AVI To DVD

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McBootNatch

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Hey I'm new to DVD burning and such. (I do have a DVD Burner though), I have an AVI file... (about 750 megs) and I would like to burn it to a DVD-R. I have TMPGEnc DVD Author, but it won't allow me to select it onto the disc. Can someone suggest something to help convert so it'll be able? Or any other suggestions? Thanks a bunch, and long live DVDRBase forums
 
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celtic_druid

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Have you checked out the tutorials section. Also the size of an AVI is only relivant if you are burning it as data. Otherwise its length is what matters.
 
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McBootNatch

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It won't let me even select it to burn to a disc. It's not the filesize. If I select it to burn to a DVD-R to be able to play on my DVD Player it only allows me to select MPEG and some DVD Files.
 
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celtic_druid

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Yeah, as I said the filesize only matters for data. For DVD video it is the length that matters and the files need to be DVD complaint. eg. MPEG1/2 and AC3.

You need to convert your AVI's, which is why I suggested that you check out the tutorials section.
 
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McBootNatch

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celtic_druid said:
Yeah, as I said the filesize only matters for data. For DVD video it is the length that matters and the files need to be DVD complaint. eg. MPEG1/2 and AC3.

You need to convert your AVI's, which is why I suggested that you check out the tutorials section.
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Okay, thank you! I'll check it out and let you know how it went. I guess I should just look for AVI to MPEG?
 
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McBootNatch

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I found a good tutorial here (http://www.dvdrbase.com/showthread.php?t=36446&highlight=avi+mpeg) I have another problem though. The video while it shows it converting is very small. Is that the same size it will appear on the result video (if so, how can I make it larger without going over the 4.7 gig DVD limit)?

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Just noticed that the size is 352 x 480 pixels, yet the filesize is juuuuust under the amount allowed on a DVD-R (4.7 gigs) How would I reduce this without having the movie be too small? Thanks again for your help!
 
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celtic_druid

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Should be able to fit 90-120mins of full res video fine. The filesize is determined by the length of the movie and the combined bitrate of the video and audio. As the length is pretty much fixed the way to reduce the size is to lower the average bitrate. If the audio is 2channel then I would suggest 192k audio and then whatever bitrate for the video that will fill the disc.
 
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