I know, I know, "Trash the windoze OS and switch to Linux!". Sorry, not an option, get it out of your system if you must but know that I'm going to ignore those replies.
I need to copy a DVD which was made on a video camera (Sony I believe) because the camera burned the movie to a mini-DVD disc and I need to have it on a normal DVD disc. I want to send the movie to family who have a DVD player and I'm afraid that when they (technically challenged) lay the mini-DVD in the tray of the player it might get off-center and jam. (Is this fear groundless?) Last night I tried for about 2 hours to try to figure it out on my Windows Vista Home Premium laptop. First I copied the contents of the mini-DVD to a folder on my HD. Windows Media Center offers option for burning a DVD, but says the folder with the mini-DVD contents is empty. Apparently the file type (.vob) is not supported. Windows DVD Maker (? not sure I've got the name right, it is a very bare bones program that came on the computer) recognized the file type, but the DVD copy it makes is only 4 seconds long (the first part of the movie), the movie on the mini-DVD is about 20 minutes. I hate the idea of loading a new piece of software to make this work, but that may be the only route. Anyone know how to make the Windows SW do the job, or recommend a good piece of SW for Vista that will do what I need? Some of the on-line forums talked about loading a different codec so that Media Center would recognize the file type. Anyone have a clue which codec? I'm going to keep searching on-line for a solution. -- Very respectfully, /s/ Max Dillon '87 300TD, 310k miles Charleston SC Digest lurker (on and off) since 2001 _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
