.avi to VCD

badgerino

Hello!

I have some avi files and a CD burner in my PC.

Is there any free, and relatively painless way to burn the avi files onto CD (not DVD) so I can watch them on my telly via the DVD player (which claims to be able to read VCDs)?

Cheers guys and happy easter!

Badger xx

scheming_gypsy

check your DVD and see what format it plays. Or burn the avi onto a CD and give it a whirl.

wonderfullife_2

Hi
The later Nero or Roxio will do it if you have them, convert to either vcd or svcd.

Hope this helps

Forget an old favourite, tmpgenc, its a bit more complicated, but it does the job
http://www.afterdawn.com/software/video_software/video_tools/tmpgenc.cfm

badgerino

I don't have either of those programs.

Do you know of anything downloadable for free?

Many thanks!

jazzy

This may do it?
http://www.erightsoft.com/SUPER.html

fitorbust

I'm not a techie but I just copy and paste straight onto the CD in Windows explorer - it takes a couple of minutes for a 350MB episode and plays fine on our DVD.....
Seems scarily simple??
Am I missing something important?
Lesley

Alltheloginsaretakenappar

fitorbust wrote:

I'm not a techie but I just copy and paste straight onto the CD in Windows explorer - it takes a couple of minutes for a 350MB episode and plays fine on our DVD.....
Seems scarily simple??
Am I missing something important?

Sounds like you have an mpeg4 dvdplayer!

Avis are mpeg4, dvds and svcds are mpeg2, vcds are mpeg1. So to play an avi video on a dvd player you would need either an mpeg4 dvdplayer (these can now be bought as cheaply as £30) or to convert the avi to mpeg2 or mpeg1 and burn as a dvd or vcd. There are lot of conversion, and burning etc, guides here -> http://www.videohelp.com/guides They are far better at explaining than I could be!

flang

badgerino, i have some software which can convert avi's into VCD,SVCD, Mpege1,Mpeg2 and dvd format.
Pm me with your email address and i will email it to you.

ard123en

transcode is what you are looking for

http://freshmeat.net/projects/transcode/

works perfect on my debian box