http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/ Videomaker Community Forums » Tag: burn - Recent Posts en Wed, 15 Feb 2012 09:54:52 +0000 http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/can-i-burn-1080p-footage-to-a-dvd-how-1#post-68077 Wed, 18 May 2011 09:20:30 +0000 Dave Haynie 68077@http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p>There are a couple of ways to put HD on a DVD. None of them will play in a conventional DVD player. </p> <p>Some very small number of regular DVD players have supported alternate formats, including HD, but this is very specific to your player. The more common formats here are DivX-HD and WMV/HD. DivX-HD is just a DivX file authored at standard bitrates specified by DivX, Inc. They work with hardware manufacturers to ensure compatibility. WMV/HD is a fully authored format, based on specs defined by Microsoft, using HTML and Javascript. There's virtually no authoring software, though, so it's a bit of hand coding. I had a player that played both of these types, before real HD standards emerged. </p> <p>Aside from that, you need a Blu-ray player or PC to play HD video. Most Blu-ray players support the AVCHD format on DVD, which is a subset and slight mutation of Blu-ray. This was created by Sony and Panasonic for DVD camcorders, but you can put your HD videos on AVCHD disc and expect them to play in most BD players and many PCs. The main limitation is that you must use AVC, not MPEG-2 or VC-1, and the bitrate should be below 18Mb/s. </p> http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/burn-3d-reald-disc-to-play-on-3dplayer#post-67015 Wed, 06 Apr 2011 11:12:51 +0000 Reynand 67015@http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p>I have Magix Movie Edit HD 17 Plus Pro.  I can burn a regular sidebyside dvd but when plyed on a 3Dplayer, it does not recognize it as a 3D disk.  </p> <p>Can Magix Movie Edit HD 17 Plus Pro create a disc that is recognizable to a 3Dplayer and 3DTV? If so, how?  I use both .avi from fuijifilm w3 and .mts from JVC TD1.  </p> <p>I made several discs, data, mpeg, avi, and standard dvd, but sidebyside and non of them worked when I took it to Bestbuy to test on the latest players.</p> <p>Also, Magix Movie Edit HD 17 Plus Pro doesn't recognize JVC's MVC files.  Do I have to export MVC files as left and right and then sync into 3D?</p> <p>Thanks.</p> <p> </p> http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/how-to-burn-reald-disc-playable-to-3dplayer#post-67014 Wed, 06 Apr 2011 11:03:24 +0000 Reynand 67014@http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p>Hi,</p> <p>I shot a wedding with a JCV TD1 3D camcorder.  I want to put it on disc so that I can give the bride and groom to play on a 3DTV and 3Dplayer. </p> <p>However I have been unsuccessful with Magix Movie Edit 17 HD pro in making a RealD dvd/bluray (one that plays on a 3D player).  all the discs i made when I went to Bestbuy to test did not work,  It only played sidebyside on the screens.  Does any one know how to do that Magix Movie Edit 17?</p> <p>Or do I need to get Roxio Creator 2011 to create a RealD disc?</p> <p>Or do I need to get Sony Vegas?</p> <p>Thanks.</p> http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/can-i-burn-1080p-footage-to-a-dvd-how-1#post-66975 Tue, 05 Apr 2011 08:23:00 +0000 Don 66975@http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p>I've dropped discs and only do standard def dvd when specifically asked to do so.</p> <p>I was the first hd shooter in my area, and as an early adopter, the first solution I found is still the best...</p> <p>appletv or other such hd streaming device direct to tv from computer ( there are several options). 720 p is actually hard to tell from 1080 on large screens unless you got your face up to the display for pixel peeping, but for most people from a normal viewing distance, thier eyes cannot resolve the differences between them. Heck half the peiple out there cannot tell upsampled dvd from 1080p on a 40 inch flat panel from seven feet away.</p> <p>I never went blue ray and do not regret it.</p> http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/can-i-burn-1080p-footage-to-a-dvd-how-1#post-66967 Mon, 04 Apr 2011 21:08:16 +0000 signmax 66967@http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p> Hi,</p> <p>I mention that using a movie less than 30 minutes length you burn a Blu-Ray type on a DVD blank and you use a Blu-Ray player. Personnaly I not test if I create a Blu-Ray image less than 4,7 gig and copy this disk image to a DVD. My software can do it without problem.