Converting AVI files to DVDs??

[Accipiter22]

I'm trying to get my mom some episodes of a tv show she watches....I have them in AVI format but want to get them onto a dvd in such a way that they'll play in a standard dvd player? how the F do I do this?

 

[JasonE4]

The trial version leaves a watermark and encodes a little slower than the full version, but it's only $29.99.

http://www.vso-software.fr/products/divxtodvd/divxtodvd2.php

 

[CalvinHobbes]

http://www.videohelp.com
Look for all the tools that do that type of conversion. I use one at home but I don't see it listed anymore. It's the easiest one to use and IMO has the best pic quality after the conversion. There are plenty of programs to try out.

 

[a1zhang]

i use winavi to do the job. (need serial though)

 

[zagood]

http://www.videohelp.com/tools?tool=DVD2SVCD

You ever get that machine working?

-z

 

[gsellis]

Just remember that AVI is just a wrapper. The file could be DivX or other encoded media OR it could be DV-AVI. Videohelp is a great place to find it. You can also get trial versions of DVD-LAB and TMPGEnc to convert DV-AVI to MPEG-2 and then to DVD. Links are at Videohelp or you can start at MediaChance (DVD-Lab's) DVD-Lab is a little more expensive that something like Nero, which will also do DV-AVI conversion. If the AVI file is another format, you can possibly recode or convert to MPEG with other tools.

As far as SVCD goes, the data rate can be low depending on the player and it may not be up to DVD MPEG-2 quality.

 

[Accipiter22]

Originally posted by: zagood
http://www.videohelp.com/tools?tool=DVD2SVCD

You ever get that machine working?

-z

I sure did, thanks for all the help!

 

[Accipiter22]

ok, so i converted the avi's to something a dvd player can read using WinAvi.....so if I had 5 different episodes of a show, each episode went into a different folder...do I just drag and drop each folder onto a dvd, then burn them??

 

[fire400]

Originally posted by: JasonE4
The trial version leaves a watermark and encodes a little slower than the full version, but it's only $29.99.

http://www.vso-software.fr/products/divxtodvd/divxtodvd2.php

I agree. If you wanted to, you could even go to Best Buy and find something decent for under a hundred bucks. The more advanced you want to get, obviously the more expensive. I think Nero 7 - full retail, will give enough capabilities for the mainstream user.

 

[morkman100]

Originally posted by: fire400

Originally posted by: JasonE4
The trial version leaves a watermark and encodes a little slower than the full version, but it's only $29.99.

http://www.vso-software.fr/products/divxtodvd/divxtodvd2.php

I agree. If you wanted to, you could even go to Best Buy and find something decent for under a hundred bucks. The more advanced you want to get, obviously the more expensive. I think Nero 7 - full retail, will give enough capabilities for the mainstream user.

I agree (too). Nero 7 (which includes Nero Vision) works suprisingly well for this. Just select the original files to burn to DVD, create a menu (or not), then burn. Nero will automatically convert the files, so you don't have to worry about converting one format to another. Plus, you can usually find it on sale for dirt cheap (after rebates).

morkman

 

[gsellis]

If it is a half hour show and depending on your initial quality, I would potentially consider using 2 hours per disc as your limit. If it is a high quality capture and you want to keep it at that, a basic CBR burn might be constrained to 1hr. If it is about VHS quality or less, shoot for 2 hours. If it really sucks, go for all 5 (assuming 1/2 hr per episode.)

 

[JE78]

I use WinAVI Video Converter. Very simple interface and works with everything I throw at it.

 

[Accipiter22]

Originally posted by: JE78
I use WinAVI Video Converter. Very simple interface and works with everything I throw at it.

so do i just put the output folders onto the disk???

 

[JE78]

No, you'll need a burning program, I use NERO Ultra. Put the output file on your hard drive, then load NERO and select DVD Video and put the output files from WinAVI into the Video_TS folder in NERO and burn.