Ghot, Bree, I need coffee. I have three VHS/DVD combos that can play DVDs, but not any MP3s nor MP4s. Can the software you two mention take an MP4 and convert it into a video DVD that can be played on aforementioned non-MPx VHS/DVD players? And, have you two actually made video DVDs from MP4s that actually work in an old fashioned VHS/DVD player? The reason I ask my questions here is because I am wondering if that is exactly what OP wants to do.
Thanks Bree.
After asking the question, I had another look at the user manual and found out how to do it - exactly as you said.
It was a bit tricky aligning the text boxes with the clip selection buttons (?) but managed it in the ens and even managed to figure out how to change the font and font size.
My second attempt now has a title on the opening page (!) and titles under each clip in the menu.
To be fair, there was a slight learning curve (isn't there always) but it was mostly quite straightforward and intuitive. I managed to produce a DVD of the video clips without too much hassle and delving into the manual - a sign of good design in my opinion.
One again, thanks for the help.
Kind regards,
Art
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OP here
To answer your question - yes!
This is exactly what I have done.
I took several short (sub 5-minute) video clips and first merged them into one longer clip (about 23-mins after removing the title sequences and end credits of each clip) using Video Pad Video Editor (free, no restrictions, no watermarks).
Then the composited clips (think that's the correct term), some 12 of them, were dropped into DVDStyler to produce a 2-screen menu DVD. (again free, no restrictions, no watermarks).
The only downside (and I don't think it is my pc here - Win 10 Pro / 8Gb RAM Core i5-3340/1MB Sapphire Radeon video card) was that rendering the DVD took over 2 hrs (mind you ther DVD was completely full).
Regarding DVDStyler, I downloaded and ran the portable version (no ads, spyware or bloatware as far as I can tell). The portable version link is here: DVDStyler Portable (also free, no restrictions, no watermarks).
I now have a single DVD with the 12 composited clips on it that plays in two different manufacturer's DVD players - a SONY and a Panasonic.
I hope this helps,
Art
@ArthurDent -- Have just downloaded 32 and 64 bit versions, and the portable one. Will install later and give them a good run. Will report back with results -- maybe in a new thread to avoid possible derailing of this thread.
Arthur, the OP might also want to know: should I purchase VideoPad Video Editor home edition license for $50.00 per computer, or, will I be able to convert mp4 into a DVD like I asked earlier? I'm not sure what are the differences between free and fee features/benefits?
BTW, HD DVD which does support 1080i and 1080p was supposed to replace DVD-Video. Unfortunately for the developer it lost out to Blue-ray and was discontinued.
Hi Roland
I'm using the free version (link again here Video Pad Video Editor) and it does all that I want it to do, namely:
- Take several mp4 videos
- Composite them into a single video
- Add transitions between the videos (fade throuhgh black) and a fade-in and fade-out
- Re-render the video
- Save as a new (larger) mp4 video with transitions
(taking, in my case, around 7 mins to render a 20-minute video)
I see no need to purchase the home license as the free version does all that I need.
Also, there are no watermarks in the final video and the program is capable of producing videos over 1Gb in length.
Having made over 30 such videos in the past week, there seems to be no limitation as to how many you can do (e.g. 10 in a month kind of thing).
I then put several of these mp4 videos onto a single DVD using DVDStyler Portable.
Hope this helps,
Art
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