</p> <p>May be somebody can test this.</p> <p>Regards,</p> <p>YR</p> http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/can-i-burn-1080p-footage-to-a-dvd-how-1#post-66966 Mon, 04 Apr 2011 19:58:02 +0000 Eventvideoguy 66966@http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p>You can burn it to a regular DVD disc but not as a formatted DVD.  You'll have to just burn the file to the disc.  Sorry.  DVD players will not read the disc.</p> http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/can-i-burn-1080p-footage-to-a-dvd-how#post-66899 Fri, 01 Apr 2011 18:43:57 +0000 signmax 66899@http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p>Hi, </p> <p>I am use Magix Edit Pro 17 Plus version I can burn the AVCHD Blu-Ray on a DVD the program offer this option.</p> <p>To do so you must respect 2 conditions:</p> <p>1) The maximum project length is 30 minutes or less.</p> <p>2) Need a Blu-Ray burner on the computer and on your TV need a Blu-Ray player.</p> <p>Main advantage is the cost of media $0.50 for a DVD compare $2.50 for a Blu-Ray and more easy to find special inkjet DVD to print direct on than Blu-Ray. </p> <p>Main disadvantage is poeple try to play a Blu-Ray with a regular DVD player and this not work.</p> <p>How to find a solution to this problem.</p> <p>I continue to burn DVD top quality to a DVD disk because if you move to quality to 14 and bit rate very high on a TV like a 50 or 52 inches the quality is about 80% of a Blu-Ray naturally B-R offer more detail and crystal colors but pusking to the maximum the DVD quality can avoid B-R media costing too much for the moment and incompatibility.</p> <p>Regards,</p> <p>YR</p> http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/can-i-burn-1080p-footage-to-a-dvd-how#post-66894 Fri, 01 Apr 2011 17:13:36 +0000 XTR-91 66894@http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p>You have to tell Vegas that your video is in 16:9, both while editing and in your DVD burning suite.</p> <p> </p> <p>If you want the High Definition option, you'll have to burn it in AVCHD to DVD, where some Bluray players will allow you to play back the footage.  Sony Vegas won't do this on its own, so you'll need a DVD client that is capable of burning AVCHD discs, such as Nero Burner.  Most bluray players don't even support 1920x1080p60, but most will support the playback of 1920x1080p24.</p> http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/can-i-burn-1080p-footage-to-a-dvd-how-1#post-66892 Fri, 01 Apr 2011 15:59:45 +0000 Ian James Smith 66892@http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p> From my experience, much of the advice, given above, is very sound. Good quality mpg2 is able to foot-it with many more hyped-up formats. However, setting the variables as high as you can, makes a lot of sense. I have burned my stuff for years on the second-highest 'quality' settings and with a maximum bit-rate of 9200, with footage of 720 x 576 (16:9 widescreen format). From my reading-up on such matters, that just squeaks in at the upper-end of DVD compatibility, if the lower bit-rate is allowed to 'float'. The settings it takes up might seem alarmingly low at the bottom end-of-the-scale, but that is governed by contingencies and the nature of the footage being processed, the needs of more 'static' footage being much less, of course. After-all, most video formats only process the differences between frames (the 'B' and 'P' frames), while the scene is re-established, each 12 to 15 frames, by means of the 'I-frames'. So, my advice, (for what it is worth), see what the slowest processing option on-offer is, and give it a try. The assumption being, that the slowest and least convenient way of going about things, is usually the best in-the-end, with video.</p> <p> For my own part, I produce my finished features in both high-quality 'avi' and 'mpg2'. The mpg2, for home consumption, the 'avi' (strictly speaking smart-rendered in the DV-AVI package), as a hedge against 'contingencies', for the future. As I think I may have mentioned on another thread recently, I have 96 DVD's of DV-AVI footage which I am editing my way through, some of my early footage, of historical events shot originally on 16mm film in the 4 x 3 aspect-ratio, have been cropped and re-stretched to 'widescreen'.