What is the best movie burner EVER?

Baby Boy · 04-24-2008, 04:51 AM

I can't stand burning movies on DVD with Win. DVD Maker (it comes with Vista) because it takes 3 to 4 hours to burn a simple DVD; Nero takes about 2-3 hours. Is there anything faster? I heard that Roxio is good too. Is there anything really good that doesn't take the whole night to burn a movie that you're only gonna watch maybe once in a lifetime?
(Plus, can't you burn just on a simple CD? Is it really compulsory to use a DVD?)

Jack.Sparrow · 04-25-2008, 02:32 AM

I use dvd shrink. Works fairly well. You'll need to convert and compress the files to burn them of a CD. Google handbrake for the program and guides

**bruiser** · 04-25-2008, 06:01 AM

To my knowledge, a cd with video is either a VCD (video cd), or SVCD (super video cd). Videos can be compressed to fit on a cd, but you usually lose quality. A VCD is usually about VHS quality, while a SVCD can be close to DVD quality, but you can't get a lot of info on a SVCD.

monkeymonkey · 05-10-2008, 11:54 AM

The 'manual' method...

http://forum.videohelp.com/topic120021.html

The "automatic" method...

Nero / DVD Shrink / DVD Santa (etc)

Basically if the film needs any converting (eg. from avi/divx/xvid), or compressing (i.e. to fit a 8.5Gb film to a 4.7Gb DVD), then this takes a long time depending on the speed of your computer. If the video file is already small enough for a 4.7Gb disc, the whole process can actually take less than 30 mins.

You can burn to CD but that nearly always requires alot of recompressing etc and a reduction in quality.

Enjoy

jerrag · 05-16-2008, 12:14 PM

I had the same problem and as a sort of "collector" of online video's I burn over a hundred dvd's a month. The program that I found recently that does the very best and quickest burns of good quality video is convertDtoDvd.

It burns in about half the time as Nero, about the same quality as far as I can tell, and it does stuff that Nero doesn't such as MKDV files and Real Media files without using an outside converter.

Now if I can just find a version of this software that I can run on Linux, my move from MS would be complete....

af3 · 06-18-2008, 11:01 AM

I use and recommend WinAVI Video Converter. If you have a Dual Core CPU, it will do the job fairly quick compared to Nero. I have found that Nero often does a bad job at encoding DVD video. I have experienced desynchronized audio and skipping with Nero 6.

04-24-2008, 04:51 AM	#1 (permalink)
Baby Boy Registered User Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: London Posts: 33 OS: Vista 32-bit SP1	What is the best movie burner EVER? I can't stand burning movies on DVD with Win. DVD Maker (it comes with Vista) because it takes 3 to 4 hours to burn a simple DVD; Nero takes about 2-3 hours. Is there anything faster? I heard that Roxio is good too. Is there anything really good that doesn't take the whole night to burn a movie that you're only gonna watch maybe once in a lifetime? (Plus, can't you burn just on a simple CD? Is it really compulsory to use a DVD?)

04-25-2008, 02:32 AM	#2 (permalink)
Jack.Sparrow Resident Pirate Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Qld, Aus Posts: 15,609 OS: XP SP2/Vista SP1 My System Blog Entries: 6	Re: What is the best movie burner EVER? I use dvd shrink. Works fairly well. You'll need to convert and compress the files to burn them of a CD. Google handbrake for the program and guides __________________ The Joker: I believe whatever doesn't kill you simply makes you... stranger.

04-25-2008, 06:01 AM	#3 (permalink)
bruiser TSF Enthusiast Join Date: Jul 2005 Posts: 1,543 OS: xp	Re: What is the best movie burner EVER? To my knowledge, a cd with video is either a VCD (video cd), or SVCD (super video cd). Videos can be compressed to fit on a cd, but you usually lose quality. A VCD is usually about VHS quality, while a SVCD can be close to DVD quality, but you can't get a lot of info on a SVCD.

05-10-2008, 11:54 AM	#4 (permalink)
monkeymonkey Registered User Join Date: May 2008 Location: here Posts: 57 OS: xp / ubuntu	Re: What is the best movie burner EVER? The 'manual' method... http://forum.videohelp.com/topic120021.html The "automatic" method... Nero / DVD Shrink / DVD Santa (etc) Basically if the film needs any converting (eg. from avi/divx/xvid), or compressing (i.e. to fit a 8.5Gb film to a 4.7Gb DVD), then this takes a long time depending on the speed of your computer. If the video file is already small enough for a 4.7Gb disc, the whole process can actually take less than 30 mins. You can burn to CD but that nearly always requires alot of recompressing etc and a reduction in quality. Enjoy

05-16-2008, 12:14 PM	#5 (permalink)
jerrag Registered User Join Date: May 2008 Posts: 1 OS: XP	Re: What is the best movie burner EVER? I had the same problem and as a sort of "collector" of online video's I burn over a hundred dvd's a month. The program that I found recently that does the very best and quickest burns of good quality video is convertDtoDvd. It burns in about half the time as Nero, about the same quality as far as I can tell, and it does stuff that Nero doesn't such as MKDV files and Real Media files without using an outside converter. Now if I can just find a version of this software that I can run on Linux, my move from MS would be complete....

06-18-2008, 11:01 AM	#6 (permalink)
af3 Registered User Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: NH Posts: 483 OS: XPSP3 & PCLinuxOS	Re: What is the best movie burner EVER? I use and recommend WinAVI Video Converter. If you have a Dual Core CPU, it will do the job fairly quick compared to Nero. I have found that Nero often does a bad job at encoding DVD video. I have experienced desynchronized audio and skipping with Nero 6. Last edited by af3 : 06-18-2008 at 11:01 AM. Reason: Compared