DVDs are a great way to create and share compilations of family videos or create a disc of videos just for kids. You can watch your favorite home movies on DVDs with family and friends or bring them along in the car so kids can watch their favorite videos on long car rides. Whether you want to burn DVDs of videos you created or make a compilation of your favorite online videos, burning a DVD couldn’t be easier with RealPlayer Plus.
One of the advanced features found in RealPlayer Plus is the ability to burn DVDs of your favorite online videos. All you need to do it is a collection of videos stored in your RealPlayer library, RealPlayer Plus, a blank DVD, and a DVD burner. You can even use the DVD burning software to add custom names and video tile information to the DVDs.
BURN HD VIDEOS TO STANDARD DVDs
HD Video is all the rage these days. Did you know that you could use RealPlayer Plus to burn HD videos to standard DVDs and then play them in your Blu-ray player at home? It doesn’t take a lot of extra steps or require a deep knowledge of converting videos. The software does all the work for you. Plus, you don’t need to buy expensive Blu-ray discs to create and watch HD videos in your Blu-ray player.
BURNING A DVD WITH REALPLAYER PLUS
Ready to start burning DVDs with RealPlayer Plus? We show you how to do it in just a few quick steps in the video below. If you prefer written out step-by-step directions, we’ve included those as well just below the video.
HOW TO BURN A DVD WITH REALPLAYER PLUS
1. Launch RealPlayer Plus.
2. Select Burn from the top navigation bar. If the burner is set to Audio CD Burner, use the dropdown menu to pick Video Disc Burner or simply click on the Video Disc Burner button.
3. Insert a DVD in the DVD burner and choose a DVD type. If you want to burn HD videos to standard DVD, select AVCHD DVD Videos from the drop down menu.
4. Select videos from your RealPlayer library that you want to burn to DVD and drag it to the video menu. You can rearrange the order by selecting them and dragging them into the order that you want them to appear.
5. Click the Burn Video to Disc button. There are options to rename the disc or choose to include on-screen menus as a guide to the disc content or remove that option completely. If you opt for the later option, there won’t be any menus or chapters on the completed DVD and it will just play the videos from start to finish.
Click on Advanced Options to choose the video-output setting. NTSC is standard. Change the Aspect Ratio to either 4:3 or Widescreen 16:9. If you plan on watching the DVD on a HDTV choose 16:9. Select the write speed of your DVD player.
6. Click the Burn button to start burning your DVD
Once the disc is finished burning, you can play it in a DVD player in your car, computer, or at home. Use the customized menu you created to easily navigate to the videos you want.
Have you used RealPlayer Plus to burn DVDs? Did you know you could burn HD videos on standard DVD discs? What was the last DVD you created? Let us know in the comments below.
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Why is it that the burning DVD function in the Plus v 15 still says the selected drive is not ready??????
We’ll need more information about your set-up to help with this matter. Please contact us through customer support, which you can find here: https://real.custhelp.com/app/contact, for more assistance.
everytime i go to burn a dvd this pops up what do i do?
The software that’s used to decode the media is not available on this system. Installing the correct decoders for the files you are working with may help to correct the problem.
Please contact customer support at: https://real.custhelp.com/app/contact They will need to get more information about your setup to help remedy the situation.
I am unable to purchase realplayer 16plus using the present updated realplayer iinstalled in my computer. Why?
Please contact customer support at: https://real.custhelp.com/app/contact They may have a few more questions about your computer setup.
Everytime I try to add a video, it tells me it can’t because it’s unsupported. How do I support it?
There may be a quick fix in settings. Please contact customer support for more details at: https://real.custhelp.com/app/contact
Is there a way to have RealPlayer automatically insert chapter breaks — every 5 minutes or so — into a longer movie as you burn it to DVD?
Unfortunately,RealPlayer doesn’t offer that feature right now. You can add chapter breaks manually by using the advanced features.
I can not burn a DVD using RealPlayer plus v.15 because every time the ad for version appears
Hi Rusdy, I understand that you are unable to burn the DVD.
Please follow the steps given in the link:
https://real.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/8894.
If you have additional questions, please email us at help@real.com.
Hi,
My problem is that when I want to burn a DVD Video, I am prompted to buy Plus 16 ( I have bought RealPlayer plus 15 in 2011).
Thanks, Rusdy.
Hi Rusdy,
On checking your account, I see that you have purchased RealPlayer Plus 15 under the email address “monrus@indo.net.id.”
If you upgrade your RealPlayer Plus 15 to the latest version RealPlayer 16, you will lose the Plus features. You need to purchase RealPlayer Plus 16 to use the premium features.
When purchasing RealPlayer Plus, you’re purchasing that version for one-time charge. The purchase entitles you to receive updates & support of that specific version for no additional fees or hidden charges. You can stay at with that version as long as you like; there is no requirement to upgrade (we support up to two RealPlayer versions back).
New versions are new products & like most software companies, we charge for major upgrades.To know more click on: http://real.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/9058.
If you would like to download RealPlayer Plus 15, please follow the steps below.
1. Uninstall RealPlayer from your computer by following this link: https://real.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/8721
2. Click this link to download RealPlayer 15: http://cache-download.real.com/free/support/win/15/RealPlayer.exe
3. Please be informed that you need to sign in on the RealPlayer to access plus features.
To sign into the RealPlayer, please open up the player and click on ‘RealPlayer Menu’ (located in the upper right corner of the player). Select the ‘Sign In’ option, and sign in with your email address and password. After you are signed in, you should see a RealPlayer Plus icon located in the upper left corner of the player.
