How to burn a DVD which is playable in an external player?

What you do need to make a DVD work for a DVD Player is a program called DeVeDe NG.

1 - Open up Ubuntu Software Centre and in the search field type devede and it will be shown in the results.

2 - Install that program.

3 - Start the program and then you will see a series of options.

4 - choose Video DVD: Creates a video DVD suitable for all DVD home players

5 - You need to add the file to create an .ISO so it will work in a DVD Player.

6 - In the Files section, click ADD and then search for the file you want.

7 - Once you have added the file, click on it and then click on Properties

8 - If the file exceeds 99%, then click on Adjust Disc Usage

9 - Click on the Video Options tab and select Scale Picture so there are no black bars (Letterbox Effect)

10 - Click Forward (check 2nd picture) and choose where you want to save the finished .ISO

11 - Click OK

The .ISO will now start to be processed, once it has finished you will then need to burn the .ISO to a blank DVD. I advise that you burn the .ISO at the slowest speed possible to ensure the best results.

Open Shot's .dvd files are basically the same as .vob files for DVD creation. However Open Shot has no DVD authoring module yet.

In the meantime it is recommended to import the .dvd files to a dvd authoring application such as:

• dvdstyler
• devede

If its a standard format, you should be able to right-click the file and select 'burn to disc'. Although I haven't heard of the .dvd file before.