A little depends on the TV or unit with which you will play it.
I think most any player will now take MPEG2 or AVC, in both HiDef and Standard Definition.
Produce your video to a file, you cannot have chapters or menus, it's just a file.
Transfer that file to the stick, and pop it in the playing device.
You will have to search your device player menu to find the stick's location. HP Envy Phoenix/4thGen i7-4770(4@3.4GHz~turbo>3.9)
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The poster does not appear to be ripping DVDs, just looking for an alternate form of viewing. Perhaps I am wr...wr...wrong. HP Envy Phoenix/4thGen i7-4770(4@3.4GHz~turbo>3.9)
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Quote A little depends on the TV or unit with which you will play it.
I think most any player will now take MPEG2 or AVC, in both HiDef and Standard Definition.
Produce your video to a file, you cannot have chapters or menus, it's just a file.
Transfer that file to the stick, and pop it in the playing device.
You will have to search your device player menu to find the strick's location.

Thanks once again Barry. However, from what you say am I to take it that I can't, as I do at present, produce a DVD that looks and plays in exactly the same way as a professional DVD. I hasten to add that I don't mean mine are 'Professional' but I do try very hard to make then look as good and, usually funny, as I can make them. I do have a first play menu followed by a Root Menu page complete with a relevant image and play buttons etc. As I understand it they are standard MPEG2 DVDs. with a sound track and, unfortunately, my voice over.
If using USB sticks gives me no more than a file (as I use at present to save other projects and photos or Drawings) I'd best stock up on DVD Rs
Best regards
Pete

A possibility is to create an iso disc image.
However I suspect the viewer would need to be a little savvy and perhaps be able to play it on a network. HP Envy Phoenix/4thGen i7-4770(4@3.4GHz~turbo>3.9)
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Going back to your original post, I don't understand when you say that DVD media are difficult to buy. Have you looked on Ebay?

Quote Going back to your original post, I don't understand when you say that DVD media are difficult to buy. Have you looked on Ebay?

I have bought from Ebay and Amazon before so that's OK but, the real problem is not at poresent but in the future. The best advice I have is from my computer guy who is an ex Microsoft man and tells me they are definitely a dead duck. My Office supplies shop in Poitiers does still sell them but does not plan on re-stocking once their supply is exhausted. Perhaps Cyberlink will have to develop a way to put a proper video on to USB sticks??
Regards Pete

Quote A possibility is to create an iso disc image.
However I suspect the viewer would need to be a little savvy and perhaps be able to play it on a network.

I do usually make an ISO file but my older sister doesn't have a computer and my Mother in Law (who sadly has just died at 102 years) wouldn't have had a clue. Once again thanks to all on this brilliant forum.
Pete

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Quote A possibility is to create an iso disc image.
However I suspect the viewer would need to be a little savvy and perhaps be able to play it on a network.

I do usually make an ISO file but my older sister doesn't have a computer and my Mother in Law (who sadly has just died at 102 years) wouldn't have had a clue. Once again thanks to all on this brilliant forum.
Pete

To the people who don't have enough computer skills, I rather put the video to my NAS and just send them an URL...easier to everyone. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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Quote ... Perhaps Cyberlink will have to develop a way to put a proper video on to USB sticks??
Regards Pete

Most unlikely. It is not a problem of Cyberlink, it is a problem of the standard video file and the need of menus. You get menus and nice thinks, as bonus material only on standardized data media as DVD or BlueRay. My personal opinion is, that there will be maximal one successor to the BlueRay media. Have a look at the video and clip market today: Streaming videos from providers, that shows all information that you have on a DVD or Blueray online on their web portal - no need for menu stuff within the video. And all providers have their own, proprietary format, one better, colorful and whats-o-ever than the other. On the other hand the private filmers. They use their mobile phones, film upright (uhhh, what morons), leave them on the mobile phone or load it up to google, facebook, Cambridge Analytica and the NSA. Again no need for a new video file standard with menus and things. And the rest? Also nice streaming. From mobile phones over tablets up to Smart TV and wearables. So the most effort is to get new file formats, that can stream high definition resolutions as 4K or 8K efficently. As H.265 or webp or what might be coming next. I think, thats the future. And we are part of it.
Just my 2 (euro) cents

Hatti Win 10 64, i7-4790k, 32GB Ram, 256 GB SSD, SATA 2TB, SATA 4TB, NVidia GTX1080 8GB, LG 34" 4K Wide, AOC 24" 1080

Pete – Many individuals view videos on YouTube. A smart TV with an internet connection can be used to view them. See this post: https://forum.cyberlink.com/forum/posts/list/65635.page#299255 . I am able to view those mp4 files created with chapters using VLC on a home theater pc connected to a widescreen TV. That is something to pursue if you want to pursue a different way of doing things.

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Quote ... Perhaps Cyberlink will have to develop a way to put a proper video on to USB sticks??
Regards Pete

Most unlikely. It is not a problem of Cyberlink, it is a problem of the standard video file and the need of menus. You get menus and nice thinks, as bonus material only on standardized data media as DVD or BlueRay. My personal opinion is, that there will be maximal one successor to the BlueRay media. Have a look at the video and clip market today: Streaming videos from providers, that shows all information that you have on a DVD or Blueray online on their web portal - no need for menu stuff within the video. And all providers have their own, proprietary format, one better, colorful and whats-o-ever than the other. On the other hand the private filmers. They use their mobile phones, film upright (uhhh, what morons), leave them on the mobile phone or load it up to google, facebook, Cambridge Analytica and the NSA. Again no need for a new video file standard with menus and things. And the rest? Also nice streaming. From mobile phones over tablets up to Smart TV and wearables. So the most effort is to get new file formats, that can stream high definition resolutions as 4K or 8K efficently. As H.265 or webp or what might be coming next. I think, thats the future. And we are part of it.
Just my 2 (euro) cents

Hatti

I completely agree with you but, although I'm 70 I've been using computers since the days of the Commodor Pet in 1978-9 but the friends and family I send my DVDs to niether have computers or Smart phones and almost certainly would not know what to do with them if they did. I hope I've got enough DVDs in stock now to carry on for a few more years yet.

A Very big thanks to you and everyone else who have been kind enought to respond. Without doubt this site may be slow at opening where I live in very Rural France but, it is the best Forum I've ever used.

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Quote A possibility is to create an iso disc image.
However I suspect the viewer would need to be a little savvy and perhaps be able to play it on a network.

I do usually make an ISO file but my older sister doesn't have a computer and my Mother in Law (who sadly has just died at 102 years) wouldn't have had a clue. Once again thanks to all on this brilliant forum.
Pete

To the people who don't have enough computer skills, I rather put the video to my NAS and just send them an URL...easier to everyone.

Thanks again Barry but, please refer to my reply to Hatti and you'll see my problem
Pete