blah Posted December 9, 2010 Share Posted December 9, 2010 I would like to know if it is possible to burn a DVD containing music that will play in standard dvd players. I would like to be able to put multiple CD's worth of music on to one DVD and then be able to play it in standard DVD players. I am not talking about the format DVD-Audio or Super Audio CD (SACD), those formats are not compatible with standard DVD players. I also am not talking about a DVD Data disc, because compatibility with DVD players is a crapshoot. When using Windows DVD Maker I am shown that I could add 150 minutes of video to a DVD, would the amount of 150 minutes also apply if the DVD only contains audio, or would it be possible to record more? I've read the guide "How to write an Audio CD from music files using ImgBurn" but I presume that that information would not be applicable for burning a DVD Video disc that contains only music. Please let me know if it is possible to burn a DVD Video disc that primarily contains music. What is the best way to do it? How much music can be stored? Thank you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ianymaty Posted December 9, 2010 Share Posted December 9, 2010 Yes, ImgBurn can put just about anything you give it on a disc. You are a little confusing things in that description. What format the music you want to put on that DVD is, .mp3? Use Build mode and fill the disc. Check first in the manual to be sure that your player can read .mp3's from DVD(+R/-R), not all suppot that, some players can read them only from CD. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blah Posted December 9, 2010 Author Share Posted December 9, 2010 What format the music you want to put on that DVD is, .mp3? Check first in the manual to be sure that your player can read .mp3's from DVD(+R/-R), not all suppot that, some players can read them only from CD. Yes, the music I want to put on DVD is in mp3 format, and I am aware that some DVD players do not recognize mp3's stored on a DVD data disc, which is why I do not want to create a data disc, I do not want to burn the music in it's current mp3 format. From my understanding, when creating a DVD Video disc digital video files are decompressed to a raw media format that is more easily read by DVD players. Storage capacity is sacrificed for the sake of ease of playback. It is the decompression of the digital media being burned that defines DVD Video discs. What you describe ianymaty is a DVD Data disc that would contain the digital media in it's compressed MP3 format, which is frequently not supported by DVD players. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ianymaty Posted December 9, 2010 Share Posted December 9, 2010 DVD Video is for video+audio, it can be only video but not only audio. The audio format on DVD Video can be PCM, MP2, AC3 or DTS http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DVD-Video What you can do is to use some DVD authoring tool and make a compliant DVD Video using a still picture or a group of pictures in slide and add your audio files as soundtrack. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blah Posted December 9, 2010 Author Share Posted December 9, 2010 (edited) Could you recommend a good DVD authoring tool? Preferably free to use. Other than "Windows DVD Maker". EDIT: https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/List_of_DVD_authoring_applications#Free_software I tried creating a slideshow in Windows DVD Maker but was limited to 150 minutes. For alternative DVD authoring tools DVD Flick looks promising, but I have already found that it does not create slideshows. I guess the "more than 150 minutes of music disc" idea is thoroughly dead. Thanks for your help. Edited December 10, 2010 by blah Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ianymaty Posted December 9, 2010 Share Posted December 9, 2010 Probably this will help you find something you need http://www.videohelp.com/tools/sections/authoring-dvd Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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