need help trying to convert downloaded wmv music files to dvd compatible like mpeg2 to play on my dvd car player.

the closest program i've found is dvixtodvd which will convert the wmv to a dvd friendly format but the program won't allow for menus or chapters so it makes a continuous file out of the individual files. it also took 3 hours to convert and burn 10 music videos.

has anyone downloaded wmv music videos and found a way to convert them and burn them to a working dvd format? i bought the new dvd nero software and that works well for copying actual dvds but it won't do anything like this.

if anyone has a suggestion i'd appreciate it.

 

Nero should do that if you have the full version.

 

no it doesn't.

 

I thought with the new laws, this was illegal.
I have been searching for a program to copy dvd's but to no avail.
As I understand it, any old programs that are grandfathered have support for only so many computers that you can transfer the program to.
As a side note I have "DVD decrypter" that will change it to a recognize-able file, but I am unsure if normal players will decode any other file.

 

try and find nero recode i think it does this...if not go to this site i guarentee 100% they have a tutorial for u u just gotta find it the site is www.videohelp.com
John

 

laws don't apply if i own the material. i have dvd decrypter, this works for dvd's yes but that is not my problem. i'm trying to convert wmv files to dvd recognizable format which is mpeg 2 and use them in my car player. home players play almost anything under the sun much like computer versions. car players do not recognize wmv in most cases.

divixtodvd works but it doesn't allow for menus or tracks/chapters and when it does burn it takes extremely long. there has to be something out tehre better. i doubt i'm the first person wanting to convert music videos instead of just playing mp3s but i just haven't found the right program yet. i know it's out there though.

appreciate the suggestions, just thought i'd ask in case anyone here is familiar with it that has a dvd in their car.

as far as nero it comes with nero express, recode, vcd>dvd, etc. it just doesn't work for converting basic recordings like wmv files. i've spent a few weeks looking over at various sites like video help but i haven't found it yet.

 

So are you having problems with WMV not being supported in Nero, therefor can't burn?

If so, you can get one of the MANY MANY converters out there for WMV to MPEG and then drop em in to Nero....

Example of one: Here


Or are you saying Nero Doesnt burn the files the way you want and you want another burning solution.

If so you can use one of the many many DVD creation softwares out there....

Example of one:
Here

 

Now that im at home I tried to use a WMV in Nero and it said I need to use NeroVision Express to make the VOB files. Ok, that makes sense, it was it precomiled into t a VOB for straight burning, no encoding.

So then I check my Nero install, I don't have it. So I check the nero website, look at the application, and it supports only a few file formats, WMV not being one of them.

So, it looks like you will have to convert the WMV to AVI using this free converter

Then use NeroVision to make the VOB and menus, then take the VOB and burn it to DVD.

Hope that helps.

 

i will try that, thanks for taking the extra effort. so could i use nero to make the .vob file and burn directly or do i need it to make the .vob file and use some other program on top of it?

 

downloaded and installed the sc converter. my computer almost locked up from the 7 spyware programs it attached to the computer.

anyone looking do not download that file. i'll try to find something similar and when i do i'll post a link.

thanks for trying though!

*correction every file i downloaded that you recommended did this*

just be careful.

 

Unsure if this has a trial or not, so heres a link to something that MAY help you out.

http://www.tomdownload.com/multimedi..._converter.htm

Although, i havent checked to see if it had spyware/adware

 

I sugest checking out doom9.org. Click guides on the left, then format conversions. Everything on that site is 100% spywear/other crap free and the tutorials are amazing.

 

I didnt see anything on that site that would help him convert a WMV to AVI or MPEG2.

However, after posting a link with spyware in it, I decided to take a little more time and find you a fix. I'm really sorry bout that

So here you go, a real, legal, spyware free workaround.

Get http://www.download.com/3001-2194_4-10438426.html

It gets the job done, I tested and ran spyware/virus check, all good.

