burn my avi files onto dvd+r

[anntkn1]

Hello,

I was wondering if someone could help me. I am trying to burn my avi files onto a dvd+ r disc. So far I have my files downloaded and I am able to watch them on the divx player and pretty much that is as far as I have gotton. I have Nero and divx codec. I have not used them yet. I am not interested in vcd's. I am only interested in making my own dvds to play in my home dvd player. If someone who knows exactly what I need to do could reply with pretty much a step by step I would be ever so grateful. I have been trying to figure this out on my own and I finally must admit that I need a little help :. I am new to this, but I catch on fast.



Thanx,
Natasha : :​

 

[The-poacher]

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To make em play in your standalone (very few play Avi(divx)) U need to convert the Tutorial Section has what U need Start

Here

 

[X-BoNeS-X]

neoDVDPlus v.5.0 does good of converting divx to dvd format ... good quality .. and is quik ...

 

[ChickenMan]

neoDVDPlus v.5.0 does good of converting divx to dvd format ... good quality .. and is quik ...

Personally I would call it "fair quality" not good quality. If you want excellent quality, follow the Tutorial link the Poacher posted (that uses DVD2SVCD with CCE) or for very good quality and quicker, try MainConcept MPEG Encoder 1.4 (http://www.mainconcept.com/mpeg_encoder.shtml).

 

[Jola]

Hi

Can you help me with the next stage?
I suggested above I have converted an avi to mpeg2 using Mainconcept and on the preview window which shows how encoding is progressing, everything looks ok but when I play it back with WinDVD or Media Player the result is elongated vertically. The file has also increased in size from 750mb to 3.5gb - is that normal. I have seen tutorials that might suggest you need a load of space when converting from avi.
I would normally convert an mpeg to dvd using DVDLab and the size when muxed is generally similar to the original file.
My questions is, I know this conversion technique is a quick method so am I at at a stage where I need to pick up on the general tutorial (as Poacher points to) some way through?
Details are in the Mainconcept window:

Video Input Info
Frame Rate 23.976
Size 640 x 272 pixels

Output Info
Mpeg 2
NTSC Video Mode
Stream Type - Program (Video+Audio)
Audio Mode - Layer 2
640 x 272 pixels
29.97fps

Thx in advance

Jola

 

[ChickenMan]

The size of an AVI (DivX or Xvid) compared to its size after converting to MPEG2 is almost never the same. AVI's ( DivX or Xvid) are highly compressed, MPEG2's arn't.

The mpeg2 your making is not SVCD nor is it DVD. For a DVD complaint stream you need to increase its size to 720x480, then it might play properly.

 

[Jola]

Thanks for your reply.

I did what you said but it was the still elongated but in the meantime I was fiddling with the settings and changed the aspect ratio to 16.9 and that fixed it.
But how could I find the necessity of that before starting - is it in the propertis somewhere?

Cheers
Jola

 

[ChickenMan]

Surely the 640x272 size tells you its letterboxed (16:9), if it was 640x480 then it would be 4:3.

 

[Jola]

Not to me it dosen't but I've learned something again from you!
Thx - much obliged.
I dont want to ask too many questions and pester anyone but if I start another thread maybe you could quickly put out of my misery - it's about asf files.

Thx again