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What do I do/need to burn an AVI file onto a DVD so it's playable in a normal DVD Player?

Surely it can't be as simple as drag, drop & burn? Can it?

Also, if any specialist software is required, please recommend the best - free if possible - program to use.

Thanks

cookie monster wrote:
> you dont need to bother with virtual dub,
> if you select the AVI file in the video input in TMPGEnc it will
> automatically select the same file to retrieve the sound from.

I would as I have tried it on mine and using the sound from the AVI sometimes messes the sync up and it takes longer to encode. Takes less than a minute to extract the sound, and the encode can be quite alot less, so I would say its worth it. Also if the AVI is 2 CDs i.e 1400mb then check to see if the sound is AC3 as this needs extra work to convert the sound so it will appear 5.1 on the DVD. If the AVI is the normal 700mb then the sound would be MP3 in which you convert normally.

Quiet you :P

ßulle†† wrote:
>I'll only need it this once so don't really want to pay for it!

Like you would pay for it anyway you dirty pikey.

Thanks for the help. So is this TMPG program free or does it have a trial? I'll only need it this once so don't really want to pay for it!

adrian wrote:
> TMPGEnc is a good piece of software to convert AVI. You also need
> something like VirtualDub to rip the sound into WAV and use that as
> the source sound when converting.

This man speaks the truth, TMPGEnc is your god, use that to change the AVI file to an MPEG2, you dont need to bother with virtual dub, if you select the AVI file in the video input in TMPGEnc it will automatically select the same file to retrieve the sound from.

Then you need to author the MPEG2 file, i use TMPGEnc DVD Author, its really simple to use and it allows you to create simple yet functional menus on your dvd. After the file has been authored you then just burn it to dvd, i think TMPGEnc DVD Author has a burn function built in, but in my experience it doesnt work. So i just use nero, select the files that TMPGEnc DVD Author outputted, and put those into the VIDEO_TS folder in nero.

You also need to check whether the AVI is NTSC or PAL as if you get it wrong the whole film will be messed up etc.

TMPGEnc is a good piece of software to convert AVI. You also need something like VirtualDub to rip the sound into WAV and use that as the source sound when converting.

There are loads of programs out there that will convert and AVI to DVD, just wack it into google and Try some of the software, It will take a few hours to do and check the film before burning to dvd or go and buy yourself a divx player for 50 quid and you will not need to convert it to dvd you can just put the avi on the dvd and watch it like that.

Colin

Someone stole my edit button.

EDIT: Yey, they gave it back.

It's not that simple actually. It takes ours to do the conversions although at this moment I can't remember the software I used.

What do I do/need to burn an AVI file onto a DVD so it's playable in a normal DVD Player?

Surely it can't be as simple as drag, drop & burn? Can it?

Also, if any specialist software is required, please recommend the best - free if possible - program to use.

Thanks