I need help converting other formats to avi without loosing quality

[auto78900]

the first thing I like to mention is that please
'Do not tell me that if u convert anything u loose quality, I've heard this a million times',
the reason Its NOT true is I have several copies of avi movies with the same movies as a DVD copy.

I have had many people telling me "they can NOT tell the difference , between the avi one & the dvd one.

So there , lossles quality.

Now the problem I am having is , that I am trying to do a conversion myself, but always notice extra noise being added
after the conversion is complete.
These are the methods I tried.-
* setting avi divx compressor to full quality with no compression when converting other formats into avi-
result- extra noise.

* converting any format back into DVD, VOB,
result- extra noise
? what other settings can I try to create losless conversions ?

I am happy if I could turn any format into DVD, VOB without receiving extra noise.
Please do Not ask me ,what do I mean by noise. If u dont know what noise is look it up on google.

[gonwk]

Be more specific ...

Q1: What program are you using to Convert your AVI's into DVD?

Q2: if you are Converting your DVDs into AVI ... which program are u using?

G!

[Chewy]

for a conversion to look as good as the original you have to factor a lot of variables in

an mkv/h264/mp4 would not look as good once converted to dvd if the original file had higher resolution and bitrate than dvd/mpeg2 can handle

going from some format to avi and then converting again to dvd/mpeg2 increases the chance of losing quality, it's better to go directly in one conversion

judging quality is so subjective, what are viewing the video on?

[auto78900]

Be more specific ...

Q1: What program are you using to Convert your AVI's into DVD?

Q2: if you are Converting your DVDs into AVI ... which program are u using?

G!

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I tried DVDSanta and Womble DVD maker. At this stage I want to convert
avi and wmv into DVDs, my next option is to try

http://www.erightsoft.com/SUPER.html

[paglamon]

DVD Flick or ConvertXtoDVD(preferable) would have been my choices.

[Chewy]

DVD Flick or ConvertXtoDVD(preferable) would have been my choices.

other than making a menu, what advantage is there to convertx over dvd flick?

[paglamon]

To my eyes,it probably gives a better quality output.And it appears to be free of some bugs that sometimes bother Flick. But again I say,this is all in my opinion. DVD Flick is, without doubt, an excellent piece of program(and FREE too).

[Chewy]

I guess it was 6 months ago convertx screwed up a couple of conversions for me, probably missed on the output file size a little too much(seems they were too small),
that's when I really started using flick, which has come a long way in a short time

[Hnman]

I am converting RM files in DVD Flick it is popping up with error log?.. any help.

[Chewy]

give some details of what happened and when during the conversion when you start a new thread in the dvd flick subforum

[Hnman]

conversion

I tried to burn RM Video files so that I can play on any regular Dvd player. DVD did not work besides come up with error code as follow
DVD Flick error log
Error number 0 from :
*** Project info
EncodingProfile 2
ThreadCount 2
TwoPassEncode 0
OverScan 0, 2.2
*** Project sources
g:\chikkadudorakudu4.rm
IsAVI False
TimeStamp 06/04/2004 8:27:47 AM
Stream 0 (1)
Duration 2160.3
StartTime 0
Compression cook
BitRate 64
Index 0
Channels 2
SampleRate 44100
Delay 0
Stream 1 (2)
Duration 2160.3
StartTime 0
Compression RV40 / 0x30345652
BitRate 286
Index 1
320x240 12 FPS
DisplayAR 1
SourceAR 1.333333
g:\chikkadudorakudu1.rm
IsAVI False
TimeStamp 06/04/2004 8:21:33 AM
Stream 0 (1)
Duration 2132.5
StartTime 0
Compression cook
BitRate 64
Index 0
Channels 2
SampleRate 44100
Delay 0
Stream 1 (2)
Duration 2132.5
StartTime 0
Compression RV40 / 0x30345652
BitRate 287
Index 1
320x240 12 FPS
DisplayAR 1
SourceAR 1.333333
g:\chikkadudorakudu2.rm
IsAVI False
TimeStamp 06/04/2004 8:23:48 AM
Stream 0 (1)
Duration 2160.3
StartTime 0
Compression cook
BitRate 64
Index 0
Channels 2
SampleRate 44100
Delay 0
Stream 1 (2)
Duration 2160.3
StartTime 0
Compression RV40 / 0x30345652
BitRate 286
Index 1
320x240 12 FPS
DisplayAR 1
SourceAR 1.333333
g:\chikkadudorakudu3.rm
IsAVI False
TimeStamp 06/04/2004 8:26:18 AM
Stream 0 (1)
Duration 1991.3
StartTime 0
Compression cook
BitRate 64
Index 0
Channels 2
SampleRate 44100
Delay 0
Stream 1 (2)
Duration 1991.3
StartTime 0
Compression RV40 / 0x30345652
BitRate 286
Index 1
320x240 12 FPS
DisplayAR 1
SourceAR 1.333333
*** dvdflick.log
6:10:05 PM: DVD Flick 1.2.2.0 beta build 439
6:10:05 PM: Calculating stream sizes...
6:10:05 PM: Disc space used : 4360734 KB
6:10:05 PM: Average bitrate : 3602 Kbit/s
6:10:05 PM: Total duration : 2:20:44 hours
6:10:05 PM: 4 title(s).
6:10:05 PM: Using Normal encoding profile.
6:10:05 PM: Encoding to ntsc-dvd
6:10:05 PM: Encoding video...
6:10:05 PM: Title 0, source 0
6:10:05 PM: Source : g:\chikkadudorakudu4.rm
6:10:05 PM: Properties : 320x240, Normal (4:3), 12 FPS, RV40 / 0x30345652, 2160.3 seconds

this is some of it. PLease help

[Chewy]

Compression RV40

real media 9 or 10

RealVideo 1.0, 2.0 *

* Not RealVideo 3 or later

propritary format not supported by dvd flick