Can I Burn DVD with VLC Media Player? How Can VLC Help to Burn A DVD?

The versatile VLC is known for being able to do a lot of different things besides playing media files. It can be used to stream, edit and download videos, and it also allows you to record your screen, convert video formats and rip DVDs. But it doesn't do everything, for example, you can't burn DVD with VLC. It can only encode video to a format supported by DVD, then you need other professional DVD burning software to do the burning part. This article will show you how to use VLC to convert video to DVD format and how to burn VLC converted video files to DVD.

Also read: Can Handbrake Burn DVD

WonderFox doesn't advocate any illegal duplication and distribution and all information provided in this article is presented for general informational purposes and personal fair use only. Please refer to the DVD copyright laws in your country before you burn any DVDs. Burned content CANNOT be used for unauthorized reproduction, distribution or any commercial use.

A DVD is encoded in MPEG 2 format. It has two norms, PAL (used in Europe and elsewhere) and NTSC (used mainly in the USA).

Now, we can start encoding a video file to DVD format with VLC via Command Prompt (Windows) or Terminal (Linux). Here are the detailed steps:

Step 1. On the Windows system, press Win+R on the keyboard to open Run box. Type cmd and then press Ctrl+Shift+Enter to open an administrator Command Prompt. On the Linux system, press Ctrl+Alt+T to open the Terminal.

Step 2. In the prompt window, enter the following command (in one line):

C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\vlc "D:\Downloads\Your File.mp4" :sout=#transcode{vcodec=mp2v,vb=4096,acodec=mp2a,ab=192,scale=1,channels=2}:std{access=file,mux=ps,dst="D:\Downloads\Your File Output.ps.mpg"} --aspect-ratio="4:+3" --sout-transcode-width=720 --sout-transcode-height=480 --sout-transcode-fps=29.97 --sout-ffmpeg-keyint=16 --sout-ffmpeg-strict-rc

Then hit Enter to start encoding.

Note: The bold bits can be changed in terms of your preferences. The C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\vlc is the location where your VLC is installed and D:\Downloads\Your File.mp4 is where your needed video file is located. Other bold parts are changeable according to the information charted above.

Now we've come to the final process, using an ISO burner to burn the file into DVD that will play in the DVD player. The recommended tool is ImgBurn which will first convert VOB to ISO and then burn the ISO to DVD disc. Follow the below instructions to burn your DVD:

Step 1. Go to https://www.imgburn.com/index.php?act=download to download and install ImgBurn on your PC. Run the program and click Create image file from files/folders on the main screen.

Step 2. On the new window, click File > Browse for a source file... to import the just-converted VOB file. Then hit the Build button (folder to ISO icon) below. Enter the filename for your ISO file and save it as ISO Files (*.iso). Hit Save and follow the prompts to create an ISO file of your video.

Step 3. Pop in a blank disc to the CD/DVD drive. Then head to the ISO file and right-click on it to choose Burn using ImgBurn. ImgBurn will automatically detect and fill in the source and destination information. Finally, click on the Write button (ISO to disc icon) and wait for it to burn your file into DVD.

To burn DVD with VLC alone is impossible, it still needs additional burning software to do the burning. Hope this article could be some help to you!