 

you didn't have to do that, i wasn't blaming you and i appreciate all the help as it's a start somewhere which is good as i'm completely lost as i've told you. this isn't a matter of not spending time, not trying programs, etc. i'm using all my free time to try this and i'm going no where.

honestly i really don't even know where to go anymore. all i want to do is download a windows media file like a music video off of mtv or the rest that so many people can find easily on the net.

convert the file to mpeg2 or whatever file format is necessary for almost all dvd players to read and burn it. i would like to be able to do this with 10-12 songs/videos much like a music cd so that i can play it on my head unit for the dvd player. hell i'd be happy with 2 or 3 songs just so long as i can skip from the first video to the 3rd. i never realized how hard this would be to make them work properly as it's become very frustrating.

so far in the last 2 weeks i've regestered for over 10 various dvd help sites and downloaded at least 20 different trial programs that shrink, convert, authorize, burn, etc. and i can't get anything to work properly on my head unit.

i can get the videos to play just fine on my onkyo home dvd player with menus and all, but i can not get them to work on my head unit or playstation 2. i can copy my dvd movies just fine and make them work on anything i have, even my playstation 2 and head unit. not these damn video files.


so far beyond making them work perfect on my onkyo home reciever when i use them in the playstation 2 or head unit the videos will play, but i can only fwd,rwd, pause, play the beginning video. i basically have to fast forward through the first to get to the next.

i can use previous track to get to the beginning of whatever video i've fast forwarded through, but i can not go from video four to video one or video one to video four without stopping the disc and the menus just don't work on my head unit no matter what program i try to burn with.

if anyone has done anything like this and can shed some light on why my files aren't working properly please let me know!

 

One word, Chapters.

you must have chapters or you can't skip around.

Are you still having problems or did my PM help you?

If your still having problems I will download a few music videos and make a write up for you.

 

I use WinMPG Convertor for this stuff. It can convert anything in any direction pretty much.

I believe though, to do WMV, you have to go WMV>AVI>DVD

most others are one-step.

create individual files, and nero 6 has the ability to create chapters from individual mpeg2 files.

 

To get most any conversion program to work, you always need to download a big codec pack... I recommend K-Lite Codec Pack... that way you can read in all formats, and encode to all formats... every conversion program basically asks windows what codec to use, so you have to have them installed or they won't work.

 

Scrap have you had problems with your DVD player not skipping to different chapters like a retail DVD? Thats his major problem now. His home player will skip around just fine, but the Car DVD wont

Hopefully this last round of help I provided will sort it out, but if not, he might need some more input.

 

your last pm that i responded to with the newest download looks promising, i'm heading home now to get to work on it. as you just mentioned i can designate chapters and even convert with nero and half a dozen of the other programs i've been playing with but it just doesn't seem to work. i just can't figure out what i'm doing wrong. i even tried combining all the videos and adding my own chapters as if to make it one movie and that doesn't work on the head unit or my playstation 2. yet i can hack up a purchased dvd all i want and make it work??

back to work, i'll be in touch with the progress. thank you so much everyone!

 

this winmpg is it like winavi? i downloaded that which converts wmv to mpeg2 no problem but it really wouldn't convert wmv to avi? i tried using dieko i believe is the name. it wouldn't take already dvd compliant material, only avi and i couldn't get a program out of the 4 i downloaded tonight to convert to avi. even tried dvdstylus and that didn't work either.

nero 6 also says it will create individual chapters and as i stated i could make a fully functioning dvd to work on my onkoy player but it wouldn't play on properly on the dvd recorder i used to burn it or my ps2 or my kenwood head unit??

seems the further i get into it the more jumbled and lost i get as i'm only going backwards now and loosing harddrive space.

 

ok i tried this too, however i have mainly been trying to convert to avi which according to videohelp.com and doom9 they recommend the divx all in one package. i tried it and then it wouldn't work on my WINme. you say k-lite works, i wonder if it will work on win-me. also in order to use the package properly do you just download it and install or do you have to open it in a particular folder?

the only issue i see with this is i downloaded all of the proper encoding codec for tmpeg as well as nero which both allowed me to encode my wmv to mpeg2 so now i'm just confusing myself.

 

thanks again for all the help, it was hard enough to get the proper files transfered to dvd compliant files, going backwards just didn't work tonight unfortunately. if you have any idea of a program that will convert wmv to avi that works with win-me or another suggestion please let me know.

i've been thinking that maybe it's just the playstation2 and my headunit that won't play the files but it must if i can rip a purchased dvd and play it just fine. i'm just missing a step some how and just as you said nero doesn't allow even near the same amount of options like the last program you advised when it came to menu designation. i was really hoping i could make that one work as the menu designation really seemed to work nicely in the tutorial.

if anyone knows a program that i can buy that will do this please let me know as i dont mind paying for it if it works. i just want it to work.

