.MOI to dvd? Panasonic software won't work

Hi. I’m extremely new to this. I bought a Panasonic SDR-H40 Palmcorder a few months ago and am just now trying to burn some video to dvd.

The problem is I have a laptop with Vista 64-bit and the Panasonic Software included (VideoCam Suite) will not work on this computer.

I have dvd burning software — DVDFabGold, which I have used for backing up dvds, and DVD MovieFactory for Toshiba, which came with laptop and I have never used it.

I have transferred the files from the camcorder to the laptop and they are .MOI files. So I need to know what to do to get them ready to burn on a dvd. If there’s some kind of software I should buy that isn’t terribly expensive, I’m willing to do that.

Any advice is appreciated, but also maybe explain it like I’m 5 since I have never done this before.

Thanks in advance for your willingness to help. I have often found that the folks on Forums are awesome people for helping novices like me! So thank you thank you.

Brooke

You can change the extension of the file to mpg for MPEG2 (which is what the file is even though it has a mod or moi extension). That’s about all I know at the moment. I’m gonna try and burn a dvd tonight as I just bought the H40 3 days ago.

The problem I currently have is when viewing the files with Windows Media Player, it shows up as a 4:3 movie when I recording in the 16:9. That’s what I’m currently trying to figure out how to fix. I’ll be back on if I have trouble burning to DVD.