Best software to tv show avi's to dvd

[cpmer]

Ive tried burning tv shows to dvd before but it seems to cut down the quality a bit. I was wondering whats the best software to burn avi files to dvd without losing video quality. BTW the files Im planning to burn are wrc rally races that were broadcasted on public tv channel so its legal.

 

[Jeff7]

DVDs are encoded using MPEG-2 compression. You're always going to get some quality loss because of the re-encoding process.

Ulead VideoStudio is one package that can do the transcoding, but I don't know how it might compare to other products on the market. It just happens to be the one I've used.

 

[vshah]

cinemacraft encoder produces very good quality output, but is difficult to set up and understand, and it is not free. TmpegENC is free, and if you google around, you can find settings/tutorials that will yield decent quality. not as good as CCE though

 

[Baked]

Why don't you just stream it to the TV?

 

[0roo0roo]

lol..
the quality is lost during the conversion to avi..esp the online ones.
its gone dude. soft sub 480p is what you get from such rips.

 

[Shlong]

Originally posted by: 0roo0roo
lol..
the quality is lost during the conversion to avi..esp the online ones.
its gone dude. soft sub 480p is what you get from such rips.

Yup, the conversion process from the captured file to divx / xvid (loss of quality). Even further when you convert it back to mpeg-2 for DVD.

Instead of converting them to DVD, you should try streaming (like Baked mentioned) or connecting the computer to the TV.

I just bought one of those DVI to HDMI converters at monoprice, and a stereo to RCA (red / white) cable and just watch it on my LCD TV like that. With some FFDShow filters like AVISynth, Resizing (upconversion), etc... the quality comes out pretty good. Of course the most important factor is the video file itself, I try to get 720p x264 for HD content and the highest quality file available for non HD.

 

[DayLaPaul]

Originally posted by: Baked
Why don't you just stream it to the TV?

I agree. Hardware has evolved to a point now where there are a lot of devices that will be able to read xvid natively. Many DVD players, media players, Xbox360, PS3, laptops, HTPC's, etc support xvid. Using one of these methods will result in much better quality than transcoding.

But if you have your reasons for transcoding, the latest Nero bundle has an easy to use program with satisfactory results.

 

[JasonSix78]

Originally posted by: DayLaPaul

Originally posted by: Baked
Why don't you just stream it to the TV?

I agree. Hardware has evolved to a point now where there are a lot of devices that will be able to read xvid natively. Many DVD players, media players, Xbox360, PS3, laptops, HTPC's, etc support xvid. Using one of these methods will result in much better quality than transcoding.

But if you have your reasons for transcoding, the latest Nero bundle has an easy to use program with satisfactory results.

I've been streaming all my shows to my 360 via TVersity for over a year now and I'm happy with it. Picture/Audio quality is better than just watching regular digital cable channels. It transcodes some types of file formats on its own but it takes just a second for it to buffer and start.

 

[cpmer]

meh i have a ps3 and yes i can stream. My friend just has a tv and dvd player. Is there any programs that i can just drag and drop the avi file into and the program will automatically convert and burn it on a dvd?

 

[vshah]

i think there's something called convertXtoDVD which is very simple

 

[bobdole369]

tmpegenc is quite easy to use. There is a learning curve - it isn't "click to convert to DVD" - there are lots of buttons and sliders to figure out - the most important being "resolution", "bitrate", "framerate", etc.

Without some learning and time investment you will experience quality loss with any drag and drop solution.

 

[theprodigalrebel]

I used WinAVI video converter to convert an Xvid movie rip (typical ~1200kbps average bitrate) to MPEG2/DVD so my Dad could watch it on his bedroom TV. If you took screenshots and did A/B comparisons then you'd obviously notice differences. Otherwise, watching it in motion didn't reveal any obvious disparities. Not too bad for the 30-something minutes it took on a single-core Athlon64 2.0Ghz chip.

I imagine results ought to be better these days. I don't remember what profile/settings I used but I think I did a straight 6.0 Mbps CBR (maintaining impeccable picture quality wasn't really a priority)