Dvd+rw/dvd-rw

[Zephik]

1. What's the difference?
2. Is it possible to burn movies onto these types of discs and be able to play them on a TV via built-in DVD Player?
3. Thanks!

[OvRiDe]

http://www.google.com/search?q=difference+between+dvd-rw+and+dvd%2Brw&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a

http://www.helium.com/items/85596-dvd-players-differences-between-dvd-rw-and-dvdrw-recording-formats

[Zephik]

Looks like I better go with "-" then. It's some off-brand TV with a built-in player.

Is there a specific way to record movies onto discs for them to play in a DVD player?

[OvRiDe]

Of course there is. It all depends on what kind of movies we are talking about. But most likely this is one of those situations where we probably don't want to go into that here.

[Zephik]

What format do movies need to be in to be able to burn them in such a way that they are playable in a DVD player? Also, what's the best program for burning movies onto DVD's?

As a nerd, you would think I would know all of this stuff by now. But I never really did the whole blank disc thing. I skipped right over all of that stuff and went straight to external hard drives for backing up data and what-not. Oh well, I'm just ahead of my time if you ask me. :p

[billygoat333]

cloneDVD is a good program, basically you need .VOB files or a .iso to do it. This would assume you already have a DVD and no conversion would be necessary. some players will read DVIX or AVI files too... but I doubt your tv's built in one will. heck any DVD burning software should be able to burn your dvd movie.

(this is assuming you are burning a home movie :P)

[OvRiDe]

Well DVD is in an Mpeg2 format. As to what format they have to be in.. it depends on the software you are using to convert and burn them to a DVD.

I suggest looking over Doom9, since there are more possibilities then I care to list.

http://www.doom9.org/

[Zephik]

Thanks for the help! +rep's on the house. ^_^

Now I just hope my mothers TV supports burned media.