I have WinDVD Creator 2.0 that came bundled with my notebook. I can't>seem to select DVD as the file format output under MAKE MOVIE in the>Creator software. I only have the VCD option.>

The notebook has a DVD+RW drive and I've tried both +R and +RW DVDs.>I've also experimented with importing mpg, avi, and other formats as>well as various size files from very small (few minutes) to large (few>hours) and none of these combinations seem to make a difference.>

I do have an external DVD writer that will write +R, +RW, -R, -RW>formats, but I can't seem to find anywhere in the Creator>configurati­on where to route output to a specific drive.>

Don

The notebook has a DVD+RW drive and I've tried both +R and +RW DVDs.> I've also experimented with importing mpg, avi, and other formats as> well as various size files from very small (few minutes) to large (few> hours) and none of these combinations seem to make a difference.>

I do have an external DVD writer that will write +R, +RW, -R, -RW> formats, but I can't seem to find anywhere in the Creator> configuration where to route output to a specific drive.>

Don

On Sat, 04 Dec 2004 18:59:17 GMT, dsarvas@yahoo.com (Don) wrote:>

The external writer does not have to be present for WinDVDCreator2 to be>able to create DVD format files. It will create them to the hard drive. In>this instance Ivronovich seems to have hit upon the problem and that is that>the version supplied with your laptop is a feature limited version designed>to work with the laptop's internal CD writer only. Did you not get a DVD>creating software package with your external writer (maybe another version>of WinDVDCreator)?>

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Don wrote:>> Well, I just figured out how to select my external drive. I just>> never got to that point before since I couldn't get past the first>> problem. But even using my external drive that reads and writes to>> all formats, I can't choose the DVD output format. I tried using the>> VCD format anyway to see what would happen, but I get an error that>> the format is the wrong match as would be expected.>>