Creating auto play DVD from Captivate output

Hello: I have been asked to create a auto run DVD of a
Captivate tutorial I created. Is it possible to create a DVD or
only a CD? Any thoughts would be appreciated. New to the forum.
:)

Hi bmac99 and welcome to our community
I think that in order to do this, you will need to first
convert your Captivate content to a video format. (.WMV, .FOB, .MPG
and others) You could do this by importing the Captivate project in
Flash and creating the video output from there. Or you might use
something like SoThink SWF to Video Converter
Click
here
Hopefully this helps... Rick

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