</p> <p> By the way 'Signmax', I use Magix 'Movie Edit Pro 17 Plus' for all of my work, currently; in preference even, to their own VSP-1.5, which I also have. A great piece of software at the price, which has me constantly wondering 'how-they-do-it'. </p> <p>Ian Smith</p> <p>Dunedin - New Zealand</p> http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/can-i-burn-1080p-footage-to-a-dvd-how-1#post-66891 Fri, 01 Apr 2011 15:18:03 +0000 signmax 66891@http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p> Hi,</p> <p>I am use Magix Edit Pro 17 Plus version I can burn the AVCHD Blu-Ray on a DVD the program offer this option.</p> <p>To do so you must respect 2 conditions:</p> <p>1) The maximum project length is 30 minutes or less.</p> <p>2) Need a Blu-Ray burner on the computer and on your TV need a Blu-Ray player.</p> <p>Main advantage is the cost of media $0.50 for a DVD compare $2.50 for a Blu-Ray and more easy to find special inkjet DVD to print direct on than Blu-Ray. </p> <p>Main disadvantage is poeple try to play a Blu-Ray with a regular DVD player and this not work.</p> <p>How to find a solution to this problem.</p> <p>I continue to burn DVD top quality to a DVD disk because if you move to quality to 14 and bit rate very high on a TV like a 50 or 52 inches the quality is about 80% of a Blu-Ray naturally B-R offer more detail and crystal colors but pusking to the maximum the DVD quality can avoid B-R media costing too much for the moment and incompatibility.</p> <p>Regards,</p> <p>YR</p> http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/can-i-burn-1080p-footage-to-a-dvd-how-1#post-66889 Fri, 01 Apr 2011 15:06:46 +0000 SargeHero 66889@http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p>Do you have <a title="DVD Architect" href="http://www.sonycreativesoftware.com/dvdastudio">DVD Architect Studio</a>? This one is Sony professional version of DVD authoring (it also works with Blu Ray). I read about Windows DVD Maker and it said that it support over 60 video formats. My advise is to try different video formats until you find one that works best. I would start with uncompressed AVI or WMV, setting the features at the highest possible resolution and Variable Bit Rate 2 pass encoding. I recommend investing in DVD architect Studio because it will give you a lot more options and the interphase is almost identical to Vegas.</p> http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/can-i-burn-1080p-footage-to-a-dvd-how-1#post-66881 Fri, 01 Apr 2011 13:12:05 +0000 Adam 66881@http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p>Sargehero -- Thanks. </p> <p>So, burning to a DVD is my only option.</p> <p>So, starting with 1080p footage, we rendered our project (using Sony Vegas) as MPEG-2 under the DVD NTSC template. </p> <p>We then burned with Windows DVD Maker. The quality is questionably low (even though we knew that it would be reduced). Our principle concern is that the audio is now at least a tenth of a second off. </p> <p>Does the problem lie with Windows DVD Maker? Are there other options (or general tips) we should be aware to preserve some of the quality and fix the audio problem?</p> http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/can-i-burn-1080p-footage-to-a-dvd-how-1#post-66879 Fri, 01 Apr 2011 12:31:34 +0000 SargeHero 66879@http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p>DVD is 720x480. In order to burn 1080p you need a Blue Ray disc and a software with that feature. For the video format MPEG2 DVD works best.</p> http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/can-i-burn-1080p-footage-to-a-dvd-how-1#post-66878 Fri, 01 Apr 2011 12:17:18 +0000 Adam 66878@http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p>I am a beginner. Our video is only seven minutes long, so I don't think actually space on the disc is an issue. The footage was shot in 1080p, and edited with Sony Vegas Pro. Is there a way to keep it at this quality? We aren't sure which options we should choose when rendering in Sony Vegas--we think MPEG2. But we tried that and then we burned it (with Windows DVD Maker) and the video was squished horizontally. What are we missing?