how to create a dvd disk on windows 8?

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ok i have windows 8 and when i insert a blank dvd-r or +r i use the option create dvd disk.
when i burn the movie onto it it burns fine and ejects. the file i burn over is a movie file or mp4 video.

i put the cd into the dvd player and it says loading data disk (im not sure why) then ity says unsupported file and will not play.

when i had win7 i used movie maker and a program called burn aware but now on win8 im having problems even playing the movie on a dvd player. 
i have no idea what a iso image or anything to do with iso so please dont say do it like that as i do not no how or what it is.
when i open  the burner that is on my laptop it says video ts or image ts ( WHAT THE HELL IS THIS) 
I DONT NO WHAAAAAAT IM DOING WITH WIN8

please help me as i have lots of movies to copy to disk for my children and im getting frustrated.
what ever happend to just burning it to a dvd not all this iso data and video ts 


heeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeelp

Mujer Alta · Accepted Answer

Hugs!  I just had a friend install Windows 8 on the advice of an author friend of hers in Toronto.  We're a group of old biddies and old buddies and I'm the "computer go-to girl".  I had to tell her that I know nothing about the detailed technical side of Windows 8.  I know she'd sympathize with you.

Luckily I do know a little something about burning DVDs.  When you burn the mp4 file onto a disk, you've made a simple data disk.  The file is just laying on the disk and can't communicate with the DVD player and the DVD player can't "see" mp4 files - so it doesn't play.  You need to "author a DVD".  This means that, along with the video(s) that's converted into a file type the player can recognize,  you add code to the disk that basically tells the DVD player "Hey!  Wake up and play me!".

Sarah's Big House_ts. VOB is a transport stream, an mp2 video file used for streaming.  It's most often found in the TV industry.  These kinds of files have to be converted before they can be used on a playable DVD.  Sarah's Big House.iso is an exact copy of the files that are burned onto a playable DVD.  When I make a DVD for someone, it takes time because all the clips and photos and the menu and maybe a separate chapter menu all have to be converted to "DVD" then they are burned onto a disk that my friend can stick in his/her player and watch.  Well, if I want to give a copy of the DVD to 3 friends, we're talking about a lot of time if I have to wait for everything to be converted every time I make a copy.  This is why most DVD authoring programs have the option to also, besides burning the DVD, creating an iso image of the DVD.  An iso file is an exact copy of what's burned onto the playable DVD.  So, if I want to make 2 or 200 more playable DVDs of the same movie I can just click on the movie's iso image and click on "Burn".  Done.   No converting necessary.

You need a DVD authoring program, a simple-to-use DVD authoring program:-)  There aren't really a lot of good freebies out there.  Probably the best one for you is DVDDFlick.
http://www.dvdflick.net/

If you're not interested in menus, this Koyotesoft program is very simple.
http://koyotesoft.com/video-software/free-videos-to-dvd.html

Here are some more reviewed by a person whose reviews I've read for a number of years.
http://dottech.org/104441/windows-best-free-dvd-authoring-program-review/

I can't answer your last question because I've never had a DVD player play a data disk.  I've always authored my DVDs.  If you just burned the files to a DVD and then played the DVD, consider yourself very lucky.

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