DV-AVI is the least compressed, therefore if you're going to create a DVD
and you want it to look its best, it will lose the least amount of
resolution when you use DV-AVI.

If you use a low resolution WMV to save the file and then create a DVD from
that WMV file, it's going to look pretty horrible when you proudly play your
newly created DVD on your neighbor's new 65" HDTV even though it might look
OK on your 17" monitor.

If you cast your mind back to the days of VHS....when you copied a tape to
another tape, each time it lost a bit of quality and by the time one tape
had done the rounds of your friends and neighbors, the 10th generation was
almost unwatchable. Each time you edit, you lose a little quality, and by
the tenth edit.... well, it's that kind of thing, but using DV-AVI will keep
it as best as it can possibly be.
--
Cari (MS-MVP)
Printing & Imaging
http://www.coribright.com/windows



"Enrique" <Enrique@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:6123B0CB-36D5-42B2-88A6-DB9555BE1AC3@microsoft.com...
> I'm also a beginner and had a similar problem, though Cari's answers made
> my
> day. I have MyDVD, and its editing is very primitive compared to that of
> WMM.
> Thanks to Cari, now I know how to use them both. I have one more question,
> though. WMM's default "save as" option is windows media (WMV), with a note
> saying it is "the best quality to play in my equipment" (free translation
> from spanish). But Cari's recommendation is to save the film as a DV-AVI
> file. Why is that? What's the difference?
> "Ram" wrote:
>
>> I need help. This may be very basic. I know someone out there can assist
>> me.
>> I am a beginner. I have finished a video and it is ready to be burned. I
>> go
>> to file and choose the option of saving the movie to a recordable CD.
>> When I
>> do this it appears to be working. After about 20 minutes the disc gets
>> ejected and an unknown error occurred. I have tried to burn with Nero.
>> When
>> nero accesses my "all files" the icon is that of windows media player.
>> Those
>> seem to burn ok and are playeable on a regular DVD player. However, some
>> of
>> the other projects have a movie reel icon. These are the ones that nero
>> can
>> not access. It appears an issue of formatting and I do not know how to
>> get
>> aroundit. Can a movie project be in movie maker and in windows media
>> player?
>> Can one go from one to the other?It seems to me that the project in
>> windows
>> movie maker are compressed files and once they are decompressed and some
>> how
>> placed or copied to windows media player they can be burned. I am looking
>> for
>> the missing steps. Someone help this poor beginner. Thank you.