What program should i use to burn avi to dvd/cd?

barriejohn69

Hi

I have quiet a few avi files on my computer and was wondering what was the best (easiest) program to use to burn them to either dvd or cd. I used to use nero to burn kvcd (i think) files to cd but have a different laptop now so am struggling a bit.

Thanks

Barrie

Mr_Yoda

Is it not possible to copy them through Media Player? I know you can rip/burn MP3s to a disc but i've never tried to do it with avi files and DVDs.

barriejohn69

I tried it with a video file and it didnt work

Mr_Yoda

What about just sticking them on a usb stick? It saves the need to install buring software.

CLAPTON

what exactly do you want to do

do you want to create a DVD that will play on a domestic DVD player or simply backup (save ) the avi files

moonrakerz

If you want to play a video clip on your TV via a DVD payer you will need something like:

http://www.avs4you.com/AVS-Video-Converter.aspx

That is around £40. There are some freeware progs around but none of them seem very successful or you have to load lots of other programmes as well to get them to work - maybe !

timmmers

CLAPTON wrote: »

what exactly do you want to do

do you want to create a DVD that will play on a domestic DVD player or simply backup (save ) the avi files

This is the key thing.

If you ever intend to watch them on DVD away from a PC ..they need converting before burning. If not...just burn them as data and they will be fine...in fact it's best to do that as a backup since optical discs don't last and are easy to damage.

Total Video Converter isn't bad ...it has an easy user interface and also works on other devices. Google video conversion software and you'll learn a lot more and find what you want to pay for. Some is free..no clue how well it works tho.

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barriejohn69

Sorry, should have made it a bit clearer. I want to burn the films to a disk so that the kids can watch fireman sam upstairs instead of it being on the telly all day. At the moment I run it to the telly via an xbox and xbmc which my friend set up a while ago and is amazing. We've put a little telly and dvd player in the kids room now so I was hoping to burn some of the files to disk so that they can watch them upstairs.

Thanks for all the replied by the way

barriejohn69

I downloaded avi2dvd but it keeps asking for audio streams even after I have selected one.

sean1604

convertxtodvd is good, i used that to put a whole season of heroes onto a disc for my friend. You could get a dvd player that plays divx (also known as avi's) files and that way you wouldn't need to convert them to play on dvd players that don't play divx.

Donnie

DVD Flick for creating DVD Video discs.

ImgBurn for simple Data discs.