Burn TV Shows to DVD Disc and Play TV Shows on DVD Player

"Hi friends, I have recorded some Carol Burnett shows and I want to burn TV shows to DVD to make a Carol Burnett show DVD with Menus showing Season Numbers and Episode numbers on my Windows PC. Is there any kind of TV show to DVD burner software that I should use to burn TV shows to DVD disc with menus. Thanks."

For multiple reasons, many people record TV shows with different tools and try to put record TV shows on DVD for watching on DVD player freely, just like a Carol Burnett show DVD disc. Also, there are times when you may purchase TV shows from iTunes store or elsewhere. You may plan to burn purchased TV shows to DVD disc for easy watching and sharing. Once you have recorded TV shows, what you need is a proper DVD burner that could help you convert and burn TV shows to DVD disc on your PC. You get effective TV shows to DVD burning solutions here.

Part 1: Burn TV Shows to DVD Disc using DVD Recorder

A DVD recorder is an optical disc recorder that uses optical disc recording technologies to digitally record analog or digital signals onto blank writable DVD media. Such devices are available as either installable drives for computers or as standalone components for use in television studios or home theater systems. Assuming that you have a DVD recorder, its remote control, and a TV with remote control and OTA signal, and considering that the TV and DVD recorder are properly connected to each other, things would be much easier.

You can follow the steps given below to record TV shows to DVD with DVD Recorder:

Step 1: DVD setup: Use the DVD remote control to select the Input Select option and then select AV 1 or AV 2 depending on the jacks of the DVD recorder you connected the cables to.

Step 2: TV setup: Scan and tune in to the channel you want to record, use the TV remote control to choose the source input with the help of TV/Video, Input, Game, etc. button. Note: Although the model of your TV and the name of the button may vary, the function remains the same. If you are new to the field, you may need to refer to the television owner’s manual guide for further details.

Step 3: Insert a blank DVD in the recorder, when prompted, initialize the disc to prepare it for recording, and then press the Rec. (or Record) button on the remote control of the DVD recorder to record TV shows to DVD.

Step 4: Once you are done recording, press the Menu button on the DVD recorder’s remote control. Then go to Disc Settings (or Disc Menu in some models), select Disc Finalize, and select OK on the confirmation box that appears to finalize the disc that can be played on any other DVD player.

Note: An unfinalized DVD can be performed only on the recorder. However, once the DVD finalization is completed, no data can be written or edited on the DVD, but it can be played on any other DVD player.

Part 2: Before You Start to Burn TV Shows to DVD

There would be two different types of TV shows: one is common TV shows downloaded online and the other is TV shows purchased from iTunes Store and other stores. The difference mainly lies in the protection.
Before you try to burn TV shows to DVD disc for playback on DVD player or computer, you firstly need to make sure whether your source TV shows are encrypted or not. Generally speaking, TV shows recorded with recording tools are free of protection, while TV shows purchased from iTunes or other stores are encrypted.

Section 1: Convert iTunes DRM TV shows to DRM-free MP4 video for burning to DVD

To burn those encrypted TV shows, mostly DRM protected, you need firstly remove the protection with professional protection removal tool. Here we would like to recommend you an effective DRM removal program to help you remove DRM protection upon purchased TV shows from iTunes - Leawo Prof. DRM, which removes DRM protection of TV shows automatically in background and helps you convert iTunes DRM TV shows to DRM-free MP4 video files for burning to DVD content with various TV show to DVD burner software tools.

Download and install Leawo Prof. DRM on your computer. And then follow the below steps to learn how to convert iTunes DRM TV shows to DRM-free MP4 video files with it in detail.

1. Click “Add Files” button on the sub-menu bar  or “Drag iTunes Files Here” button in the middle of program interface to add TV shows from iTunes library.

2. Before removing DRM from iTunes M4V, you can choose an M4V and click “Edit” button to freely choose audio tracks and subtitles for keeping in the output MP4 video file.

3. Click “…” button at the bottom of “Home” list to set an output directory for containing output MP4 file.

4. Click the big green "Convert" button and then set output directory in the "Save to" box on the popup sidebar. After that, click the bottom "Convert" button to start converting TV shows.

You then only need to wait for the conversion to complete. Once the conversion completes, your iTunes TV shows would become DRM-free MP4 video files. Actually, with Leawo Prof. DRM, you could convert iTunes videos, audios and audiobooks to DRM-free files easily.

Note: If it’s your first time to use Leawo Prof. DRM to convert iTunes TV shows, you will be asked to authorize the conversion with your Apple ID and passcode.