 

TMPENG

WinMPG

all programs work on WinME as well. K-Lite works fine as far back as 98.

So let me just re-iterate what you are trying to do. At first it was clear you were simply trying to convert Internet-downloaded WMV files (say, dragstrip clips, or funny clips,) straight to MPEG2 files for DVD-creation.

I'm confused as to why you would want to convert them to AVI--you do realize that only a few dvd players will play them in that format. If you have really created AVI files, then I am not suprised that the PS2 and the In-car DVD player will not play them. Home DVD Players typically support MP3 and many other formats---including divx, now-a-days.

If you want... you could email me, or provide a link to one of your WMV files, and I can attempt to convert the files. I can also create a DVD Image for you, with chapters, hopefully.

I don't have a DVD Burner on my PC, but I can mount the ISO as a virtual drive using Damaen Tools.

I had a bunch of Quicktime files that I had to convert to AVI to get them to work on my pioneer headunit.... as the background videos(not DVD.)

Basically, there should be no issues with copyright protection here, because you are converting WMV to AVI... and there would be no copyright information anymore...

 

you have it right. i am trying to take .wmv style downloaded music videos and put them on a dvd with a menu making them work much like a dvd so i can play them in my home player, car dvd player or anthing else that plays dvd's.

i was trying to convert to avi because one of the programs i was suggested to asked to do this and the menu structure of this program which is called dieko i think, anyhow will only read avi files and then convert them into dvd format.

as i said i'm about to give up because i can't find any program that will do this. all i want is to convert them but i don't even know what to convert them too as initially people said .wmv needed to be converted to .mpeg2 and just burn. that doesn't work, so then some said once it's .mpeg2 it needs to get converted again to a true dvd format. well what would this format be? i've tried converting them into a video_ts style format, same thing you see on production dvds but this still doesn't work.

as i said i think my biggest problem is the programs i'm using because i can rip and copy any of my purchased dvds to work on what i want. i can even get the files to play but i can't get them to play properly because the programs i'm using aren't properly building the titles/chapters and the menu isn't being built right.

so i think what i really need is a program that will allow me to make a menu with at least 2 or more title/chapters for the 2 or more .wmv files i want to use that will be recognizable just like a production style dvd. i don't mind paying for the program but all the suggestions i'm getting are for programs upwards of 8-900 dollars or more. for the little amount i plan to do this with i would rather just buy the video dvds i guess.

also one last thing, i don't understand what i can copy a production dvd to work on anything i have but when i follow the same steps after converting my .wmv files the .wmv converted dvd works on my home player but not on my head unit or ps2. is it a file format question that my home player just happens to read everything?

 

plz give me a link to a file you are working with.

also, the reason you can do the real DVD content, is because your computer already has whatever codec installed that it used to convert the mpeg2 to AVI or whatever...

link or send me a file and I'll see what I can do.

If I'm successful, I can give you all the progs I have and show you what I did.... all my progs are freeware.

 

ok i'll get right on that, where can i send it to?

 

I really wish I could help more, but I'm not able to actually test this from start to finish since I can't afford a DVD player for my car.

Hopefully scrap can help you more....if you need help finding any particular program, PM me

 

Kandied. PM.

 

thanks!

 

stevenk, he said that he can't get it to work on his PS2 either - surely you've got one of those (or have a buddy in the Houston Thirdgens that does).

Just an idea. If you got it work on the ps2, seems likely he could get his car dvd player (or ps2 in car if you've got that too) to play it.

 

ps2s are the pickiest dvd players in the world... they won't even play VCDs.

 

true, however they do play the ripped, edited and burned dvd's that i've copied after purchasing. in fact i can take 2 dvd's that i've bought, edit them and put them on one and make it work in anything i have but i can't get the .wmv files to work no matter how i seem to convert them.

i'm away from home but i will get that file sent to you soon. thanks again everyone. i didn't think it would be this hard as i figured that most with dvd units or ps2's in their car would make music dvd's since why not take advantage of the screen.