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DVD writing help needed (lemm.ee)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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This may not be the correct place for this, if so please point me elsewhere.

My other half doesn't have broadband, so I'm looking to write dvds so we can watch then on a dvd player.

To this end I've gotten a copy of ashampoo and downloaded some films (.mkv files) and I'm now looking to copy them onto dvds. Now I know I can't just copy the files on, and the software's asking for mpeg files only.

Has anyone come across - or know how to actually convert and write properly? A guide perhaps?

I know it's old technology, but it's gotta be better than just watching the crap on free tv. TIA.

Edit: many thanks to all for the great - and varied answers. Certainly lots of info to 'chew' on.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I really like DVDStyler: https://www.dvdstyler.org/en/

You can either just make regular simple DVD, or make menus if you want. You can also set the disc type which will determine the resulting quality. The standard is 4.7GB SL DVD, but you don't need to use such heavy compression with a 8.5GB DL DVD.

DVDStyler is FOSS, licensed under GPLv2. It is available for Windows, Mac OS and GNU+Linux.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

I had a look at the website and it looks cool. A one-stop-shop for creating dvds and it's foss too - nice. I'm definately gonna have a play. Many thanks.