typewriter
12-12-2018, 02:25 PM
Hello, I have a 5 min. video clip that I need to send with a grant proposal. I need it burned onto a CD or DVD – – I don’t know which will work. I have some blank CDR disks I can provide or I’m looking for someone who has a blank DVD disc to burn it onto.
Here is a link to the clip FYI: https://drive.google.com/open?id=1XH29MgJKCN5LB1cWjSoGBQt_rLURPYug
It is for the Unshame Pain Project. If you’re interested to know more, my website is www.maayansimon.wordpress.com (https://www.maayansimon.wordpress.com)
Thank you very much! I look forward to hearing from you.
707-479-0408
[email protected]Hi typewriter,
This is a very important issue and important work you're doing. I'm really glad to see it!
Your video file is under 300 megabytes, so it will easily fit on a CD. A CD can hold up to about 700 megabytes.
If it was specified that you can submit it on a CD, then that seems like a great option. That CD would be playable on a computer and possibly in some modern DVD and Blu-Ray players that are compatible with playing video files in addition to industry-standard video disc formats. Compatibility with standalone players could also depend on exactly what settings were used when creating your video file. If a CD was specified as an acceptable way to submit your video, than this method should work great, and I would not worry about exactly how they will be playing it.
It could also be converted to a DVD-Video format (so it could play in all DVD and Blu-Ray players, but only in computers with the required software), but that would result in some quality loss.
It could additionally be put on a DVD as a file, just as on a CD, which is approximately equally good of an option to putting the file on a CD, although obviously it could not be read by an old computer with only CD capability.
It could also be converted to a format called Video CD, which is similar to DVD, but uses CDs and is very inefficient and low quality, but would—like DVD-Video—play in most DVD and Blu-Ray players. I don't recommend it.
If you have a computer with a CD burner, or access to one, here's how to burn the actual video file to a CD or DVD (for computer playback and playback in some standalone video players):
Windows 10: https://youtu.be/W84VwNKMjBI (Follow the second method demonstrated that creates a mastered CD/DVD. The demonstration even illustrates the process using video files.)
Windows 7: https://itstillworks.com/burn-cd-using-windows-7-8169264.html (Follow the instructions for a mastered data CD. These instructions would also work with a blank DVD disc.)
Mac OS/X: https://www.wikihow.com/Burn-a-CD-Using-Mac-OS-X (Follow method 2, "Data CD".)
If you want a DVD-Video disc that will playback in standalone video players, but only some computers, and be of lower quality, I would be happy to make it for you. I have blank DVDs. However, I couldn't meet you with the disc until next Friday (December 21st) in the late afternoon or early evening.