</p> http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/can-i-burn-1080p-footage-to-a-dvd-how#post-66877 Fri, 01 Apr 2011 12:15:28 +0000 Adam 66877@http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p>I am a beginner. Our video is only seven minutes long, so I don't think actually space on the disc is an issue. The footage was shot in 1080p, and edited with Sony Vegas Pro. Is there a way to keep it at this quality? We aren't sure which options we should choose when rendering in Sony Vegas--we think MPEG2. But we tried that and then we burned it (with Windows DVD Maker) and the video was squished horizontally. What are we missing?</p> http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/burn-1080-to-dvd-dl#post-64577 Mon, 03 Jan 2011 09:12:52 +0000 XTR-91 64577@http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p>You may not be able to.</p> <p>I'm not seeing an option to burn AVCHD in my Vegas Pro 10.  If possible, you can use DVD Architect.</p> http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/burn-1080-to-dvd-dl#post-64571 Mon, 03 Jan 2011 05:08:23 +0000 byair74 64571@http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p> Hi,</p> <p>When I tried to burn a DVD with Sony Vegas Pro 10 burn DVD option Sony Vegas not suggest me the option to burn it in 1080 format, why? If I will put a DL (double layer) DVD into the drive Sony vegas will give me the option to burn it in 1080 format?</p> <p>How can I detrmine the DVD name?</p> <p>thanks,</p> http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/movie-edit-pro-14-need-help-burning-a-dvd#post-49798 Wed, 05 Aug 2009 01:42:11 +0000 david5566 49798@http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p>you do not give too much details. But for burning a dvd with Movie Edit Pro, I think one thing must be figured out. The one you are specifically interested in is the "Disc images:" path.  This is the folder where MEP creates the actual DVD disc images during encoding.  It then burns those images to your DVD.<br />As an extra note, MEP never automatically deletes these images, which means they will eventually fill up your HDD.  Believe me, I learned this the hard way.  After I'm sure my DVD plays correctly, I always go back and delete those files.Hopefully, this solves your problem.</p> http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/movie-edit-pro-14-need-help-burning-a-dvd#post-42805 Sun, 04 Jan 2009 11:40:39 +0000 Aspyrider 42805@http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p> check out the mep users group at <a href="http://www.mepusers.ning.com" rel="nofollow">http://www.mepusers.ning.com</a></p> <p>But you will need to supply more information on what you are doing. What kind of PC, how much memory, what type of files, etc.</p> <p>Is it not burning at all, or the DVD will not play in a DVD player? What kind of DVD did you use? What kind of player do you have?</p> <p>Need detailed info to help.</p> http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/movie-edit-pro-14-need-help-burning-a-dvd#post-42804 Sun, 04 Jan 2009 10:44:53 +0000 fuccia63 42804@http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p>Have Movie edit pro 14 - I have a 4 1/2 minute movie video and for some reason cannot get it to burn to the disk or even to the desktop. I have followed all instructions prompted and it will not play on tv? HELP!</p> http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/minidv-quality-to-dvd#post-41402 Wed, 12 Nov 2008 01:07:26 +0000 Coreece 41402@http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p>Also,  what format is your miniDV footage. ( ex. AVI, MOV)</p> <p>You want to make sure you have the best possibly quality prior to encoding DVD.  If your video was compressed or converted to a lossy format somehow during the editing process, it will not look pretty once that file is finally compressed to Mpeg 2 DVD.</p> http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/minidv-quality-to-dvd#post-41400 Wed, 12 Nov 2008 00:50:39 +0000 Coreece 41400@http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p>There will always be some quality loss when encoding for DVD. (even if you can't notice it)</p> <p>DVD footage needs to be mpeg2 which is a lossy format, but it shouldn't look bad if its encoded properly.</p> <p>The three general formats are:</p> <p>1 PASS CBR:</p> <p>This is for shorter videos that have a minimal amount of fast action movements and/or pans This is the faster method of encoding and will render a larger file.typically the best bit rate will be 8mbps, but 7mbps is good too.  You can go higher but this is not recommended because it may be to fast for some DVD players. </p> <p>1 PASS VBR</p> <p>This setting may not be available with many encoders and really isn't necessary, but it would typically be used with longer videos with a minimal amount of fast movement.