I would like to burn videos onto DVD and then play them in a DVD player. Looking for reasonably priced options for iMac Sequoia
iMac 24″, macOS 15.6
A_Z123 wrote:
I would like to burn videos onto DVD and then play them in a DVD player. Looking for reasonably priced options for iMac Sequoia
burn files to CDs and DVDs to share files
ref: Store information on CD and DVD discs on Mac - Apple Support
Depends on what you mean. If you're referring to a movie DVD like those you purchase, then no, the OS cannot create such a disk by itself. The built-in Burn utility will only burn a data disk.
In that respect, you can burn .mp4 movies to a DVD as is, but then your player has to be able to read .mp4s from such a data disk and play them.
If you want a true movie DVD (with or without menus), then you need authoring software. Apple's iMovie will give you the ability to build a movie with any number of stills or clips, but it does not output a working movie DVD. You would need something like the now largely abandoned Toast Titanium, Leawo Blu-ray Creator (which also does DVDs), or DVDFab's DVD Creator. There are a few others.
Apple used to have a nice DVD-Video authoring application called iDVD. Unfortunately, they abandoned it long ago, and it won't run on modern Macs and modern versions of macOS. There is Roxio's Toast – available in two versions: Toast 20 Titanium and Toast 20 Pro. Right now, these are on sale for $59.99 and $79..99, respectively. There may be other inexpensive authoring packages, but I don't know the names of others, offhand.
Some home players can play computer-formatted video files stored on an ordinary DVD data disc. You could burn such discs with the Finder (provided that you had videos in the format your player wants). However, such discs are not guaranteed to be universally compatible with set-top DVD-Video and Blu-Ray players, even if those players can physically read them.
If you're looking to create a video DVD with menus, etc like we did with iDVD back in the day give DVD Maker Lite - DVD Creator or DVD Creator Deluxe a try. I believe both offer demo versions which will put a watermark on the final product.
When testing save the project to disk image so you can play it with DVD Player without having to sacrifice a disk. Also when you finally burn to disk burn at the slowest speed possible to assure the best, most reliable burn.
There are free options like DVDStyler, but I'm not sure if it works well on Sequoia given it hasn't been updated since 2021.
Paid DVD burners are often priced at about $60 for a permanent license, such as Cisdem DVD Burner and Toast Titanium. If it's for occasional use, you can buy a one-year subscription at lower price.
I believe you were right the first time. That seems to be a new flaw in the App Store. It only says Get for DVD Maker Lite - DVD Creator, which means it should be free. But then as the reviews state, there's an In-App purchase of $15 for the full version. The "free" version puts a huge red logo in the middle of the video, making it only demo software.
The similarly named DVD Creator Lite-Create & Burn is also only marked as Get. But, it is also only demo software as it limits you to a three minute video unless you pay the upgrade fee.
I've been seeing a lot of apps with In-App purchases that aren't marked as such on the App Store lately. They only say Get, which is incorrect.
I take many Videos and use Roxio Toast to burn the file and they play fine on any home DVD player.
I was in error. DVD Maker Lite - DVD Creator is free.
Help with creating a DVD with a videos to play on DVD player
