Windows 7: W7 DVD maker

dazco · 08 Jan 2011

If WMM allows burning i wonder why they even bothered with WDVDM ? Can i assume my best bet would be to D/L WMM and use that instead of WDVDM, and if so will i no longer have the same widescreen issue as I did with WDVDM?

whs · 08 Jan 2011

Quote: Originally Posted by dazco

If WMM allows burning i wonder why they even bothered with WDVDM ? Can i assume my best bet would be to D/L WMM and use that instead of WDVDM, and if so will i no longer have the same widescreen issue as I did with WDVDM?

It is WLMM - Windows Live Movie Maker, not the older WMM.

dazco · 08 Jan 2011

well yeah, thats what i meant. In any case, would i have the same widescreen issue if i use that to burn DVD's instead of WDVDM?

whs · 08 Jan 2011

Quote: Originally Posted by dazco

well yeah, thats what i meant. In any case, would i have the same widescreen issue if i use that to burn DVD's instead of WDVDM?

I cannot answer that because I am not sure what the cause of your problem is.

Phone Man · 08 Jan 2011

Quote: Originally Posted by dazco

If WMM allows burning i wonder why they even bothered with WDVDM ? Can i assume my best bet would be to D/L WMM and use that instead of WDVDM, and if so will i no longer have the same widescreen issue as I did with WDVDM?

WLMM does not output in a DVD format. WDVDM converts movie to DVD format.

Jim

dazco · 08 Jan 2011

I see, thanks. I'll do some more googling and see if i can find any more possible fixes.

Hikertrash · 08 Jan 2011

Quote: Originally Posted by mitchell65

With great respect I think the problem here is that perhaps you are not quite familiar as to what happens when you re-render a video file.

What gave you that idea? LOL...

I'm just following instructions found on the web. Running it through Windows Live Movie Maker turned the 798 MB avi into 5.8GB wmv, and another time saving a project file did not good whatsoever.

All I know is any widescreen avi I open in Windows DVD Maker comes out as 4.3 all scrunched up.

Google "no widescreen with Windows DVD Maker" you'll understand.

Hikertrash · 08 Jan 2011

Quote: Originally Posted by dazco

I see, thanks. I'll do some more googling and see if i can find any more possible fixes.

When and if you do please post here.

I've throughly researched the problem and although some say if you encode it with Windows Movie Maker (2.6) and/or Windows Live Movie Maker and open that file with Windows DVD maker it will work. I've also seen just opening the project file from Movie Maker will work but from where I sit WDVDM will not open Movie Maker project files.

whs · 08 Jan 2011

Quote: Originally Posted by Phone Man

Quote: Originally Posted by dazco

If WMM allows burning i wonder why they even bothered with WDVDM ? Can i assume my best bet would be to D/L WMM and use that instead of WDVDM, and if so will i no longer have the same widescreen issue as I did with WDVDM?

WLMM does not output in a DVD format. WDVDM converts movie to DVD format.

Jim

I think you are right. I now remeber that the DVD I once made played on the computer but not on the DVD player. Glad you added that comment. Since I usually use DVD Flick, it escaped my (bad) memory.

dazco · 08 Jan 2011

Well, i can't find a fix so i guess i'll be going back to using DVD flick and decrypter.