AVI to SVCD converter problems

[SON"o"CATWEAZLE]

I am trying to convert some films i have on my computer so as i can play them on my home dvd player, Can any one point me in the direction of a freeware avi to svcd/vcd converter that is able to do this please,

ive looked everywhere, but all i can find is shareware that leaves a watermark in the film, (which means theres no point using it ) that can only be removed by buying the product,

it needs to be free as im a student and very poor at the moment,
Thanx in advance.

[VIPER_1069]

use google and trackdown the freeware version of tmpgenc encoder

[LTR12101B]

http://jove.prohosting.com/yusuf/ympeg.html Description of YMPEG 0.3 version

http://www.free-codecs.com/download/YMPEG.htm 1.3 version Trial/ limited free functions - also download of 0.6.14 last freeware version - no idea if it's any good though.