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• Advice
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This wikiHow teaches you how to burn MP4 video files to blank DVD disc. In order for a DVD to play on most DVD players, you need to use free software such as DVD Flick (Windows) or Burn (Mac). If you want to store MP4 videos or just play them on your computer, you can burn files to DVD using the built-in disc burning software.

Steps

Method 1 of 4: Burn a playable DVD on Windows

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   , import burn and double click on the option Burn appear in the search results.
   • You may need to right-click on the Burn application icon, click Open (Open) in the menu, then click Open when prompted to open Burn properly.

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   . Click the Windows logo in the lower left corner of the screen.

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   . Click the folder-shaped icon at the bottom left of the Start window.

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   Select where to save the file. Click the folder containing the MP4 file.

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   Choose a movie. Click the movie file you want to burn to DVD.

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   Click the button Share (Share) in the upper left of the window. A toolbar will appear at the top of the window.

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   Click Burn to disc (Burn to disc). The option is in the "Send" section of the toolbar. A window will open up.

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   Click Burn top of the window. The movie will begin to be burned to DVD.
   • This may take anywhere from a few minutes to more than an hour depending on the size of the movie and the recording speed of your computer.

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   Click finish when the option appears at the bottom of the window. After clicking finishYou can remove the DVD from the computer. Now you can use the DVD to open and view MP4 files on all the computers with DVD players. advertisement

Method 4 of 4: Burn DVD data on Mac

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   Buy and connect an external DVD player via USB. Since most Mac computers do not include a DVD player, you will need to use an external DVD player if you want to burn data DVDs.
   • If your Mac uses a USB-C (oval) port instead of a USB 3.0 standard (rectangular), you need to make sure the DVD player also has a USB-C connection, or you have to buy a USB adapter. 3.0 to USB-C.

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   Insert a blank DVD in the CD tray of the Mac computer. Make sure you don't have any files on the DVD before you proceed.

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   Open Finder. Click the blue face icon located in the Dock bar of your Mac computer.

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   Go to the folder containing the MP4 file. On the left side of the Finder window, click the folder where the MP4 file is stored.

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   Click to select the MP4 file. The file will be highlighted.

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   Click File (File). This menu item is at the top of the screen. A drop-down menu will appear.

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   Click Burn to Disc ... is in the drop-down menu. The Burn window will pop up.

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   Click Burn when it appears. The option is near the bottom of the pop-up.

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   Click OK located in the lower right corner of the pop-up window. Then, you can remove the DVD from the computer. So from now on you can use this DVD to open and view MP4 files on all computers with DVD players. advertisement

Advice

• When using DVD Flick, you can convert MP4 file to ISO file instead of DVD by checking the box "Create ISO image" instead of "Burn project to disc" box as instructed. . The ISO image can be burned to DVD with the computer's built-in burn feature, then the file will work on most DVD players.

Warning

• Some DVD players, such as Blu-ray players or older models, will not be able to play the user-created DVDs.