I have a couple of videos on my desktop that i would like to burn to DVD but i don't have the software on it. I do, however, have Nero 7 on my laptop. I use a router to network the two computers but can't figure out the best way to transfer the videos to my laptop so i can convert them there. Any help?

Copy and paste (If you have your shared folders set up properly)

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OK, got that figured out and burned my first dvd using Nero 7, but now the video is moving too slow for the audio. What am i doing wrong? I followed the instructions on the forum step by step.

Also, i tried dvdsanta too. I downloaded it, ran it up to 'create dvd' step, and got a 'microsoft has encountered an error, needs to close' message. It did this on both computers and now i'm confused.

I've searched the forums about both issues but can't find anything.

Are you using your computer while encoding your movies?

Some encoding programs will use 100% CPU while they work. This, of course, depends on your computer. See how much juice the program is drawing by looking in your task manager. I mention this because I have read that overtaxing your computer during encoding can cause audio/video sync issues.

Do you have a codec pack installed on your computer? When I had one, it would cause several encoding programs to crash (or not load). Uninstall all codec packs and then try to load DVDSanta. Reinstall individual codecs as needed (I use AVICodec...free...to determine which codecs are needed).

Good Luck

Dano

P.S. Check out afterdawn.com - they've got a lot of good encoding guides.

How do i know what codecs i have and how do i uninstall them?

The codecs that came with your computer (pre-installed) are probably not the problem...I installed the codec packs that were causing me trouble. To uninstall them, all I did was go to add/remove programs, and the codec pack was listed there. The other codecs that I have installed individually also show up in my program list under add/remove programs.

You probably don't even want to know how many codecs are on your computer that you will never use...I just took a look at mine and the list is quite long, even after uninstalling the codec packs.

With AVICodec you can see exactly what codecs are installed on your computer. It even breaks them up into video, audio, directshow, etc.

Plus, if you drag and drop a file into AVICodec, it not only tells you if you have the necessary codecs installed, but also has links to where you can get the codecs if you don't have them.

Hope this helps

Dano