</p> <p>2 pass VBR</p> <p>This is used for longer videos that include fast action movement.  It will analylze the video in the first pass and than encode a higher bit rate for parts of the video that have fast action and lower bitrates in the areas that have less movement.  This format maximizes quality while maintaing a smaller file size.  The bitrate will depend on how long your video is.   In variable bitrate encoding, there are 3 settings:</p> <p>    - Average Bitrate - Maximum Bit Rate  - Minimum Bitrate</p> <p>The range between 6.5 -8.0 mbps will render better quality, however, if you video is over 90 minutes, you'll have to use a lower range.</p> <p>I have noticed that motion graphics and animated backgrounds seem to be more affected by DVD compression, so if this describes your video, expect there to me some undesireable effects.  There really is not too much you can do...DVD compression was great for awhile, especially when there were only tube TVs.  The moitors today are very detailed and show off all the imperfections.  </p> <p>If you have a Good HD monitor, you'll notice that any Hollywood Blockester on DVD has some artifacts in the motion graphic intros...and in some cases, it's really bad...including text.  You'll also notice some artifacts in the darker scenes of the movie as well.  But sometimes, you really can't tell unless you're looking for it.</p> <p>It also may help to do a search for a good Bit Rate calculator.  This may make it a little easier for you to determine the settings for VBR.  If you don't like the quality using the settings that the bit rate calculator gave you, try using a higher rate if you video didn't max out the space on the DVD.</p> <p>Regards,</p> <p>Corey</p> <p>Its not necessary to know this, but you may see settings for GOP(groups of pictures).  You can usually keep this at the default setting.  GOP is the compression technique that gives DVD compression its lossy characteristic.  Thaey consist of I-frames B-frames and P-frames.</p> <p>I found this following explanation from wikipedia to be rather humorous the fist time I read it:</p> <p>MPEG-2 specifies that the raw frames be compressed into three kinds of frames: intra-coded frames (<a href="http://videomaker.com/wiki/I-frame">I-frame</a>), predictive-coded frames (<a href="http://videomaker.com/wiki/I-frame">P-frames</a>), and bidirectionally-predictive-coded frames (<a href="http://videomaker.com/wiki/I-frame">B-frames</a>).</p> <p>An <a href="http://videomaker.com/wiki/I-frame">I-frame</a> is a compressed version of a single uncompressed (raw) frame. It takes advantage of spatial redundancy and of the inability of the eye to detect certain changes in the image. Unlike P-frames and B-frames, I-frames do not depend on data in the preceding or the following frames. Briefly, the raw frame is divided into 8 pixel by 8 pixel blocks. The data in each block is transformed by a <a href="http://videomaker.com/wiki/Discrete_cosine_transform">discrete cosine transform</a>. The result is an 8 by 8 matrix of coefficients. The transform converts spatial variations into frequency variations, but it does not change the information in the block; the original block can be recreated exactly by applying the inverse cosine transform. The advantage of doing this is that the image can now be simplified by <a href="http://videomaker.com/wiki/Quantization_(image_processing)">quantizing</a> the coefficients. Many of the coefficients, usually the higher frequency components, will then be zero. The penalty of this step is the loss of some subtle distinctions in brightness and color. If one applies the inverse transform to the matrix after it is quantized, one gets an image that looks very similar to the original image but that is not quite as nuanced. Next, the quantized coefficient matrix is itself compressed. Typically, one corner of the quantized matrix is filled with zeros. By starting in the opposite corner of the matrix, then zigzagging through the matrix to combine the coefficients into a string, then substituting <a href="http://videomaker.com/wiki/Run-length_encoding">run-length codes</a> for consecutive zeros in that string, and then applying <a href="http://videomaker.com/wiki/Huffman_coding">Huffman coding</a> to that result, one reduces the matrix to a smaller array of numbers. It is this array that is broadcast or that is put on DVDs. In the receiver or the player, the whole process is reversed, enabling the receiver to reconstruct, to a close approximation, the original frame.