What is the best way to burn DVD or CDs for TV/computer?

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denodigital

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Last thing I need to nail are the various ways inwhich to burn my footage to DVD and CD for:
a) viewing in windows media
b) viewing on TV
c) video streaming

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I have edited my video files;
Now I am trying to burn a dvd so I can watch it on TV;
Also, I would like to view it on a computer with Windows Media Player, which will start on its own once I insert a CD or DVD; currently, the auto start is not happening and I have to go and select my CD or DVD drive, then I get a list of files... Is this normal for DVD formats?

To continue, I’ve finished editing the footage using Vegas 5.0; I rendered it as an avi format and a mpg2 format (manual said to use these formats for DVD burning), and I renamed it something different for both; I did 2 separate renders so I would not have to go back and do it again should the avi not work, or the mpg2 not work for me (meaning, the burn is not successful).

Then I went into DVDA and selected "file", "new", then selected the rendered file, first trying the mpg2 formatted one, then selected "burn dvd", went through the fields, keeping the default templates, then the burn starts;

When the burn is done, the CD (I tried to CD-RW in Vegas 5.0), or DVD that I experimented with do not play anything.
 
To burn a DVD, the best thing to do is to render out as MPEG-2 using the DVD Architect templates. Choose your flavor (24p, widescreen, etc), then render the audio as AC-3, using the same filename.

When you drop the into DVDA, DVDA will pick up the audio file, too.

The resultant DVD should play in any set-top DVD player and should auotplay on a computer just like any DVD.

For video streaming, you are best off rendering in the Windows Media 9 formats.
 
Thanks for your response; I tried it and am still having problems; I'm sure it's me.

(you don't have to respond to this, but if you see semething...; it's long)

I accomplished the editing phase; can you help me on something else; I understand if you don't respond; it's long. Thanks.

In Sony Vegas 5.0, I edited my footage, then rendered it as "avi" (saved that under a file name), then rendered it as "mpg2" (saved it under another name); I rendered in 2 different formats so, in case one didn’t work in DVDA, I could try the other without having to re-render in Sony Vegas; I rendered before I went into DVDA to burn a DVD.

What I am trying to do is burn a DVD, then take that DVD to my home Internet computer, save the footage to my desk top/hard drive; then go to an Internet video streaming service so I can upload my footage to their site, so I can share it with others.

Each time I work on a project, this is where I bog down; I eventually, miraculously achieve the upload (done twice) by jacking around with the files (i.e. changing the file extension, or something weird that I can’t figure out), and eventually it works.

The last time I uploaded a file to MpegNation, it took so long to upload the info (a 10 minute music video file which was huge), that it burned out my power supply, mother board and other components in my computer.

Since then I have rebuilt my computer; Now, I’ve got more footage and am having the same problem. I can mail a DVD to the service company, but I want to learn this myself so I can know what I’m dealing with. I’m getting closer.

The DVD that I burn will have 2 folders, 1 audio and 1 video; the audio folder does not contain any files; the video folder will have 5 files. The file with the video footage is saved as a "vob" file; last night, I tried uploading this file, which was footage of an interview (no music, no special effects; just straight talking), which is 18 minutes long; the file size, after burning the DVD with DVDA is 586,000 kb (strangely large);

As said above, I found the video (interview footage) file under the video folder, copied, and saved it to my desktop, went to the Internet video streaming site, and began the upload process; that was at 12: midnight; this morning it was still uploading the file (I think there is a problem with it). I can’t successfully accomplish uploading my video footage to the Internet. This is the last major hurdle I need to learn.

Thank you.
 
I did it! I was advised to render as mpg1, then burn a regular CD (write once CD) in Vegas and burn as a data file. After that I was able to view in windows media player and upload to video streaming site; I haven't figured out how to burn a dvd for TV viewing, but will work on that next. Thanks.
 
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