How To Burn YouTube Videos To DVD [Step-by-Step Tutorial]

In nowadays digital media world, everyone knows YouTube and almost everyone has watched YouTube videos. However, every year during this time before the holiday season, many people search for how to burn a video from YouTube to DVD.

Why People Want to Burn YouTube Video to DVD Nowadays?

• To backup YouTube videos they like in a save and long last place in case the videos disappear one day forever.
• To save hard disk space of the computer. People tend to download videos on their desktop, this will take over the hard disk and make the PC slower.
• People prefer a physical hard copy of their favorite videos and movies that they can carry around and lend to others like owning a favorite book.
• A DVD is significantly cheaper per gigabyte of storage than a hard drive, so, it’s a budget-friendly option for storing large amounts of videos.
• There are still people not particularly tech savvy and with no online access.
• Besides, a DVD burned with favorite YouTube videos in it is an amazing gift for your family and friends during holidays.

How Can I Estimate How Many DVDs I'll Need for YouTube to DVD Burning?

It depends on the YouTube video length and the quality of it.

As for video quality, the bit rate determines how much you can put onto a DVD. Here’s a form listing the approximate YouTube video birtates of different resolutions.

For your information, a single layer DVD+R disc holds about 4.7 GB, and a dual-layered one can hold about 8.5 GB. So, the number of DVDs you’ll need depends on your choice.

What Format Do I Use?

The format will determine if the video will be read by your drive and your player equipment. The most common format is MPEG-2 (“a standard for the generic coding of moving pictures and associated audio information”). And some new DVD player supports also MP4 and AVI but you’d better check if your DVD drive, your media player and the playback equipment can play those files.

STEP ONE: Download the YouTube Videos

The first step on how to burn YouTube videos to DVD is to download the YouTube videos to your PC. Here I recommend 2 fast and efficient ways to download the YouTube videos you want to burn.

#1.1 Online Downloader Loader.to

It’s an online free conversion tool that can download videos on YouTube in many formats, including MP4, MP3, and MAV. It supports converting a whole YouTube playlist to MP4.  

Simple steps to download YouTube videos online:

1. Head to the site https://en.loader.to/4/.
2. Copy and paste the YouTube video URL into the search box. Select an output format.
3. Click Download. It may direct you to another page, close it and come back.
4. Wait for the server uploading the video and download it.

Note: the speed is slow, if you have just a few videos to download, then it’s fine, if you have dozens of, then choose the second download tool.

#1.2 iFunia YouTube Downloader

For batch processing multiple videos, a professional YouTube downloader is necessary. You can try iFunia’s video downloader to download YouTube videos in bulk to any format you want with subtitles.

You just copy & paste the URLs of the videos. Batch input is supported.

Select the output format, resolution and subtitles you prefer. And click start to download all the videos at the same time.

That’s it, if you want to burn multiple YouTube videos to DVD, a professional YouTube video downloader that can multitask is highly recommended.

 

STEP TWO: How to Burn YouTube Videos to DVD?

Now you have the YouTube video downloaded, then how to make a DVD from a YouTube video? In this part, I’ll introduce 6 software that can help you convert YouTube to DVD safely and efficiently.

#2.1 How to Burn YouTube Videos to DVD with iFunia (Best Way on Mac & Windows)

iFunia DVD Creator is a standout DVD burning software that can create a DVD with customized menu in a few clicks.

It supports a wide range of common video formats such as MP4, MOV, MKV, AVI, MTS, etc. The input videos can be in different formats and you can put all those videos into one DVD as long as they are suitable for the drive and the player.

What’s more, you can edit the videos and control the DVD menu by adding templates and background music for different occasions and events like birthday, Christmas, wedding, travel, etc.

Guide on How to Upload A DVD on YouTube:

1. Free download and install the software on your computer.
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2. Insert a blank DVD disc into your computer or into the DVD player.
3. Click ➕ Add videos to add the YouTube videos into the program.
4. By clicking the pencil beside the title of the video, you can edit the videos as you like. Such as trim, crop, rotate, adding watermark, applying effects, adding subtitles and chapters, adjusting the volume.
5. Move to the Menu section and customize the DVD menu with free templates, play buttons, text, background music, etc.
6. Go to the Preview part to verify the result of the DVD created. The numbers on the right hand is to choose and play the video and the menu.
7. Turn to the Burn tab and select Burn to Disc. Set up other parameters of the DVD created. Finally, click Burn to burn YouTube video to DVD.

#2.2 How Can I Burn A YouTube Video to DVD without Installation (Windows)?

If you are a Windows user, you can directly burn YouTube videos to DVD with the built-in software Windows Media Player. Many people didn’t notice this function in Windows Media Player, but it’s quite simple and useful to burn DVD without installation.

