How to burn any video to DVD for FREE with freeware DVDFlick

This short guide describes how to do a few common tasks in DVD Flick. The last update to this guide was based on version 1.3.0.0 of DVD Flick.

Creating a simple DVD with freeware DVDFlick


Step 1: Add your titles

Click the Add title button and select one or more of the video files that you want to add.




Step 2: Edit your titles

You can edit each title by double-clicking it or by clicking on it once and pressing the Edit title button. Here you can set the number of chapters the title will have, either by entering a number or a time interval. You can also add subtitle files, different audio tracks and add another video source to the title.


Step 3: Configure your project

Click the Project settings button on the top to open the project's settings.



The only thing you really need to set here is the Target size under the General tab, and the Target format, and Encoding profile under the Video tab.

For Target Size, choose the size of the disc you will be burning your project onto. Usually the default setting of DVD-5 (4.3 Gb) will be fine, but if you wanted to use a dual layer disc or any other common format, you can select that as well.

For Target Format, you must choose which format is used on the standalone DVD Player you will be watching the DVD on. For most Europe, Asian, African and Oceanic countries this should be set to PAL, for most American countries to NTSC. Some DVD Players support both formats, in which case you should select the Mixed format. When using the Mixed format each separate title will be determined to be either PAL or NTSC, and encoded as such.

For Encoding Profile, you must make a trade-off between the time it will take to encode the DVD, or the quality thereof. Generally Fast offers reasonable image quality, the difference between Normal and Best is almost unnoticeable. Though if you are going to make a DVD that is near or over 3 hours in length, it is not recommended to choose Fast but Normal or Best instead or the image quality will suffer.


Step 4: Choose a destination folder

At the bottom of the screen you can choose where DVD Flick will put the encoded DVD files, as well as log files of the encoding process. It is important to put this folder on a fast harddrive, which has enough free space available. How much free space is needed is indicated on the lower right of DVD Flick's main window. Do not set this to your DVD drive's path, DVD Flick will first need to store the encoded data on a harddrive before it can burn it to a disc.


Step 5: Burning

DVD Flick can burn your encoded project straight to disc if it is completed successfully.



To enable this, check the Burn project to disc option under Project Settings, and the Burning tab.Disc label can be set to the label of the disc as displayed by your computer, but is not used by DVD players. Be sure to select the right drive to burn to, and to insert an empty disc in it before starting the encoding.

If you would rather have just an ISO image of the DVD to burn at your own leisure, only check the Create ISO image option, and enter a disc label.


Step 6: Encoding

When you are all done creating your project, be sure to save it first. Then press the Create DVD button and the encoding process will start, providing you have enough free disc space. How long the encoding takes is very much dependant on the speed of your CPU, and the harddrive that the project's destination folder is on. It's best to let your PC do this during the night, or during a very long coffee break.