I created a half hour long movie with Microsoft's Photo Story 3. For quality, I've saved the file at the highest resolution this program will support (1024 x 768). I had a friend who was to make this into a DVD for me and I would duplicate it later here at my house. I'm starting to get the feeling this guy isn't going to pull through for me. I then hit the stores and checked out the software for DVD authoring. I'm using ULEAD Movie Factory. The file Photo Story 3 makes is a .wmv file. Movie Factory, however, only works with MPEG files. I then downloaded a free program to convert my .wmv to an MPEG. Now, what I need to know is which version of MPEG to use. I live in the United States. Do I use MPEG 1 or MPEG 2? In addition, which resolution should I convert this video into? I remember my friend saying that leaving it at such a high resolution will cause some of my low res photos to be pixelated. Should I lower the resolution during the conversion process, or re-save the original file in a lower resolution.
I know a lot about computers, but have never worked with DVD authoring like this before. Any and all information will be greatly appreciated.
Thanks.....