Question about burning DVD's?

[Supermancan]

I just exported my imovie project and it says it is a .m4v not .mov. Can I burn this to a dvd and be able to play it on a dvd player or do I have to convert it to something else? If so, how do I do that?

 

[Letmesteeryou]

Depends on what files your DVD player can read. If you're looking for something that can be played on any DVD player, the movie files need to be in the .vob format. These are located in the VTS containers.

If you open the files on a standard DVD, you'll see two folders, an Audio TS and a Video TS folder. Inside the Video TS folder are the .vob files that make up the movie.

The M4V file format is a video file format developed by Apple. Apple uses M4V files to encode TV episodes, movies, and music videos in the iTunes Store. To play a protected M4V file, the computer needs to be authorized (using iTunes) with the account that was used to purchase the video.

Unprotected M4V files without AC3 audio MAY be recognized and played by other video players by changing the file extension from ‘.m4v’ to ‘.mp4’.

.m4v files can also be opened and played by some versions of Windows Media Player and RealPlayer.

 

[STEPHEN]

Never used it myself, but heard good things about the program DVD Flick.

I suggest you give that a try as it has support for converting a large number of file types to DVD format.

 

[Theaccountwithnoname]

DVD players are designed to play the .VOB format that are contained inside folders that include the video commands for playback, chapter selection, audio selection and other features. You'll need to convert the video using a DVD making software.

Some newer dvd players specify which video formats it can play besides the .VOB. Older DVD players can only except the default .VOB and are also limited to one broadcasting region.