DVD from MP4?

MP4 which is the short form for MPEG-4 Part 14 is a very popular video container format around the globe. It is a video container format introduced by Microsoft. The reasons for its increased popularity over the last few years includes its excellent compression capability, which means it can keep HD (Higher Definition) audio and video files compressed into a comparatively smaller size which increases its portability which in turn means that it increases the facility of sharing MP4 videos over the internet more easily. Another reason is its wide usage by Apple Inc. Apple widely usesQuickTime video formats which includeMP4, MOV and M4V video formats. So iPhone, iPod, iPad etc. popular Apple portable devices all support MP4 video formats and as Apple is a top notch brand, with it the popularity of MP4 has increased as well.

So now that MP4 is recognized almost everywhere, digital cameras and camcorders are using this video format as well. Over the internet you will find this format in many places. All in all, there can be a good collection of this format in your computer. There is one place where you cannot play this format. That is the DVD player.

DVDsuseVOB (Video OBjects) video format so that it can be played in any DVD player. DVD players can also only read certain format that is predefined and all the DVDs that can be played in the DVD players follow that format. Now, if you wish to just burn your MP4 videos into a DVD, you can do that but you won’t be able to play that into a DVD player. To do that, you have to follow that particular format that the DVD players can recognize and play. First of all, you have to convert mp4 to dvd format which is VOB format. Then you will have to make some BUP and IFO files that will contain the chapter start and end point, subtitles, and other synchronization options of audio and video. All these are too much chaotic to do manually. Why take that unnecessary burden in your shoulder. There are DVD creators available that can convert mp4 to dvd an all you have to do is to run the application and operate it.

If you are wondering about which video converter to use, then I will recommend DVD Creator by Wondershare. It is a very easy to use yet very powerful and quality service provider tool. Not only MP4, it supports other video formats to convert as well. If you want you can also add your personalized and customized DVD menu to give your DVD professional touch. You can edit your videos to add effects or for other primary editing tools such as adjusting brightness, contrast etc. And after you are ready to burn your video into a DVD, you can do that right from the software.