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How do I burn computer DVD to TV DVD?

by Chigal48 Sep 16, 2006 4:22PM PDT

I have a DVD video of a family meeting. Took it on a disposable CVS cam corder and they gave me a DVD that is playable on my DVD player/VHS player and the computer DVD RW.

I want to burn it onto another DVD RW so that it plays on the TV-DVD player/VHSplayer.

However, everytime I save / copy - burn - write it is a REAL formatted DVD which will not play on the DVD-VHS player connected to the TV.

When it loads it reads "JPEG/MPG3" and it's not readable by the TV.

But -- the DVD from CVS plays on the TV DVD. I don't understand how this works. What do I need to do to burn it so that it can play on the TV DVD?

Do I have to uninstall REAL? That leaves WinMedia and that too, won't play on TV.
I checked for properties of the CVS DVD, it's a file system UDF - whatever that is. Thanks all.

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Among other possibilities, your TV player may not be

by Kiddpeat Sep 16, 2006 4:54PM PDT

able to read a DVD RW disk. It may work with DVD-R, but not RW.

You probably also need a DVD copy utility. That doesn't mean copying the contents of the disk. It means copying the entire DVD. I use Nero Ultra Suite, but there are many others around.

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