How to burn a video DVD
I’m trying to create a video that will play on a standard DVD player. I’ve edited it using Windows Movie Maker, but the resulting discs that I burn won’t play on anything. Can you help me overcome this seemingly insurmountable hurdle?
[ TERRY MITCHELL ]
Cat Ellis replies: Terry was running Windows 10, which meant the files he was creating in Movie Maker can’t be directly burned to DVD. Instead, he was saving the files, then burning them to disc — this method results in a data disc, not a bona-fide video DVD. He’ll need additional third-party software, and the good news is there are options. We prefer DVD Flick ( as it’s clean and open source. Make sure you export your video from Movie Maker using the recommended option, then import this file into DVD Flick via the ‘Add Title’ button and use its menus and tools to build your disc. Before burning, be sure to click ‘Project Settings’ and select your DVD drive from the ‘Burning’ section. Nick Peers replies: This is linked to the password change affecting an app or service previously linked to that account. Ordinarily, it can be fixed by going to the Windows Store app and signing in, but John kept getting an error code — 0x8013153B — whenever he tried to open it. We pointed him to three options: type “Find” and fix into the Search bar to access the ‘Find and Fix Problems Control Panel’ (click ‘View all’), then run Windows Store Apps, Background Intelligent Transfer Service, and Windows Update in turn. All three reported problems and attempted fixes, but to no avail.
Next, we went to the Microsoft Store reset options in Tweaking.com’s Windows Repair tool ( www.tweaking.com), but also to no avail.
Howard Oakley replies: She can change her registered email address, and she must do so as a matter of urgency, before her French one shuts down. Apple provides detailed instructions for changing an Apple ID’s email address at bit.ly/AppleIDaddy. Many Apple ID accounts are associated with an .icloud.
com (or .me.com or .mac.com) address, which is readily accessed using Apple’s Mail or another email app. This is the simplest way of maintaining your Apple ID, but you may not want another email account to manage, so you can use an existing address, such as one from Gmail, as your Apple ID. Ensure you’re able to read any messages that Apple may send to that address.
Although it’s a tad more complex, it’s much safer to have at least two addresses: one used solely for Apple ID messages and associated with that ID, and one for general messages. This helps you tell real messages from phishing attacks, as any genuine messages from Apple about your account will go to that private address. You should enable two-step verification (or two-factor authentication,
bit.ly/appletfa) to make it harder for someone to break into your account.