burning AVI movies to dvd and having them work on dvd player

[Hex L0ck]

I have alot of AVI movies on my comp and need to burn them to DVD and have them work on my DVD player. How do I convert from AVI to a working format that fits on a dvd+r? Please explain thoroughly. thanks.

[setarip]

One set of procedures (other posters may/probably will suggest alternative methods) would be:

1) Use "TMPGEnc" to convert the .AVI (DivX-compressed or otherwise) to compliant MPEG2-for-DVD format - Use "TMPGEnc's" DVD wizard/template to accomplish this

2) Use "TMPGEnc DVD Author" (a different program than "TMPGEnc) to easily create the required additional DVD files and structure (and chapters and a menu, if you wish)


**If the combined filesize of the DVD "package" written to your hard drive is greater than 4.37Gb, use DVD Shrink (or similar) to compress


If your O/S is either Win2000 or WinXP, TMPGEnc DVD Author can also burn your DVD. Otherwise, use NERO to burn in "DVD-Video" mode
(As an alternative to "TMPGEnc DVD Author", you could use "DVDLab")


Let us know of your success ;>}

[WOZZA1970]

avi-dvd

hi
can you please tell me where i can get either of these programs(for free if poss ) many thanks
wozza