Burning your DVD to a video

File Extensions

Multimedia Files

Archives

Other Files

CD/DVD Image Files


GooglePages Video and MP3 Tips

Burning your video to a DVD

To burn a DVD video using Nero, open the ROM version of the product or the Nero Express version and choose the DVD Video option.  In your file manager, find the location of the Video files you have generated.  Drag and drop them into the Nero file manager area and then press 'burn'.  This will convert these files into a DVD.  Watch out for the Nero StartSmart version as this does not have a direct link to the option.  Do not attempt to burn a 'data DVD' at this is not the same thing as burning a DVD.

If you want to edit video with a free utility.  

Virtual dub
A powerful freeware video editor with lots of features, including a choice of compression codecs, splitting, addition of audio tracks. Excellent.
http://www.virtualdub.org/

File extensions

For more complete info see http://www.filext.com or http://www.minonova.org

Many files have a file extension. A file extension is a tag (usually of three letters), preceded by a period, which gives information about the file's format or the application used to create the file.

For example, when you have a file called "CD1.iso", then "iso" is the file extension.

This topic shows a list of the most common file extensions, ordered by type.


BitTorrent file

Example: .torrent
All files you can download from mininova or any other torrent site are BitTorrent files.
These files are small metadata files. Metadata here means that the file contains information about the data you want to download, not the data itself.



Multimedia files



Example: .avi .mpg .mpeg .divx .xvid .wmv
These files are usually movies or TVshows, or a host of other types of media. They can be viewed using various media players. We suggest using VLC Media Player, Windows Media Player Classic, BSPlayer or Zoomplayer. Also, you'll need to make sure you have the right codecs to play each individual file. Codecs are a tricky business sometimes so to help you out with your file and what exact codecs it needs try using GSpot. It tells you what codecs you need. Below are some common codecs and their links for quick reference: Example: .mov
These are QuickTime files. QuickTime is Apple's media player. There are some good alternatives to the original program and we suggest you to use them. Please check out QuickTime Alternative.

Example: .ra .rm .ram
These are RealPlayer files. Most users don't like RealPlayer, because it installs many "extras" that are difficult to remove from your system.
There are however alternatives to the original program, check out Real Alternative.

Example: .vcd .svcd
These can be a pain on some peoples setups, but more so, on your stand-alone DVD player. For all your vcd needs check out www.dvdrhelp.com. These guys know their stuff, and can help you with all kinds of media related questions.

Example: .mp3 .mp2
These files are music files. Play them with WinAmp.

Example: .ogm .ogg
Ogg Vorbis media files. You can find out more about them and download applications here. This filetype is another music file format, but can be used for various media. You will probably want to download the DirectShow Ogg filter to play back OGM files. Any new version of WinAmp will also do.


Archives


Example: .rar .zip .ace .r01 .r02 .001 .002
These extensions tell that the actual data you downloaded is compressed into an "archive".
This is a way of making the files more compact and easier to download.
In order to access the data in the archive, you have to extract the archive.

You can extract any of the archives listed above with the program WinRAR.
Other well-known alternatives are PowerArchiver, WinZip and WinAce.


Other Files


Example: .txt .doc
These are text files. .txt files can be opened with notepad or watever you default text editor happens to be, and .doc are opened with Microsoft Word.

Example: .nfo
These contain information about the file you just downloaded, and it's HIGHLY recommended that you read these! They are plain text files, often with ascii-art. You can open them with Notepad, Wordpad, DAMN NFO Viewer or UltraEdit.

Example: .pdf
Can be opened with Adobe Acrobat Reader.

Example: .jpg .gif .tga .psd
Basic image files. These files generally contain pictures, and can be opened with Adobe Photoshop or whatever your default image viewer is.

Example: .sfv
Checks to make sure that your multi-volume archives are complete. This just lets you know if you've downloaded something complete or not. (This is not really an issue when DL:ing via torrent.) You can open/activate these files with SFV Checker or hkSFV for example.

Example: .par
This is a parity file, and is often used when downloading from newsgroups. These files can fill in gaps when you're downloading a multi-volume archive and get corrupted or missing parts. Open them with QuickPar.

Files with the extension .daa need the program PowerIso


CD/DVD image files



Example: .bin .cue
These are your standard images of a CD or DVD, and are used quite alot these days.
To open them you have a couple options. You can burn them using Nero or Alcohol 120%, but this proves to be problematic for a lot of people.

You can also use Daemon Tools, which lets you mount the image to a "virtual CD/DVD-rom", so basically it tricks your computer into thinking that you inserted the disk into your CD/DVD drive. Alcohol 120% also sports a virtual cd-rom feature.

Finally, if you're still struggling to access the files contained within any given image file you can use CDMage to extract the files and then burn them, or just access them from your hard drive. You can also use VCDGear to extract the mpeg contents of a SVCD or VCD image file such as bin/cue.

Example: .iso
Another type of image file that follows similar rules as .bin and .cue, only you extract or create them using WinISO or ISOBuster. Sometimes converting a problematic .bin and .cue file to an .iso can help you burn it to a CD or DVD.

Example: .ccd .img .sub
All these files go together and are in the CloneCD format. CloneCD is like most other CD-Burning programs, see the .bin and .cue section if you're having problems with these files.