Submitting Animation

[ChewBacca]

I put the animation together in WMV, how do I get that into an ISO?

[dcarr]

Originally Posted by ChewBacca

I put the animation together in WMV, how do I get that into an ISO?

You'll need to use a DVD authoring program that will let you burn to an ISO instead of a physical disc.

[They want an encoded video DVD, and not simply the WMV file dropped into an ISO]

[NoQuestions]

If you guys need help, feel free to drop by CHS sometime! Good luck

[ChewBacca]

So I should just put it onto a DVD? I thought I was supposed to submit online... So confused!

[dcarr]

Originally Posted by ChewBacca

So I should just put it onto a DVD? I thought I was supposed to submit online... So confused!

Instead of burning to a physical DVD, you're "burning" to an ISO disc image, then uploading that through STIMS.

[ChewBacca]

So, how would I do that? Just click Burn DVD? and then go through that?

[dcarr]

Originally Posted by ChewBacca

So, how would I do that? Just click Burn DVD? and then go through that?

What program are you using to author the DVD? Does it have an option to create a disc image instead of a physical disc?

[A round-about way of doing this would be to burn a standard DVD and then use ImgBurn to create an ISO from that, but you should be able to do it in one step.

[ChewBacca]

Originally Posted by dcarr

What program are you using to author the DVD? Does it have an option to create a disc image instead of a physical disc?

[A round-about way of doing this would be to burn a standard DVD and then use ImgBurn to create an ISO from that, but you should be able to do it in one step.

I'm using Windows Movie Maker.

[dcarr]

Originally Posted by ChewBacca

I'm using Windows Movie Maker.

What version? I didn't think Windows Movie maker had DVD authoring functionality.

[ChewBacca]

It can publish DVD's, I think the 2003 version is better actually. I think I'm using newest though.

[dcarr]

Originally Posted by ChewBacca

It can publish DVD's, I think the 2003 version is better actually. I think I'm using newest though.

Okay, well here are two options:

• Burn a regular DVD with Movie Maker, then "rip" an ISO with ImgBurn.
• Use a different DVD authoring program like DVDStyler to take your WMV file and create an ISO of a video DVD

[ChewBacca]

Thanks, I'll see if I can get that to work!

[ajc4nn0n]

So, it should be like a dvd, with selectable menu and everything?

[dcarr]

Originally Posted by ajc4nn0n

So, it should be like a dvd, with selectable menu and everything?

We created ours sans-menu - it's just a single 40 second clip, after all, there aren't multiple chapters or content pieces to choose from. However, since the rules don't dictate whether a menu should be present or not, I suspect it does not matter.

[ajc4nn0n]

ok well i'm using Aimersoft DVD creator and when i burn it to iso, is it supposed to be one (iso) file?

EDIT: Nvm, i figured it out. Thank you!

EDIT 2: Now when I click on the link to submit in STIMs, i get a message saying the page is unavailable...