OK im a noob in burning videos on to DVDs and my disk burner only supports dvd +r disks. 1.What is the best avi video burner that burns without having jittery moments (not like DVDFlick)? It doesn't matter if i need to pay. 2. Is it possible to format disks that have been burned by a DVD player with a HDD? 3. How can i add subtitles to videos so that they stay on it permanently? Ive tried it before but then it only works on your PC, not when you burn. Thanks!
1) depends what you're trying to do 2) DVDs cannot be formatted, no. they are write-once. 3) this is very difficult to do
1. The Program ConvertXtoDVD can write without the jitters as long as you set the burn speed to 4x. 2. Just like what loony said. 3. ConvertXtoDVD can do this also as long as you show the program where the subtitles are. PM me if you want to know more about it.
I find +RWs to be a pain in the ass for whatever purpose you're trying to use it for. Since it has a different Book Type than -Rs, burning 1:1 copies of things (especially console video games) end up in a bust. As far as movie DVD copying, I haven't bothered trying, but my guess is that the RWs will not be readable on some older DVD players. Also, if you don't care about menus and whatnot, and just want the AVI file, but still want it to be readable by DVD players, you'll have to burn it (make it, convert it, whatever) as an .IFO/VOB format with the VIDEO_TS folder and all that crap. I use DVDFab5 for all of my movie burning needs. It allows you to make 1:1 copies, edit out unneeded audio/subs (like Eng-Spa-Fre discs and just keep the English audio), as well as just burning the main movie, no menu, no subs, no extras. This is actually quite useful for 8.5 GB ISOs to just have the bare minimum so the video quality is much higher on a 4.7 GB disc, rather than compressing it down due to accommodating space for unneeded stuff like the foreign audio/extras. You should probably use the program ace suggested for permanently burning the subs to the file. I personally like choice, so I just leave subs as an option. Oh, and your burner should support DVD-Rs. I have never heard of any DVD burner that is not be able to burn those...
In the early days drives were +R or -R and not both. I can remember when dual format drives first came out.
