BleepingComputer.com: Dvd Burner

I have video clips on my computer and would like to put them on a dvd but I dont have a dvd burner, but my burner only does CD-W and CD-RW but has a DVD drive, but doens't copy them or burn. Its just one disc drive though. Do I need to get a new disc drive or is there a program I can get taht will put something in it that will make it dvd recordable. Is there a free program that is good? If not, are they expensive?

Based on what you've told us, MN2006 -

that drive you have will not write to DVDs.

You can replace it with a DVD writer, which also will read and write CDs.

Tiger Direct has them - h e r e, just to give you and idea about pricing and you might check BC's Newegg special pricing, too.

Do they have any external ones available? Ones taht don't have to be put inside my computer?

Yes.

I believe you'll find some listed at both Newegg and Tiger Direct.

Thank you! I did figure out how to do it (my brother tried it first though) though I'll only be able to watch them on my computer which is fine with me. But I used the Roxio Create CD thing and had to use a CD-R. CD RW didn't work, and for some reason wouldn't work either for copying my pictures to them. I copied some pictures to another cd and that worked, but when I put another one for some other pictures of my brother's, they wouldn't burn to them but maybe its the disc. I will look into a DVD burner sometime I may end up having ot get a new CD rom cuz mine I think is wearing out, I've been noticing that whenever I copy cd's, they get scrapply at the end. I do it at the lowest speed too, the high ones, they get really bad. It could be dusty but i'm sure its wearing out too, so if I do, I'll look into an internal one since they are cheaper.

This post has been edited by MN2006: 02 May 2007 - 06:30 PM

If you are going to have to replace your CD drive, you might as well get a DVD W/R drive, which will also handle CDs. I am not so sure that an external drive is less expensive than an internal drive just from glancing at the Best Buy site; and with external devices, you have additional problems of theft, physical stability while recording, and transfer integrity.
Regards,
John