Flash Drive to DVD

[whiskeryron]

I have been loaned a usb flash drive containing an episode of a tv series that I need to burn to dvd,can someone please explain how I can do this please.

[g675]

What type of file is it? That is, is it MPG, AVI, DivX, etc? The method is completely different for each.

Depending on your DVD player you may be able to simply burn the file to a disc and just insert it. Of course, you don't want to waste the disc unless they are a few pence.

[vehelpfulguy]

If you have burned any file to DVD before then this is no different.

The fact that it is on a flash drive does not change things, Windows will just see it as a hard drive.

Open up your DVD burner program, select the drive letter for the USB drive, select the file, then select " burn"

If you have NOT burned a DVD before then let us know and we will give instructions.

[vehelpfulguy]

Note you can buy some DVD players (connected to your TV) where you just plug in the USB drive and "play" the file on it.

So no need to put it on DVD (unless you want to keep it) you play it direct from the USB drive.

[whiskeryron]

As I said,I have the flash drive on loan it has to be given back,I want to keep the tv episode,so I need to put it onto dvd, however it's in AVI format on the flash drive so I need to convert it to DVD,do you know a programme that will do this? free if possible. Thanks.

[ChuckFickens]

http://www.trustfm.net/divx/SoftwareAvi2Dvd.ph p

[whiskeryron]

Thanks Chuck,I have done the free download but it would appear that I have to buy it in order to use it, I may have to do this except that this was going to be a 1 off job. are there any free ones out there?

[trish432]

http://www.sothinkmedia.com/movie-dvd-maker/do wnload.htm

If you haven`t used an avi converter before, be prepared for it to take a long time,and do it when you`re not needing to use computer as it can slow things down to a crawl.

[whiskeryron]

Thanks trish,life aint easy,when I click on the link you sent, I am asked to open a zip file ( don't know about these so don't trust 'em) Ron.

[ChuckFickens]

Hmmm....

The one I posted a link to is shareware... this means that it may ask you to donate but it is not compulsory and the software should be fully functional without paying a penny.

[whiskeryron]

Chuck,when I open prog (AVS Video Converter) & I click on Convert now,
I get a message 'Warning You are using a non activated version,The watermark banner will be placed in thecentre of the output file'

[vehelpfulguy]

Why cant you just copy the file off the USB stick and on to your hard disk?

Why does it need to go onto a DVD?

[whiskeryron]

Vhelpful. The explanation:-
I am collecting a tv series on dvd for a relative but unfortunately I missed the first episode,now I have it on a pen (or flash) drive & want to add to dvd.

[trish432]

Don`t worry about unzipping the file, it is safe.
If you don`t have software to open it, download 7zip.
It`s a very good small programme for unzipping files.


http://www.filehippo.com/download_7-zip/

[trish432]

If you need to give the flash drive back, do as vehelpfulguy
suggests, right click the file and send it to your hard drive, then you can convert and burn to dvd in your own time.
Save the file to desktop, so that it`s easily found.

[jeffmatt]

You may take a look at this step by step guide, it will teach you how to convert and burn flash video to DVD. I followed it and successfully burned movie to DVD to play on my home DVD player, it's easy to understand, I think it deserves a try.
http://www.reviewstown.com/how-to-burn-avi-div x-movie-to-playable-dvd.html