Comments on: Burn a CD or DVD in Windows Vista

By: JEN

JEN — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 21:58:50 +0000

I followed the directions to the tee and it did not work, would not play in my dvd player and on the computer was not in order. i have been trying for weeks to figure this out and have gone through dozens of dvds. i quit this sucks

By: Brent Trahan

Brent Trahan — Wed, 28 May 2008 11:48:09 +0000

It depends on what’s on the DVD. If you’re trying to copy a movie DVD, this won’t work. Parts of the disk are encoded and won’t copy. You’ll need software to rip and decode the DVD to copy it.

If you’re trying to burn video you own (home videos) you need to see my guide on how to create a home video DVD.

By: lilly

lilly — Wed, 28 May 2008 10:47:29 +0000

if I used this method to burn dvd am I gonna b able to play it with my dvd player
cos I’ve tried of applications but they where helpless
TQ

By: Martin B

Martin B — Sat, 26 Apr 2008 12:55:36 +0000

Why could I burn DVD’s for years with my XP machine and havent been able to burn one DVD in 12 months with Windows Vista. This is meant to be an upgrade?

By: John D

John D — Sat, 16 Feb 2008 01:23:36 +0000

Yes Im havibg the same issues above …in fact I tried burning after selecting the video files I wanted from a home made video and the file type said it was “windows media file” ??? Anyway i did follw the steps and selected the master format and still no luck with playing in my DVD player. Lost 3 discs after trying three scenarios.
John

By: Jay

Jay — Mon, 03 Dec 2007 23:56:12 +0000

yes DVD-R is required, the DVD+R is something different and not compatible with most peoples computers

By: Eric Nguyen

Eric Nguyen — Sun, 18 Nov 2007 01:14:18 +0000

yeah i can burn
but then the dvd player wont read the dvd
(im using +R)
i tried like 6 dvd players and it didnt work.
were we supposed to use -R?
and maybe in those 100,000 people
only few people ever tried to comment

By: Brent Trahan

Brent Trahan — Mon, 15 Oct 2007 12:42:53 +0000

Sure, but you have to repeat the whole process for every CD you want to burn.

By: Bob Orr

Bob Orr — Mon, 15 Oct 2007 11:55:54 +0000

Can you copy a folder onto more than one CD in Vista?

By: Luis

Luis — Fri, 05 Oct 2007 05:33:31 +0000

I’ve tried to burn dvd’s in mastered format in the same way it was explained.
Although I specified mastered format, the properties of the dvd show UDF.
Looks like windows vista refuse to burn mastered format. Is there a way to set mastered as default format?.

Thank you

Luis