Section 2: Convert regular TV shows for burning to DVD content

There are TV shows saved in video formats that are not compatible with your DVD burner software. In such case you actually need to firstly convert TV shows to DVD burner software compatible video files. You could use Leawo Video Converter to help you do this. As a professional video converter tool, Leawo Video Converter could convert video files between various formats like MP4, AVI, MKV, FLV, MOV, WMV, 3GP, etc.
Download and install Leawo Video Converter on your computer. And then follow the below steps to learn how to convert TV shows for burning to video files.

1. Launch this TV show video converter. Click "Add Video" button to browse and add TV shows purchased from iTunes.

2. Click the drop-down button before the big green "Convert" button and then select "Change" option to select a profile as output on the Profile panel.

3. (Optional) You could adjust the audio and video parameters of output profile like video codec, audio codec, bit rate, aspect ratio, frame rate, etc. by clicking the "Edit" option on the drop-down panel.

4. Click the big green "Convert" button and then set output directory in the "Save to" box on the popup sidebar. After that, click the bottom "Convert" button to start converting TV shows.

Note: Leawo Video Converter automatically removes DRM protection of iTunes TV shows in background, requiring no manual operation.

After checking source TV shows, please make clear which kind of DVD content you want to get: DVD disc, DVD folder or simply DVD ISO image file. To burn TV shows to DVD disc, you need to get a computer with DVD burner (DVD recorder drive), blank and writable DVD disc (DVD-R/DVD+R/DVD-RW/DVD+RW), and DVD burning software to burn TV shows to DVD disc directly. To burn TV shows to DVD folder or ISO image file, you need to get enough hard drive space.
 

Part 3: Burn TV Shows to DVD with Windows Media Center

You can use Windows Media Center, a home entertainment center in Windows, to watch and record live TV, burn TV shows to DVD, create slide shows of your photos, listen to songs in your music library, and play CDs and DVDs. If you don't have a Windows Media Center on your computer, click to Get Windows Media Center from Microsoft. In this post, we would like to take Windows Media Center on Vista as an example to show you how to put TV shows on DVD disc (operations on Windows 7/8/XP might be a little bit different.)

Before you start to burn TV shows to DVD, remove the video protection if neccessary, and insert a blank writable DVD disc into the DVD recorder drive.

Note:

1. It should be noted that Windows Media Center isn't available for Windows RT. So, Windows RT users need to refer to the Part 3: Burn TV Shows to DVD with Windows Media Center Alternative.
2. Windows DVD Maker is another wonderful DVD burning tool for you to burn TV shows to DVD so as to let you play TV shows on DVD player. You could refer to Convert and Burn MPEG to DVD, which offers detailed steps on how to burn video to DVD within Windows DVD Maker. But Windows DVD Maker is only applicable to Windows Vista and Windows 7.

Part 4: Burn TV Shows to DVD with Windows Media Center Alternative

Though Microsoft offers several tools to help burn TV shows to DVD for playing TV shows on DVD player, like Windows Media Center and Windows DVD Maker, these tools are far from perfection. Their system compatibility is a big drawback. We recommend you an all-in-one DVD burning software program to help you play TV shows on DVD player. That is Leawo DVD Creator, a professional 3rd-party TV show to DVD converter that helps you easily burn TV shows to DVD disc, folder and/or ISO image file, add disc menu to TV show DVD, etc.

How to Burn TV Shows to DVD with Leawo DVD Creator

Firstly, get all things ready. Download and install this DVD Creator on your computer. Insert a blank writable DVD disc into DVD recorder drive (if you need to burn TV shows to DVD disc directly). Meanwhile, get your source TV shows ready for burning.

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1. Launch DVD Creator. Click the "Add Video" buttun to add TV shows. Set disc type (in accordance with the disc inserted to the drive), quality and aspect ration at the bottom.

2. (Optional) Add a disc menu to output TV show DVD by selecting one on the right sidebar. You could get instant preview and edit selected disc menu.

3. Click the big green "Burn" button. On popup sidebar, set Burn to (it allows multiple choices), Disc Label and Save to options.

4. Click the bottom "Burn" button on the sidebar to start burning TV shows to DVD. After burning, you could freely play TV shows on DVD player.

Note:

• You need to set the output DVD video format from PAL and NTSC by clicking the wheel icon on the top-right corner and then opening the "Burn" tab.
• Insert writable DVD disc into DVD recorder drive beforehand, and then select DVD recorder drive as target under "Burn to" option in Step 3 if you want to burn VOB to DVD disc;
• If you're using a Mac, you could refer to Burn TV Shows to DVD Disc on Mac for detailed guide.