[Knifeblade]

I'm stumped. I have a DVD file, flash video, .flv exentsion, on my system. It plays off WMP, and VLC, just fine, no problem there. The below drive that plays this file also is recording audio and picture files onto disc just fine, off of both DVD and CD blank disc's.

My "stump" is I want to burn the flash video file to disc from my DVD drive in my comp., {so I can view it on my stand-alone player at the TV}. I have a NEC ND-1100A DVD+RW drive, that plays and records {see above} just fine. Problem is somehow the drive doesn't get recognized when I want to send the file to the drive, my system only shows the CD-RW drive. I have the DVD drive as Master "D" drive, and the CD drive as slave "E" drive, the file only wants to goto the E drive. Which obviously, is no go to burn. I checked and updated the DVD drivers for the NEC DVD writer, but the comp. doesn't give me the option to send to "D".

WMP version 11 won't allow DVD recording or recognize the DVD drive, VLC only plays, won't burn.

Can anyone steer me in some direction so I can burn that DVD flash file?

[smax013]

How are you trying to "send" the file to the DVD drive? Built in Windoze burning? A third party program such as something from Nero? Is this a drive you installed yourself or one that came with a computer? Beyond just general burning software, you will also need something that will read the flash video and then encode it into a format that a typical stand alone "TV" DVD player can understand (some can read WMV files, but I don't believe I have encountered any that can do FLV files)...and THEN burn it as DVD Video disk.

[Knifeblade]

Hiya, smax, thanks for responding!!!!!!!!!
I'm trying to send the file by the R-click method from the file itself, but I only get the CD drive showing.

Trying windows, don't have any third-party software. {At least not yet}

I installed the drive after-market. It's used, off ebay, but does fine. Got the drivers from the manuf. installed, and updated them yesterday, just in case.

Yeah, I'm wondering about possible glitches with an .flv extension, but it's playing just fine on the comp. I guess if I can't burn it yet, the thought that my DVD stand-alone might not recognize and play it is a moot point at this time.

So far, the PCW archives haven't given me anything, nor has a google search, {so far}.

[smax013]

Knifeblade said:

Hiya, smax, thanks for responding!!!!!!!!!

I'm trying to send the file by the R-click method from the file itself, but I only get the CD drive showing.


Trying windows, don't have any third-party software. {At least not yet}



I installed the drive after-market. It's used, off ebay, but does fine. Got the drivers from the manuf. installed, and updated them yesterday, just in case.



Yeah, I'm wondering about possible glitches with an .flv extension, but it's playing just fine on the comp. I guess if I can't burn it yet, the thought that my DVD stand-alone might not recognize and play it is a moot point at this time.


So far, the PCW archives haven't given me anything, nor has a google search, {so far}.

When you say "R-click" (which I assume is right clicking), what option specifically are you trying to use? Send to the drive directly? Something else?



If you are using third party burning software (rather than any TRUE built in Windoze burning ability), then be careful that the third party burning software is not a OEM verion that is "tied" to a specific drive. When I bought a CD burner once, it can with Nero, but that Nero version would ONLY work with that drive...so when I later bought a DVD burner, I could not use that Nero software with that drive until I paid for an update to take the Nero burning software to a "full retail" version. You could have something similar going on.



Beyond that just burning the file to a DVD will NOT be enough. It will need to be encoded into a format that a DVD player can understand. That requires some DVD video authoring/burning software, which typically Windoze XP does not have.

[mcbarker]

If lack of DVD authoring software is your problem, then there's a free program at the Giveaway of the Day website called Starburn. It seems to be getting good reviews, and is free for another 11 hours (at the time of posting this reply). You can get it at Get Starburn Here

[piyushsingh]

You need to make sure what your exact problem is ??
Is it burning from the DVD drive OR is it burning a video DVD from that drive ?? The posts from smax and mcbarker give references to both. So you need to check and tell where the problem lies. Try burning any file to the DVD drive and see if it burns. If yes, then use a dvd video burn software to create a video disc.

[smax013]

piyushsingh said:

You need to make sure what your exact problem is ??
Is it burning from the DVD drive OR is it burning a video DVD from that drive ?? The posts from smax and mcbarker give references to both. So you need to check and tell where the problem lies. Try burning any file to the DVD drive and see if it burns. If yes, then use a dvd video burn software to create a video disc.

It sounds like from what has been posted that it is BOTH problems...just has not really "reached" the second problem yet since the first problem stops everything in its tracks. The first problems should NOT be present, in general, since Windoze has burning ability built in...but it is not clear if that is what is being used or some third party software (third party apps can add option to right-click popup menus for burning).

[piyushsingh]

he needs to confirm this. I think he is using the normal windows built in burn as the send to DVD uses that only. Lets see what he comes up with. btw - i really miss the vista's default windows DVD maker while on XP.

[Knifeblade]

Well, as it turns out~~~~~~~~
WMP 11 recognizes the DVD "D" drive as a choice of drive, but not the .flv xtension {WMP will play it, but won't record it.}. VLC recognizes the "D" drive to play DVD's, including the disc's I burned off my old VHS tapes. Looks like I have to get some authoring software, so the search continues.



Thanks to all for your help!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[number6]

If you're trying to burn *.flv files to DVD-video then you need a converter like QuickMediaConverter or Pazera's Free FLV to AVI Converter to convert the video files to avi or mpeg then burn the resulting files to DVD.

[Knifeblade]

yeah, smax, tried to send to the specific drive, which doesn't show off the right-click method.

[Knifeblade]

yeah, piyush, trying to burn TO the DVD drive. Audio and pic. files burn just fine.

[Knifeblade]

Thanks, n6, that did it, YAY!!!!!!!!!!!!! I really appreciate everyone's help on this, thanks guys!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!