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  • Bose
    Junior Member
    Junior Member
    • Aug 2005
    • 5

    Newbie .avi Burning question

    Ok, so i realize this is a question i could have answered myself by doing a bit of research, but i've found the that simplest solutions come from simply asking someone how to do it.

    i have a few .AVI files on my computer, the sum of them all is less than 4gb, is it possible to burn them all to a dvd, but be able to watch the files on a DVD+/- R Compatible dvd player separately?

    for example, if i were to have a home video of a hockey game, and a home video of a birthday party, both in .avi format, would it be possible (and what software can i use) to burn both to the same disk, but there is some kind of menu where i can choose which one to watch rather than both burning as if they were 2 tracks of the same movie.

    I'm sure i've made that as clear as mud, but hopefully someone can decipher what i'm trying to do
  • LT. Columbo
    Demigod of Digital Video
    • Nov 2004
    • 10671

    #2
    my prefered method is as follows:

    1) Use "TMPGEnc" (or "TMPGEncPlus") 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")
    "One day men will look back and say I gave birth to the 20th Century". Jack The Ripper - 1888
    Columbo moments...
    "Double Shock" "The Greenhouse Jungle" "Swan Song" FORUM RULES
    "You try to contrive a perfect alibi, and it's your perfect alibi that's gonna hang ya."
    (An Exercise In Fatality, 1974)


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    • tigerman8u
      Lord of Digital Video
      Lord of Digital Video
      • Aug 2003
      • 2122

      #3
      If you use Tmpgenc as stated above use the batch processing method to convert all your avi files at one time (saves time). I use mainconcept other than Tmpgenc (much faster).
      "there is some kind of menu where i can choose which one to watch rather than both burning as if they were 2 tracks of the same movie"

      using the above excellent software(TDA) you have to click on add track to add your next file to get a menu to choose which video you want to watch, you could put both on the same track and use a chapter as the starting point for the 2nd video and so on but I would not recommend it

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      • LT. Columbo
        Demigod of Digital Video
        • Nov 2004
        • 10671

        #4
        "If you use Tmpgenc as stated above use the batch processing method to convert all your avi files at one time (saves time). "

        yes i always use it. another tip, once it is loaded, SAVE your batch encode list, you'll appreciate when something happens like a power outage and you have to set it all up again....it makes a huge difference if you are converting 8 files or so with audio gap correct, source range, filters inverse telecine etc. settings on various files.

        "you could put both on the same track and use a chapter as the starting point for the 2nd video and so on but I would not recommend it"

        neither would i, but even if you did, pressing the "skip" button on the remote takes you to the next track even know they are "joined"
        "One day men will look back and say I gave birth to the 20th Century". Jack The Ripper - 1888
        Columbo moments...
        "Double Shock" "The Greenhouse Jungle" "Swan Song" FORUM RULES
        "You try to contrive a perfect alibi, and it's your perfect alibi that's gonna hang ya."
        (An Exercise In Fatality, 1974)


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        • VinceUTAH
          Junior Member
          Junior Member
          • Jul 2005
          • 27

          #5
          The best solution is if you already have or can buy a DVD player that can play AVIs. You can burn a few of the AVIs to one DVD and the player will automatically provide a simple menu to choose which one you want to see.

          These players are low priced now like $60.

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          • LT. Columbo
            Demigod of Digital Video
            • Nov 2004
            • 10671

            #6
            an excellent suggestion, but i don't think it is the BEST method----perhaps the easiest

            why? what happens when you want to bring your favorite movie over to someone else's house and their dvd player don't support divx? see what i mean?

            that's just my way of thinkin though
            "One day men will look back and say I gave birth to the 20th Century". Jack The Ripper - 1888
            Columbo moments...
            "Double Shock" "The Greenhouse Jungle" "Swan Song" FORUM RULES
            "You try to contrive a perfect alibi, and it's your perfect alibi that's gonna hang ya."
            (An Exercise In Fatality, 1974)


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            • tigerman8u
              Lord of Digital Video
              Lord of Digital Video
              • Aug 2003
              • 2122

              #7
              @ columbo true but it stops alot of ppl from asking to borrow my movies all the time

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              • LT. Columbo
                Demigod of Digital Video
                • Nov 2004
                • 10671

                #8
                i don't borrow nobody nothin. i don't trust nobody, most people are quite careless when it's something that isn't theirs. it's human nature.

                if they insist i burn them their own copy to keep, after they supply the disc and cigar
                "One day men will look back and say I gave birth to the 20th Century". Jack The Ripper - 1888
                Columbo moments...
                "Double Shock" "The Greenhouse Jungle" "Swan Song" FORUM RULES
                "You try to contrive a perfect alibi, and it's your perfect alibi that's gonna hang ya."
                (An Exercise In Fatality, 1974)


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