Comments

TheHappyFriar wrote on 3/14/2005, 9:48 AM
if it's going to be a video dvd then oyu have no choise to use mpeg-2.

omar wrote on 3/14/2005, 9:52 AM
I've heard that before, but I have actually burned WMV on DVD before which also played on dvd players ... What is it about mpeg?
jetdv wrote on 3/14/2005, 10:06 AM
Standard DVDs are MPEG2 and are authored in a DVD Authoring program.

There are *some* players on the market that can play WMV files but it is NOT a universal ability.
omar wrote on 3/15/2005, 9:35 AM
> There are *some* players on the market that can play WMV files but it is NOT a universal ability.

I have done it before and the dvd has played normally, on my dvd and my family and friends' dvd players.

Anyway, the MPEG was darker than the WMV when played locally on my pc, but when I burned it on DVD and played it on a TV, it was fine ... weird :)
ScottW wrote on 3/15/2005, 11:17 AM
My bet is that the authoring program you used to create the DVD actually converted the WMV file to MPEG-2 for you. If you look at the DVD you created and see only an AUDIO_TS and VIDEO_TS directory, with .VOB and .IFO files in the VIDEO_TS directory and no WMV files anywhere, then you can be certain that the conversion was done.

The color space used by a PC monitor is quite different than a TV, so it's not a surprise that you're going to see some differences between the 2.

--Scott
Cunhambebe wrote on 3/16/2005, 12:05 PM
"My bet is that the authoring program you used to create the DVD actually converted the WMV file to MPEG-2 for you"...
- You must be 100% correct. That's what I thought.