Can't burn an Xvid video to DVD

[toelessfoot]

I have a 700mb Xvid video that i want to burn to a DVD to view on my DVD player, but none of my burning software seems to be able to encode it. In all cases it tells me that it's an unsupported format.

Now i can view the file in Win mediaplayer and i've downloaded the Xvid codec pack and stuff, but it just wont' work, nothing seems to be able to encode it.

So what can i do? is the video just not encodable? or am i missing something?

[sportster]

i use winmpg video converter for your problem maybe give it a try

[zx50]

Have you tried burning it in data format?? or did you already try that.

[toelessfoot]

Data form? Well the goal's to get it to run on my DvD player.

And i tried MPgconverter and it worked, but there was green lines in the video like very noticable ones. WHat am idoin wrong?

[sportster]

im not sure about the green lines . are u using a trial version of mpg it can leave a water mark or maybe try different disc

[zx50]

Have you tried then making an SVCD?? this will play in your DVD player (assuming your DVD player can play vcd/svcd) Are you on about an everyday DVD player or are you on about a DivX DVD player, that's why i said data format. I sort of assumed that you had a DivX DVD player.

[tigerman8u]

I use Mainconcept to convert my avi to mpeg2, author with Tmpgenc Dvd Author, and burn with Nero 6.

[setarip]

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

1) Use "TMPGEnc" (or "TMPGEncPlus") to convert the .AVI (XviD-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 ;>}

[toelessfoot]

tigerman8u,

Thanks alot! that program worked!! Now I'm just wondering, is it better to convert it to Mpeg-1 or 2? and how do i know what settings to use?

Thanks to everyone whos helped.

[tigerman8u]

Originally posted by toelessfoot
tigerman8u,

Thanks alot! that program worked!! Now I'm just wondering, is it better to convert it to Mpeg-1 or 2? and how do i know what settings to use?

Thanks to everyone whos helped.

You're welcome.
Use Avicodec (or similar program) to see what the resolution of your avi is. Depending on the resolution you can decide what to encode to. You won't gain any video quality by going to a higher resolution, but you will use more space. The default settings are a good place to start. Depending on your original resolution you can use any compliant dvd resolution. I use 352x480 (1/2 D1) alot for converting and capturing lower resolution sources. I use 2000k min. 3000k average and 4000k max. bitrate for 1/2 D1. For full D1 I double the average and max. bitrate. for audio I use mpeg 1 layer 2 at 224k.

[toelessfoot]

sweet, i think i have the hang of it...

But one more thing, I have a video that's PAL (i figure as much since it's runnin at 25fps) and i hafta convert it to NTSC but i can't seem to keep the shape of the video. Is it because the two standards have different DVD compliant resolutions? And if the source videofile is 576x240, is there any perticular resolution that i should convert it to?

Thanks