How to Burn and Convert MP4 to DVD Easily

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How to Burn and Convert MP4 to DVD Easily
- Leawo Software
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"Ive got a movie in mp4 format on my hard drive.
How can I burn this MP4 movie onto a DVD disc for
playback on my home DVD player? Oris this just a
waste of time? Or..is there a way to convert the
mp4 format into something playable on a DVD
player?" There are many reasons why you might
want to burn media files to a disc. For example,
if youre planning a long road trip, you might
want to select a mix of favorite songs and then
burn these songs to an audio CD or DVD disc so
that you can play in your car. In this post, you
will learn multiple effective solutions to
convert and burn MP4 to DVD disc on Mac and
Windows.
Part 1 Brief Introduction Part 2 Burn MP4 to
DVD on Windows Part 3 Burn MP4 to DVD on
Mac Part 4 Best MP4 to DVD Converter for Mac
and PC Part 5 Burn MP4 to DVD Tutorial Video
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Part 1 Brief Introduction Its quite easy to
burn MP4 to DVD only with the help of DVD burning
software. However, its important for you to know
what kind of source MP4 files and target DVD disc
you want to burn, since these things would
determine which kind of MP4 to DVD burning
software you should adopt. For example, to burn
MP4 files to data DVD disc, you could directly
use Windows Media Player, which is unable to burn
MP4 video to video DVD. "DVD-Video" is a DVD
format playable on DVD players and computers.
Commercial and rental DVDs are in DVD-Video
format. It is playable on most DVD players for
homes and computers. DVD-Video format is
recommended if you wish to share your videos on
DVDs with families and friends, as the format is
playable on most DVD players. On the other hand,
"Data DVD" is a DVD format that stores videos as
data files on DVD. Contents on Data DVD can be
edited on computers, or extra contents can be
added later. Data DVDs can be played on
computers. For playing back on a stand alone DVD
player, the player needs to support the data
format of the DVD. Data DVD format is recommended
for PC users who wish to edit videos or add extra
data on created DVDs. Being clear of the purpose
of burning MP4 to DVD, you could check the
following content to get proper MP4 to DVD
burning solutions. It should be noted that for
every MP4 to DVD burning, these things should be
prepared 1.Blank and writable DVD disc
2.A DVD recorder drive 3.An MP4 to DVD
burner program.
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Part 2 Burn MP4 to DVD with Windows Media
Player If youre a Windows user, Windows Media
Player will not be a stranger to you. Its the
Windows defaulted media player which also
provides the facility to burn CDs and data DVDs
with your DVD burner drive. You can use Windows
Media Player to copy music, pictures, and videos
on your computer to a blank CD or DVD. This
process is called burning. Check the following
steps to learn how to burn MP4 to DVD with
Windows Media Player.
1. Launch Windows Media Player and then open the
"Burn" tab.
2.Drag MP4 files from library to the Burn panel
on the right sidebar. You could adjust the order
of imported files. Also, you could import other
files like music files and image files for
burning to data DVD disc.
3.Click the drop-down botton to select whether to
burn "Data CD or DVD" or "Audio CD". Select "Data
CD or DVD" option since you would like to burn
MP4 to DVD. Insert a blank writable DVD disc into
disc recorder drive.
4.Finally, click the "Start Burn" button to start
burning MP4 to data DVD disc within Windows Media
Player.
Note Windows Media Player only burns MP4 files
to data DVD disc. If you want to burn MP4 movies
to video DVD disc for sharing or playback on DVD
players, please visit the Part 4 of this
post You could also try to burn MP4 to DVD with
Windows DVD Maker by checking this post Convert
and Burn AVI to DVD
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Part 3 Burn MP4 to DVD on Mac with iDVD Apple
actually offers several apps for its users to
edit videos and burn videos to DVD on Mac, like
iMovie, iDVD, Final Cut series, etc. iMovie and
Final Cut series are used for video editing,
while iDVD is a specialized video to DVD bunring
program for all Mac computers. iDVD allows user
to add QuickTime Movie, MOV, DV, AVI, MP4 video,
MP3, WAV, AIFF audio and digital photos to a DVD
for playing on DVD player. The below steps show
you how to burn MP4 to DVD on Mac with iDVD.
Steps to burn MP4 to DVD on Mac with iDVD Open
and run iDVD software on your Mac Click Create
a New Project, then, name your project and
choose right aspect ratio(43 or 169). Choose a
DVD menu theme, drag pictures and music into
these blank boxes as you like. Click Burn icon
and iDVD will start to burn MP4 to DVD on Mac.
Note To burn MP4 to DVD disc on Mac with iDVD,
you need to insert a blank writable DVD disc into
the disc recorder drive iDVD can only support a
few of video formats. If iDVD cant support your
video, please use DVD Maker for Mac to burn MP4
to DVD on Mac (you could see the DVD Maker for
Mac guide on burning MP4 to DVD on Mac
below). iDVD is no longer included in the iLife
bundle that came with OS 10.7 Lion and beyond.
You need to download iDVD manually from Apple
website.
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Part 4 Best MP4 to DVD Converter for Mac and
PC While Windows Media Player only creates data
DVD disc from MP4 files and iDVD may fail to
recognize your MP4 video source, Leawo DVD
Creator successfully avoids these shortcomings
and becomes the best choice for you to burn MP4
to DVD on Mac and PC. officially known as Leawo
Blu-ray Creator, you can easily convert and burn
AVCHD to playable DVD disc for playback on your
home Blu-ray Disc Player or PS3.
Why Leawo DVD Creator is the Best MP4 to DVD
Converter?
1.Support 180 video formats, including AVI,
MP4, MKV, FLV, WMV, MOV, 3GP, MTS, M2TS, F4V, etc.
2.Preset disc menu templates. Allow you to edit
disc menu as you like.
3.Edit video files to change video effect and
apply 3D effect freely.
4.Burned DVD movies could be played on any DVD
player freely.
Steps to burn MP4 to DVD on Mac and PC with Leawo
DVD Creator Download and install Leawo DVD
Creator on your computer. Then follow the below
steps to learn how to convert MP4 to DVD on PC
and Mac (The Mac version shares the same MP4 to
DVD burning steps)
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Step 1 Launch Leawo MP4 to DVD converter. Click
Add Video button, or directly drag and drop
source MP4 files into this MP4 to DVD burner.
Note Insert a blank and writable DVD disc into
the disc recorder drive if you want to burn MP4
to DVD disc. At the bottom, select disc type
according to the disc youve inserted to the disc
drive, and set disc aspect ratio and quality.
Step 2 If you need, select a disc menu template
from the right sidebar and then click the middle
of it to get instant preview. You could even dit
disc menu by changing background music/photo,
title, text font, etc.
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Step 3 Click the big green "Burn" button to call
out the setting sidebar, where you need to set
Burn to (Multiple choices allowed), Disc Labela
and Save to options. To burn MP4 to DVD disc,
select disc drive as target under Burn to. The
Burn to option allows multiple choices.
Step 4 Finally, click the bottom "Burn" button
on the sidebar panel to start burning MP4 to DVD.
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Part 5 Burn MP4 to DVD Tutorial Video
YouTubehttps//www.youtube.com/watch?vi5j1W4-mEe
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