Cant burn a DVD

[Steve7878]

Years ago I used to be able to burn a video saved on my PC to a DVD.

But then I installed VLC and have not been able to do it now.
I can goggle and find 5 different ways on how to do it. But every one I try is missing a step. Or the does not match what I have on my screen when I click an item.
Thought I had it one time. But put disk in a stand alone DVD player and no way to play.

Using windows 10 and looks like the video is saved as VLC mp4 type.

How do I change the video to something else that will be easier and more user friendly than VLC. First time in a few years I have needed to burn just a simple video.

Thanks for any help. Been trying just to burn one simple DVD for over an hour.

[Lotesdelere]

VLC is not a CD/DVD burner, you need another software for doing that.

[kard]

I see that this forum thread has been dormant for 2 years, but it nevertheless appears to be the most recent thread about using VLC to burn a DVD, under Windows, that can play in a DVD player. The thread ended on the note that "it can't be done". However, after some trial and error, I have found that it can be done. (Perhaps the "can't be done" answer entails some important distinction involving different types of DVDs, which is above and beyond me? The DVD that I am able to create does not "play" like a regular commercial movie DVD. But, I can play the video in my DVD player.)

Since it seems to me that there might be others who also want to write a video to a DVD, and since there seems to be scant information available online about how to do so, I thought it might be worth posting my story here.

I had a WEBM video file on my hard drive that I wanted to burn onto a DVD that would play on my BluRay/DVD player (region 1). I was able to accomplish this through the VLC user interface, under Windows 10, using the following steps:

1. Under the "Media" menu tab, select "Convert/Save"
2. In the "Open Media" dialog window, click the "Add" button. In the Windows File Explorer window, select the video file.
3. Click the "Convert/Save" button.
4. In the "Convert" dialog window, the "Profile" selection determines the output format. I found that selecting "Video - H.264 + MP3 (TS)" produces a good-quality output.
5. Insert a blank, writable DVD into the DVD drive. Wait a few seconds so that Windows has time to figure out that there is a writable disk in the drive.
6. Click on the "Browse" button next to "Destination file". In the Windows File Explorer window, select the DVD drive. (Note that the DVD drive will not show up in the File Explorer window unless you have inserted the writable disk.)
7. As soon as you click on the DVD drive, Windows opens the "Burn a Disc" dialog window. Select the "With a CD/DVD player" option. (There is a "Disc title" field that is populated with the current date. As far I know, this field doesn't matter.) Click the "Next" button, then click the "Save" button.
8. Now click the "Start" button. VLC will start the file conversion process, which might take a long time, depending on the size of the video file. As long as the timer is counting, the conversion is still underway.
9 When VLC is done with the conversion, the timer resets to nothing.
10. Open a Windows File Explorer window and select the DVD drive. You should see your output file as a "File Ready to Be Written to the Disc". (Every time I have done this, "desktop.ini" is there too. Don't know why.) Right-click on the DVD drive (in the left column of the File Explorer window) and select "Burn to disc".
11. When Windows has finished writing the disk, you should be able to play it in your DVD player.