mpg to DVD-R?

[SkaarjMaster]

I have an mpg file I want to burn onto a DVD-R to play in my home DVD player. What's the best free way to do this without a watermark being inserted into my video? Any ideas?

[Ian]

If you have a copy of Nero, use NeroVision. There are a number of other packages from companies like Ulead that will do the same thing.

[SkaarjMaster]

So you can't just go into Nero Burning ROM and tell it to burn it as something and have that work? I have Nero 6, but didn't install the Vision thing because I was having some conflicts with another program and I can't remember what it was. Are the Ulead programs free? Any other ideas?

I'll try the trial version of VideoStudio Plus tonight and see what happens.
http://www.ulead.com/vs/trial.htm

[Ian]

Well, you can tell Nero to create a DVD-Video but you will need to use VOB files. Dragging and dropping an mpeg into the compilation won't work.

[SkaarjMaster]

Nope Ulead not going to work either. They want my e-mail address and to sign up as a member. Anymore ideas?

[Han]

WinDVD Creator looks promising. I only hope it wasn't so buggy. One evil look and bam, it crashes.

E-mail is only an option - you don't have to enter it to download a trial version...

[SkaarjMaster]

OK, I tried this program last night, but accidently checked the widescreen box and that was a mistake as the freakin' thing is now streched out.
http://www.freedownloadscenter.com/Mult ... nshot.html

This program converts and burns to DVD-R all in one shot (with a few processes of course though). The mpg file's aspect when viewed in Winamp shows as 352x240, so I'm guessing when I burn it again I need to pick an aspect ratio closest to that for my 32" TV (regular screen, HDTV). I only have two more chances on the trial version of this program. Any suggestions before I try it again tonight? Thanks.

EDIT: I used the trial version of Apollo MPEG To DVD Burner and it worked! It gives you 3 times to try it out, then you have to pay. I screwed up the first one, but the second worked.

Um, I just looked and I actually have WinDVD Creator within my copy of WinDVD I got free with something a while back. Oh well, I'll try it for my fourth mpg to DVD-R whenever that will be.