DVD burning ......... avi > dvd! (NOT vcd)

[CaptainChaos]

Hi!

Im from the UK, and have just got a dvd rewriter (NEC 1100) which came with Nero 5.5 ......

I have a few .avi files I want to convert to mpeg-2 (which I believe is dvd quality) ........ how do i do this? will Nero sort it out for me, or will I need another bit of software?

Also ..... some of the .avis run at different frame rates .. is this important? Or will the audio/video run at the same rate regardless ......

I might be posting a few more queries, because Im totally new to this & totally confused ..... I keep getting "CloneDVD", "DVD Shrink", "dvd2one" and "smartripper" names thrown at me from everywhere!!

At the moment - I just want to burn the avi's to dvd+r/rw, and would like to know what software I need to be able to do this as easily as possible .. If Nero is fine, please tell me ... If there is something else that is better, please tell me that too.

Thanks very much

Ian

[WildmanJoe]

Hi, the people here will probably tell you the same thing... you could and should try TMPGEnc (freeware) to encode your .avi files to DVD. It's almost idiot-proof. Don't try some other funny programs which you have to pay $$$ for.

[UncasMS]

like wildmanjoe said: try tmpeg or maybe dvd2svcd/cce to convert the avi to svcd format, which can then be burned to dvd.

[micol]

What if you have an .avi with ac3 audio. I can't seem to find a method or guide that with convert this to DVD-R without loosing the ac3.

I have used VirtualDub (all mods), TMPGEnc Plus, TMPGEnc DVD Author, Ulead DVD Moviefactory & DVD Lab.

[chickeneater]

avi with ac3 won't matter with TMPGEnc. Audio that cannot go through TMPGEnc is VBR mp3.

[UncasMS]

What if you have an .avi with ac3 audio. I can't seem to find a method or guide that with convert this to DVD-R without loosing the ac3.

demux this avi into sound and video

convert the video to svcd compliant stream

then load the m2v video stream into dvdlab and add the original ac3 stream to it

author to new project



that should be all

[shiny#3]

"like wildmanjoe said: try tmpeg or maybe dvd2svcd/cce to convert the avi to svcd format, which can then be burned to dvd."

when using the Tmpeg encoder or cce including tool
why should someone convert to the SVCD format
480x576 Pal
or even worse
480x480 NTSC

instead of using the very simple
Tmpegs wizard to create a full size 720x576 or 720x480
video for DVD creating purposes especially if the avifiles are real good avis like the
two cd xvid/AC3 version of LOTR the two towers.????

[micol]

Quote:

"demux this avi into sound and video

convert the video to svcd compliant stream

then load the m2v video stream into dvdlab and add the original ac3 stream to it

author to new project "

I have tried that but when authoring DVD Lab gives an error message about the ac3 file & something to do with packetsize??