to make all the files one big file? Is this why WDM keeps failing? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DoogyRev Posted October 28, 2014 Share Posted October 28, 2014 You will need to convert all the files to a DVD compatible format if you want them to play on a 'standard' household DVD player. MPEG2 for example. There are many free tools out there that will convert the files for you if the one you have doesn't do it. That's not the issue atm - It's a problem burning them to the disc I'm having. Are you sure the DVD drive is writable . . and not a read only one Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BulletMagnet Posted October 28, 2014 Share Posted October 28, 2014 Perhaps worth asking the colleague if they have a TV that can play MP4 off a USB stick, then could set it to loop on TV settings Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grundy Posted October 28, 2014 Author Share Posted October 28, 2014 You will need to convert all the files to a DVD compatible format if you want them to play on a 'standard' household DVD player. MPEG2 for example. There are many free tools out there that will convert the files for you if the one you have doesn't do it. That's not the issue atm - It's a problem burning them to the disc I'm having. Are you sure the DVD drive is writable . . and not a read only one I thought that I've soon realised it was an encoding issue. and a codec issue. Basically Microsoft suck balls, and from reading online, it says to do it all in AVI. So am now trying that, which is taking it's sweet ass time. Perhaps worth asking the colleague if they have a TV that can play MP4 off a USB stick, then could set it to loop on TV settings Not as simple as that, it's for our user to take off site to a school I think, so they are limited to what they can use/have Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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