How Do You Burn YouTube Videos to DVD on Windows:

1. Find and open Windows Media Player.
2. On the right-hand panel, choose the Burn button.
3. Drag the YouTube videos downloaded into the Burn section and click Start burn.

#2.3 How Do I Burn A YouTube Video to A DVD Using BurnAware (Windows)

BurnAware Free is a simple but straightforward program. Its sparse interface makes things easy and efficient for not only beginners, but also anyone who wants to get their task accomplished as quickly as possible.

There are full of free functions and tools to solve all kinds of CD, DVD and Blu-ray problems within one software, such as video and audio burning, disc erasing or formatting, disc backup and copy, etc.

Tutorial on How to Make A DVD from A YouTube Video:

1. Download and run BurnAware Free on your Windows.
2. Insert your blank DVD and choose Data Disc.
3. In this window, add your YouTube videos and click Burn.

#2.4 How To Burn A YouTube Video To DVD with DVD Flick (Windows)?

DVD Flick is a free and powerful DVD authoring tool. It supports almost all the popular formats and can burn multiple YouTube video files into a DVD. You can find various settings and additional custom preferences in it.

However, to successfully burn the DVD, you have to download another software ImgBurn, which is also free and simple to use.

Step-by-step Tutorial on YouTube video to DVD burning:

1. Download DVD Flick and ImgBurn into your computer.
2. Open DVD Flick and drag your YouTube videos downloaded into the gray interface. Or click the Add title icon on the right panel to input the video files.
3. On the upper menu, choose Project settings to edit the settings like the title, the video sources, audio and caption tracks, etc.
4. In the Burning tab, select Burn project to disc and the right drive. Check around other settings and hit on Accept.
5. Turn to the Menu settings to define a menu that will show on the first page of your DVD. Choose Preview to see what it will look like.
6. Don’t forget to check the project destination folder at the very bottom to select where you want to save the files. Then click Create DVD.
7. It will take a quite long time to encode. Close the window when it finalizes.
8. Check in the destination folder you chose to make sure the DVD folder is actually created. If you will find an AUDIO_TS and a VIDEO_TS folder then it’s perfect.
9. Open ImgBurn and choose Write files folders to disc.
10. Hit on the folder icon to input the TS folders into the program.

11. Click the Build icon to create the DVD along with all the videos.

#2.5 How to Burn YouTube Videos to DVD without Software on Mac?

If you have a built-in optical drive (for old Macs) or an external DVD drive such as an Apple SuperDrive on your Mac, then you can directly burn YouTube videos to a data DVD without installing any software. But be attention that the data DVD burned by this method can only be read on a macOS.

Firstly, find out if the optical drive on your Mac can burn discs:

1. Head to Apple menu → About The Mac.
2. Choose System Report and then select Disc Burning.
3. Check the information of the optical drive. A DVD-R, DVD+R, or DVD+RW is a burnable type of DVD. (The picture above shows my external drive as my Mac has no built-in optical drive)

How to Burn YouTube Videos to DVD without Software on Mac:

1. Open the disc folder on Mac.
2. Drag the YouTube videos you want to burn into the DVD folder. Click Burn.

3. Rename the title and check the save box to the disc. And start to burn.

 

#2.6 How to Burn YouTube Videos to DVD on Mac Using Burn?

Like its name, the application Burn is a dedicated and straightforward program to burn audio, video and data disks. It’s simple and has advanced disc burning functions for macOS. But there are not much custom settings compared to other DVD burning software like iFunia.

1. Get Burn from sourceforge. Insert a burnable DVD disc.
2. In the Burn app, choose the video tab and drag your video files into the interface. It will pop up a window like below, just click Convert to store the file to mpg format.
3. Press the gear icon and define the settings according to your personal needs.
4. Click Burn to burn the YouTube videos to DVD on Mac.

 

What You May Also Want to Ask

What if the video format isn't compatible with DVD burning software?

In that case, you may need to convert the video format. Programs like iFunia Video Converter or HandBrake can help convert videos to commonly used formats for DVDs like MP4, AVI...

Can I convert YouTube to DVD format online free?

There are YouTube to DVD converter online like Zamzar, but online DVD burner is really not recommended as online tools offer unstable and unsecured services that may do harm on your discs and DVD drive.

Can I record YouTube to DVD?

Yes, there are a number of free video recorders like OBS, but if you are not a YouTube Premium, the ads every a few minutes will be disturbing when you watch DVDs. And during the recording, your computer will be occupied and you could do nothing else. So, you’d better download the YouTube videos with a professional YouTube downloader.