dvd disc's

[cricket]

when using a video editing software and wanting to make movie files into dvd's...do i need a special type of disc or do i just use a cd-rw?and also do i need a dvd driveto burn to dvd or do i just burn it in a cd-rw drive? the drive i have in this system is only a cd-rw. i would play the dvd;s in a dvd home player not computer.


1.)Dell Demension 8200 P4 2.26GHz with 533MHz system bus/ 512K L2 Cache ~768MB PC800 RDRAM~80GB Ultra ATA/100 Hard Drive~128MB DDR NVIDIA GeForce4™ Ti 4600~with 30.82 whql driver's~Direct X 8.1~24x/10x/40x CD-RW Drive~ Harman Kardon HK-395 Speakers with Subwoofer ~Sound Blaster Live~ WinXP Home edition~withSP1~Norton 2003~~~~3dmark 2nd edition score=12,064

2.)Dell Demension 4100 ~P3~1.0GHZ~256MB RAM~20GB HD~Geforce 3 Ti500 (64MB)~with 30.82 Driver's~48X CD/DVD Drive~24/10/40 CDRW~SB Live Value~WinXP Home edition upgrade~Norton 2003~~~~3DMark 2nd Edition score=8,550

[fastguy94416]

Short answer: You cannot burn DVD's with those computers.

You may make VCD's that will play in dvd players, tho they will be only about an hour long and pretty crappy quality. If you would like i can explain some more but im kinda lazy

[StealthHawk]

if you want to make real DVDs, then you need a DVD burner. it's as simple as that.

aka, it is impossible to replicate the quality of a DVD without using the same DVD format and then play it on a DVD player.

[thcdru2k]

and if you want to burn a vcd, on to a cdr or cdrw, to play in a home dvd player, your dvd player needs to be able to read writable disc. if you dvd player is 1-2 year old, good chance it can't.

[stncttr908]

And VCD's can't be very long, I think less than 30 minutes considering a CD has only a fraction of a DVD's storage capacity.

EDIT
As mentioned above...heh. :D

[StealthHawk]

Originally posted by stncttr908
And VCD's can't be very long, I think less than 30 minutes considering a CD has only a fraction of a DVD's storage capacity.

EDIT
As mentioned above...heh. :D

30 mins? where did you get that? VCDs don't exactly get DVD video resolution. you can get much more than 30 mins on one cd.