Nero: Burn video CD - so it'll work
The best way to give away self-made holiday videos on CD. This practical tip shows you how you can burn your own video CD with Nero.
How to burn a video CD with Nero
The easiest way to make your own video CD is with the "Nero Express Essentials" tool. The finished video CD can then be played on almost all DVD / Blu-Ray devices or on a PC.
- First open "Nero Express Essentials" and insert a writable CD-R into your burning drive. 700 MByte of film files fit on the CD-R. If you want to create a larger video CD, you should insert a recordable DVD-R. Here you have 4.7 GB available.
- In "Nero Express Essentials" then click on the "Videos / Images" button on the left.
- You can now choose between "Video CD" and "DVD-Video files". In our example we choose "Video CD".
- Now add the desired videos or films. To do this, either click on the "Add" button or drag and drop the data into the program window. To do this, click and hold the mouse pointer on the corresponding video file and drag it into the free field of Nero.
- If you also want to create a correct film menu for your personal videos, leave the checkmark at "Create VCD menu" activated. When you've added all of your videos, click "Next" below.
- Now you can edit your video CD menu. You will find three buttons on the right side ("Layout", "Background" and "Text") with which you can adapt the design and content according to your wishes.
- Under "Layout" you can visually adapt your menu overview. For example, you can activate thumbnails of the individual videos or just display the titles of the videos.
- With "Background" you can define your own background. To do this, click on the button to the right of "Background picture" and insert the desired background picture from your hard disk under "Own". To automatically crop the background, select "Scale to fit". Then confirm with "OK".
- You can also insert a suitable heading and text for the footer of the menu by clicking on "Text".
- Once you have set all the details, click on "Next" and add the desired title for the video CD next to "Disc Name".
- With "Burn" you start the burning process. As soon as this is complete, your finished video CD will be ejected automatically.
This practical tip relates to Nero Express Essentials in version 9.4.11.67. We will show you in another article how you can create a music CD with Nero.