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12-08-2007, 08:48 PM
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Super Techie Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: California Posts: 378
|  Converting .avi to DVD
What do you guys use to convert movie files (mainly divx supported or .avi format) from your PC to a DVD so that it can be played on a "standalone" DVD player? Nero or Roxio doesn't work. I can copy the data over to Nero, but it doesn't play on a regular DVD player.
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12-08-2007, 08:57 PM
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Retired. Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Los Angeles, California Posts: 8,090
| Re: Converting .avi to DVD
Nero does work. You are not suppose to use Nero Burning ROM, you are suppose to use Nero Vision.
Open Nero Vision, Make DVD, DVD-Video, Drag movie files into blank area, Next, Do not create a menu, next, next, Burn. The converting time is half to all of the movies length, the burning time should be under 5 minutes.
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12-08-2007, 09:05 PM
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Benevolent Cake Despot Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Montreal, CANADA Posts: 1,715
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I personally use WinAVI to first convert AVI to DVD and then burn the DVD files using Nero to make a playable DVD disk.
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12-08-2007, 09:07 PM
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Retired. Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Los Angeles, California Posts: 8,090
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I've seen people use WinAVI but does the quality compare to Nero?
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12-08-2007, 09:30 PM
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Freak Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: MN, USA Posts: 1,519
| Re: Converting .avi to DVD
I've used both WinAvi, ConvertXtoDVD and Nero
since Nero Does NOT support RM/ RMVB format
and I Can Tell you that the quality is quite good compared to nero,
personally I can't tell the difference except from the DVD menus
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12-08-2007, 09:36 PM
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Super Techie Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: California Posts: 378
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Ohhh, Nero Vision!!!! I didn't know that did the job too. I have Nero 8 from my downloads and never realized it until now. I was looking in the Nero Express burning ROM trying to use their "Make DVD disc" option the whole time. I'm going to check out the other ones too. Learn something new everyday....are the WinAVI and ConvertXtoDVD free? If quality is an issue, I'll check out those two.
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12-08-2007, 10:34 PM
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Freak Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: MN, USA Posts: 1,519
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I believe ConvertXtoDVD was free
not sure about WinAvi Though
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Shouldn't this be in the Software forums anyway? o.O
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12-09-2007, 12:43 AM
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Super Techie Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Franklin, WI Posts: 431
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ConvertXtoDVD. Haven't used anything else since I found it, and probably won't switch to a different program. I've never found one that is easier to use.
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12-09-2007, 12:55 AM
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Not Worth The Explanation Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Mount Prospect, IL Posts: 8,882
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Originally Posted by MetalOwns ConvertXtoDVD. Haven't used anything else since I found it, and probably won't switch to a different program. I've never found one that is easier to use. | Plus one. | |
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12-10-2007, 12:01 AM
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Hard Core Techie Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 11,643
| Re: Converting .avi to DVD
nero is the best commercial one. windvdcopy has superior quality but takes longer.
hardware encoders are better too but more expensive. nero is closing in on them.
this is funny because 3-4 years ago, nero had the worst encoder ever
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