copying to dvd

[wan69r]

hi guys i bought a panasonic sdr-h20 hdd and i am trying to copy my new years eve party using the dvd copy function but i get a message saying use more free space the film im coping is about 2.9 gig so i copied to my pc and tried from there using nero it copied but will only work on a pc or a dvd player with divx im pulling my hair out on this i want to do copyies for the family any ideas cheers

[MarkE19]

To create a DVD disc that will play on any DVD player you need to create the correct file/folder structure - ie author a DVD. I don't use Nero to do this, but you will need to select an option called something like 'make Video DVD' rather than just copying the files into Nero and burning the disc. That will just create a data DVD that happens to contain video files.

Mark.

[wan69r]

can you recomend a program to do this cheers

[MarkE19]

Nero should do what you want, but as I said I don't use it for this so can't advise the exact method to create a video DVD with it.
I use Ulead DVD MovieFactory to create my DVD's and it can be downloaded for a free 30 day trial from Here. It is very easy to use (well if I can use it..... ) and gives excellent results.

Mark.

[wan69r]

now ive managed to use the authoring tool on the software i got with it imagemixer 3 but it is saying not enough free space and now shows the file to be 5.4g so i went and bought a 8.5gb dvd+r still no luck but the file on my hdd camcorder says it only 3gb thanks for your help again

[senu]

Try Ulead Movie Factory ( as suggested by Mark) .. and specify a 4.7Gb sized DVD
Use Dual Layer Discs with care , not all software support them and even in those which do, the results can be variable