im trying to burn a couple of movies

samuelthomson240

onto disk they are avi files ive tried the dti dvd maker and the nero 7 burning rom i had neither will burn the file please tell me where im going wrong thanks sam

Stubert

Are you trying to burn them so you can watch them on a standard DVD player?

If you're using Nero (I think) you'll need to convert them to a format that it can burn that can be read by DVD players i.e. VOBs or MPEG files.

Nero won't let you burn an avi as a video DVD.

mr_skinflint

Try using "ConvertXtoDVD"

mr_skinflint

ConvertXtoDVD is a free download by the way

Bowling_4_Gold

Yeh, you need to convert the file to 'DVD' format. You can download software to do this from Cnet. Just type in 'AVI to DVD converter' and lots of software will come up- some will be free! but be warned some will leave a watermark in the screen. If you have Vista Home Premium or above, you can just go Start - All Programs - and there will be a DVD Maker thing there (sorry, can't remember exact name)

david39

.......but it puts a watermark in the middle of the picture unless you buy the full version for £35.

basmic

For the amount of times I've used ConvertXToDVD, I'd very happily put £35 towards it.

As it so happens, I've not yet needed to...

natc

Def agree with convertxtodvd, its brill, really easy to use (and free) but takes about an hour an half to covert., which same goes for all other software ive used before. Im thinking of just buying a dvd player which plays avi files, that way, so im told (!!) goes straight onto dvd disk in about 5 mins, done, and plays on the dvd player : )

Donnie

DVD Flick is the free option.

kwikbreaks

If you are considering spending £35 then IMO it would be better spent on a divx player (there's one in the Argos book for ~ £25) then you won't need to convert anything and you'll be able to stack up to half a dozen movies on one DVD as plain data files.

weegie.geek

kwikbreaks wrote: »

If you are considering spending £35 then IMO it would be better spent on a divx player (there's one in the Argos book for ~ £25) then you won't need to convert anything and you'll be able to stack up to half a dozen movies on one DVD as plain data files.

Apart from if the downloaded files aren't in xvid+mp3/ac3, or if they use qpel/gmc/a custom quantization matrix. Lots of standalones will struggle with anything but the most basic settings.

And why buy yet another thing to put under the TV? Converting from xvid to dvd (while far from ideal, quality-wise) can be done for free, giving results every bit as good as a paid-for app.