Introduction: How to Burn an HD Video to a DVD Without Losing Quality

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There are many reasons that people want to burn HD video to DVD. For example, you may save a lot of favorite photos and videos in your phone or camera, want to burn those photos and videos to DVD? You can try a DVD creator. Or your PC or Mac may be stuffed with many videos, a DVD creator will let you burn your video to DVD for better preserving, and also it helps you save disk space. Whatever your reason is, a DVD creator will be a useful tool to ease your life.

Wondershare DVD Creator (Mac version also available) is by now the best DVD creating tool. It can burn HD video to DVD without any quality loss. The built-in DVD menu templates will also surprise you with the appealing design. On top of that you can even make photo slideshow with music and effect. Before burning DVD, you can fully play your talent to personalize your HD video or photos. Interesting, right? Just have a try.


Wondershare DVD Creator is designed to be simple but also powerful software. Just follow the steps below to learn how to burn HD video to DVD. The tutorial above is based on a Windows system. If you are a Mac user, please click here.

Step 1: Prepare Your Computer

First you need to download and install the software. Just follow the step-by-step instructions to install Wondershare DVD Creator in your computer. And then insert a blank DVD disk into your computer.

Please note that the latest version of this application is just about 35MB. It won’t take too much of your disk space. The application is 100% clean, non-plug-in, virus-free. You can confidently use it.

Step 2: Import HD Video

After launching the software, you can drag and drop your HD video to import it into the DVD creator, or you can click “Import” on the top left of the interface.

There is no max file size limitation. You can import more than one HD video into this DVD creator. To adjust the sequence of the imported videos, please highlight your HD video first and drag it to your desired place, and then drop it there. Or you can click the icons “↑”, ”↓” to set the arrangement.

Step 3: Edit HD Video (Optional)

If you find it necessary to personalize your video, just follow the tutorial below.

Please click the pencil icon on the imported HD video to pop up the video editing window. You can rotate, enhance, trim, or you can add watermark or subtitle to make a perfect video. You can preview all your adjustments instantly. After editing, just click “ok” on the video editing window to save it.

Step 4: Customize DVD Menu (Optional)

Click the “Menu” tab on the top of the interface. In the Menu tab, you will find many beautiful DVD menu templates on the right of the interface for better DVD making. If you want more templates on the topic of life memory, family, or nature, just click the Download icon. There you surely will get your favorite. You can also customize the background music of your DVD.

Step 5: Preview Your DVD and Start to Burn

After adding a menu for your DVD, just click “Preview” to see whether it is your wanted DVD. If you are satisfied with it, just go ahead to click the “Burn” icon. The software lets you burn HD video to DVD disk or ISO folder. Choose the format you want, and then click the “Burn” button at the bottom of the interface.