If you have additional questions, email us at help@real.com.
in real player plus 16 on my windows 7 each time i burn a dvd i lost about 5 videos the sound is missing in parts of the tract sometimes picture to i have lowered the burn speed but it dose not cure the problem
Hi Edward,
Audio and Video problems during playback may be caused by an incompatibility in the original file format. Try first converting the file(s) to MP4 or WMV, and then burning the DVD. The conversion should resolve the sound issues when the new DVD is played.
Also try the troubleshooting steps provided in the link: https://real.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/8894
If that doesn’t help, send an email to help@real.com to assist you better.
I recorded a show from TV on my DVD player. Realplayer 16 will play it, but I can’t seem to add it to my library. What should I do?
Hello MJ,
Please follow this steps to add selected files to RealPlayer library,
1. Click RealPlayer Logo (at the top left corner) and select File > Add Files To My Library….
2. Select the desired drive and folder.
3. Select the file or files you want to import.
4. Click Open to import the files.
You can also use “Scan Disk For Media” option to import all media files to your RealPlayer library,
1. Click RealPlayer Logo (at the top left corner) and select File > Scan Disk For Media.
2. The “Scan Disk for Media” dialog opens. Select All Drives and Include subfolders. Click Next to continue.
3. All file types are chosen by default. You can deselect any or all types. Click Next.
RealPlayer will search all of your hard drives for available media files and import them into your Library.
When RealPlayer has finished importing clips, click Finish to close the dialog.
If that doesn’t help, send an email to help@real.com so that we can help further.
I see above you can add chapter breaks manually, but i am unable to find how to do this. I cannot locate “advanced features”
Hi Justin,
To resolve this issue, please send an email to help@real.com along with the brief description of the issue (Copy and paste the link to this thread in the body of your email for reference) so that we can help you further and explain it in detail.
hi i upgraded my real player to plus 16 so i could burn video files from my computer to dvd .but each time i try doing this all i get is .there is no disc in the drive .i even went out and bought a dvd writer incase it was my computer dvd writer that went wrong but it does not work on there at all .what a waste of money for something that dont work
Hello Helen,
Please try uninstalling and reinstalling RealPlayer by following this link: https://real.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/8721. Make sure you delete the RealPlayer folders as mentioned in the link before installing RealPlayer. After that,please try to burn the DVD. Let us know the status.
Hi upgraded to realplayer 16plus but cannot burn to dvd as it comes up with a shutdow error and closes
Help
Hi Martin,
Please follow the troubleshooting steps given in this link:
https://real.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/8894
If that doesn’t help, send an email to help@real.com to assist you better.
I have Realplayer Plus 15 on a Windows 7 computer. I am trying to burn an MP4 video to a DVD, but when I click “Add Selected to Disc,” it tells me that there is no video content in the MP4 and won’t add it to the burn list. I have watched the entire video, so I know it is there. Why is this happening and what can I do about it?
Hi Chris,
Please send an email to help@real.com Include a brief description of the issue, and copy and paste the link to this thread within the email for further assistance.
where is the option to specify which of the 2 DVD burners in my system to use?
the first one is fried and it’s a chore to replace it
so when I try to burn RP Plus v.16 always says the target device is not ready
of course it’s not ready there is no disc in it
the disc is in drive 2 with no option to specify drive 2 in the burn dialogs
so far the only hack that works is to forcibly swap the drive letters in disk management
Hi,
Please follow the steps below to change the default burner in RealPlayer,
>Open RealPlayer
>Click on RealPlayer logo (at the top left corner)
>Select Preferences
>Click the +symbol next to CD
>Select CD burner
>Select the burner from the drop down list on the right hand side.
If that doesn’t help, send an email to help@real.com to assist you better.
I can burn a dvd O.K., and when I play it in any computer, it works fine.
But when I put it in my DVD player, to play it on the T.V., it will not recognize the DVD and says, there’s no disc. What do I need to do to record it correctly, so it’ll play in a DVD player that’s connected to the T.V.?
Thanks
Hi Horse,
Please try to reduce the burning speed by following the steps given below and then play:
1. Open RealPlayer
2. Click RealPlayer logo on the top left side corner
3. Select ‘Preferences’
4. Click on ‘CD’ mentioned on the left side
5. Click on ‘CD Burner’.
5. On right side of the screen you would be having an option called Write speed.
6. Reduce the speed to 4x.
7. Try to burn the DVD.
HI — i just purchased PLUS 16 — i where do i begin to compile videos and burn to one disc?? also b4 i burn the videos – is there a feature to make them continuous ?? () Videos blending together ) ???
Hi Scott,
Click on the below link to learn about trimming video files:
http://cache-download.real.com/free/windows/mrkt/help/RealPlayer-16/en/RealPlayer-help.htm#trim-video.htm
I upgraded to plus 16 from 15 and after several days of being a ble to burn dvds sucessfully suddenly today, after I had a list ready to burn, when I hit the burn button nothing happened. what’s the problem?
Hi Wade,
Performing a clean uninstall and reinstall can help you resolve many issues, try uninstalling and reinstalling RealPlayer by following this link: https://real.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/8721
Note: Make sure you delete the RealPlayer folders as mention on the link before reinstalling RealPlayer.
If that doesn’t work, send an email to help@real.com so that we can help you further.