[James (Jim) Hillier]

Thank you Chris for taking the time (and making the effort) to offer your kind words.

So glad the post has helped you!

Cheers....Jim

[mrkevin]

hey jim, could u give me a step by step of this for windows 7 because ur windows vista options seem different from the windows 7. thanks in advance

[James (Jim) Hillier]

Hey Kevin - Happy to!!

The process is very similar and there really aren't any major differences:

1) Open 'Windows Live Movie Maker' and click on the Project tab [from the top menu]. Now under "Aspect Ratio", make sure the Widescreen (16:9) option is selected [highlighted].

2) Click on the "Click here to browse for videos and and photos" text in the center of the main panel. Browse to the location of the required video file, highlight it and then click Open.

3) Click on the Home tab [from the top menu]. Now in the ribbon menu you will see an option to Save Movie (it's the second last menu item on the far right of the ribbon).

4) Click on "Save Movie" and from the drop down menu select "Burn a DVD".

That's it, you are good to go.

Cheers....Jim

P.S. Post back if anything needs clarifying [I can post screenshots if need be]

[mrkevin]

thanks jim! i will try this out tonight after i get out of class and ill let you know my results.

[mrkevin]

ok so after that i just save the movie, which takes forever >.<, then i open it up with the dvd maker and burn it?

[James (Jim) Hillier]

Yep, that's right. It takes ages because it is encoding the video for DVD format. DVD Maker should open up automatically once the encoding process is finished.

Oh, and make sure you have a blank DVD inserted in the ROM drive first.

[mrkevin]

thanks jim for all your help, i only wasted 2 dvds in the process before your method :]

[James (Jim) Hillier]

You are most welcome Kevin.