Burning PVR files to DVD

[Big Shed]

I have finally got myself a PVR, twin tuner with 160Gb HDD. It has a USB socket and I have transferred a recorded file, doesn't give a file type, to my computer. The program supplied with the recorder, USBExplorer, also has a conversion tool, this coverts the file to .mpg format (I'm told it is MPEG-2). So fa so good, I can play this file on my computer, has sound and looks good.

Now for my question(s):

1 How do I edit this file, eg cut out commercials, the bit at the beginning and end etc.?

2 How do I then burn this edited file to a DVD that can be played on any DVD player?

New to all this video stuff, so any tips and advice would be very much appreciated.

[Skew ChiDAMN!!]

My preference is to use Adobe Premiere for timeline editing, but it's expensive. If you have XP, you also have MovieMaker (latest release available here... needs SP2 (http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/downloads/updates/moviemaker2.mspx)) which will do a reasonable job. You might find this link (http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/moviemaker/expert/jones_02november25.mspx) to be an interesting read.

This site (http://www.thefreecountry.com/utilities/dvdcdburning.shtml) also has some handy links, I can't speak for the free burning SW it mentions as I've never used 'em except for AVS Disc Creator (and I only tried the initial Betas of that. :shrug: ) I have been told that CDBurnerXP works well though.

Nero Burning ROM is probably the easiest way to create a playable DVD, personally I create/edit my own ISO's with other SW and use Nero just to burn the image. :)

[Gumby]

Windows Movie Maker is the easiest

[nettlewarbler]

mornin all , NERO VISION EXPRESS 2 will convert all your downloads from limewire etc into DVDs you can watch on your telly ..:)

[Stuart]

Many PVRs allow you to edit the file before export - I use that to cut all the ads out before burning a DVD/export...often saves any further editing / re rendering in the computer. Straight to DVD instead.

[tanii51]

dont know if this is any help but i found i had to use dvd+ to get it to work on my tv the minus ones would only work on the pc

[snowyskiesau]

What brand DVR do you have?
I have a Topfield 5000 and the files it produces (.rec) can be played directly on some open source movie players, no conversion required.