</p> <p>Typically, every 15th frame or so is made into an I-frame. P-frames and B-frames might follow an I-frame like this, IBBPBBPBBPBB(I), to form a <a href="http://videomaker.com/wiki/Group_of_pictures">Group Of Pictures (GOP)</a>; however, the standard is flexible about this.</p> http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/minidv-quality-to-dvd#post-41393 Tue, 11 Nov 2008 22:04:27 +0000 robGRAUERT 41393@http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/ <blockquote><p> Is the quality of a consumer miniDV camcorder going to look bad when burned to a DVD?</p></blockquote> <p>No. Just compress it properly. You may not even really have to compress it if your video is less than 4.7GB.</p> <p> </p> <blockquote><p> What are the best settings to render the miniDV video footage and burn it to DVD and have the greatest possible quality?....</p></blockquote> <blockquote><p> </blockquote> I just render it as DV/DVCPro NTSC.   </p> http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/minidv-quality-to-dvd#post-41380 Tue, 11 Nov 2008 18:41:20 +0000 RockstarRider 41380@http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p>Is the quality of a consumer miniDV camcorder going to look bad when burned to a DVD?.......</p> <p>What are the best settings to render the miniDV video footage and burn it to DVD and have the greatest possible quality?....</p> http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/burning-a-dvd-that-can-be-read-in-japan#post-37639 Mon, 23 Jun 2008 10:01:36 +0000 robGRAUERT 37639@http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p> I believe Japan uses NTSC encoding as well. So you shouldn't have to do anything. Just to be safe, burn a copy of the videos in PAL and NTSC. </p> <p>I think that's the issue when making things work in other countries.  </p> http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/burning-a-dvd-that-can-be-read-in-japan#post-37638 Mon, 23 Jun 2008 10:00:04 +0000 video novice 37638@http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p>I need help in a hurry as the DVDs need to be done by Wednesday (06-25-08) evening or sooner. </p> <p>I have been videoing (vx2100) and burning to DVD High School events including Basketball games, Football games and some school functions.  An exchange student is in many of these videos and I would like to give the student a copy of some of the events prior to return to their home country.</p> <p>What if anything, do I need to do so they will be able to view these videos in Japan? Precise info would be appreciated.  I take these videos straight from camera to a standalone video recorder at the present time and make copies with Nero 7 Ultra.</p> <p>I have done no editing to date but have just purchased a new computer and Photoshop/Premier Elements to start my learning process.</p> http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/dvd-burning-2#post-35158 Mon, 18 Feb 2008 12:31:07 +0000 mikemc26m 35158@http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p>I apologize if this question has already been answered elsewhere.</p> <p> I am a newbie to dvd authoring/editing and am a little confused about the "2 hour" dvd. I currently am using Verbatim 16X -R DVDs. If I take a 2 hour vhs tape, capture, convert, burn, what RATE should I be at? I can go from 2000 kbits/sec-7500 kbits/sec. (Using Pinnacle Ultimate 11)</p> <p> I recently did some work(slideshows, widescreen video, Hi-8 conversions). I first test my finished work on my x-box 360 &amp; widescreen tv, then on my original x-box with a 25" crt tv. Everything works great on my 360. Some of it either skipped or played in Fast Forward on my old x-box. I called Pinnacle and they had me reduce my rate to 5500 kbits/sec &amp; reburn. Then it worked ok on both dvd players. I sent these to my brother, 2000 miles away, and they don't play right on his pc.</p> <p> So, is there a chart to go by? What is the min rate? What is the standard rate? What is the max rate? I have wasted many dvds because of this problem.</p> <p> Also, with my above problems in mind, how is it possible I can copy a 2 hour widescreen DVD using Xcopy and have it fit &amp; play perfect on a 4.7gb disc? What is the rate used?</p>