Chris Wilson Posted May 12, 2006 Share Posted May 12, 2006 How do I convert a 660 meg .avi file so I can copy it to a DVD(s), to play on a domestic DVD player and TV, with no banners or anything, without spending any money...? Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jamesmark Posted May 12, 2006 Share Posted May 12, 2006 file share and download any dvd software install problem solved Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lpher Posted May 12, 2006 Share Posted May 12, 2006 If youve got a newish full version of Nero Burning Rom...it will convert and burn it for you Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Wilson Posted May 12, 2006 Author Share Posted May 12, 2006 I grabbed something freeware called AVI to DVD, just how long is this going to take, looks like it will be running for hours, is this normal? I thought modern PC's were fast? Quite why I posted in Supra Chat I don't know, finger error, sorry. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobbeh Posted May 12, 2006 Share Posted May 12, 2006 What speed is your PC Chris? theres lots of compression involved and if your CPU isnt up to speed or is lacking memory it may struggle. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Posted May 12, 2006 Share Posted May 12, 2006 I'm using something called cucusoft AVI to DVD which I find does the job nicely. http://www.avi-to-dvd.com/ Pro version is $25. It's a fairly intensive process so can take some time depending on your PC. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Posted May 12, 2006 Share Posted May 12, 2006 If youve got a newish full version of Nero Burning Rom...it will convert and burn it for you It frequently bombs out in my experience or puts the sound out of sync etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jake Posted May 12, 2006 Share Posted May 12, 2006 It frequently bombs out in my experience or puts the sound out of sync etc.Works great here Chris, Whatever you want to re-encode will take bleeding ages. 90mins of video at say 25 frames/sec is a lot of frame converting. On my (not state of the art, admittedly) XP2500+ with 1gb of ram it takes about 90min to convert 90mins of avi to DVD format. I usually kick it off before going to bed and leave it running overnight. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Posted May 12, 2006 Share Posted May 12, 2006 Works great here I tried to do Lost season two episodes on Nero 7 and 6. Every time the bleedin' thing kind of jumps, then puts voices out of sync. That's in both NTSC and PAL conversions. cucusoft just works everytime and has a special sync capability too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Supra-Dupra Posted May 13, 2006 Share Posted May 13, 2006 Nero Ultra Edition 7, works perfect everytime, none of that out of synch sound that was in the previous versions ! (dependant on avi, mpeg quality) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richardharmon Posted May 13, 2006 Share Posted May 13, 2006 Dump Windows, install Linux and use ffmpeg and dvdauthor! Seriously though, check this out, I've used it befoere for encoding the MPEG stream with very good resaults - you still need to convert to DVD VOB form, Nero (as mentioned before) will do this for you - I found the output quality better if I use TMPGEnc to generate the source MPEG file first. http://www.tmpgenc.net/e_main.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jake Posted May 13, 2006 Share Posted May 13, 2006 Tmpenc is really good but not very user-friendly. You need to know a fair bit about video encoding to get it working how you want. Linux? Pffft! Linux will never take off as long as the user base continue to be so up their own arses. Got a Linux problem? Need help? "RTFM." Oh you read the manual but still need help? "Go read the manual some more, it's all in there" Yeah great, cheers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richardharmon Posted May 13, 2006 Share Posted May 13, 2006 Dump Windows, install Linux and use ffmpeg and dvdauthor! Seriously though, check this out, I've used it befoere for encoding the MPEG stream with very good resaults - you still need to convert to DVD VOB form, Nero (as mentioned before) will do this for you - I found the output quality better if I use TMPGEnc to generate the source MPEG file first. http://www.tmpgenc.net/e_main.html This is quite good for producing the DDV files, you still need something like Nero to do the final burn though: http://www.digital-digest.com/software/download.php?sid=424&ssid=0&did=1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richardharmon Posted May 13, 2006 Share Posted May 13, 2006 LMFAO Jake - yeah it is a bit like that. I guess it's because it is free and there's no commercial backing to most of the software. Suppose the person who wrote the software in their spare time just can't be bothered to answer all those support questions. Still I use it and find it very good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jake Posted May 13, 2006 Share Posted May 13, 2006 I earned a living for 6 years as a Unix/AIX AP Still won't/can't use Linux. I can't see CW switching to Linux anytime soon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richardharmon Posted May 13, 2006 Share Posted May 13, 2006 He did say for free though! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steb9780 Posted May 13, 2006 Share Posted May 13, 2006 DIKO is good for AVI to DVD format. It's freeware and seems to be very east to use. It used to take about 1 -1.5 hours to convert a film. Running on a Athlon 2600 with 512mb RAM Here is a review on videohelp.com http://www.videohelp.com/tools?tool=523 Here is where to download from http://www.vmesquita.com/en/download.htm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Wilson Posted May 13, 2006 Author Share Posted May 13, 2006 AVI to DVD worked, but it took over 9 hours.... That can't be right, surely? PC is probably laughable to you guys that update on a monthly basis, it's got 1 gid ram and I can't remeber what processor, System says AMD Athlon 1900+ so I gues that's what I've got? Is that not up to the job? I'll try Petes app (thanks Pete, seems to have installed fine), and see if that's any quicker. Thanks for the help and links. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thorin Posted May 13, 2006 Share Posted May 13, 2006 Chris, 9 hours does sound a little excessive. However, I've not actually used AVI to DVD, I use Nero Express instead. With that I know it can take up to a couple of hours with a processor that's roughly twice as fast as a 1900+. Video compression is extremely processor intensive. I too usually leave stuff like that running over night Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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