Posted by StephenRH on 01/19/86 11:44

On 3 Apr 2006 08:12:07 -0700, "FatKat" <robynari@juno.com> wrote:

>Regardless of how you download them, with TV shows, or anything shorter
>than 80 minutes, you may have better luck burning them to VCD's -
>generally I've had spotty results burning DVD's, and have some good
>ones among a small pile of coasters/former blank DVD-R's. Good
>programs are Nero/Burning ROM.
>
>If your video files are AVI files, Nero will usually convert them to
>the proper MPEG format and burn them. However - many of my files are
>burnt without sound - I don't know why, but I have a solution -
>one that requires two programs and isn't as tricky or complicated as
>it sounds. Use a free program called VirtualDub to save the soundtrack
>of your .avi file as a .wav file. Use a second program called TempGNC
>to then create an MPEG file using the .avi as the source for the video
>data, and the .wav file as the source for the audio - Nero should
>then burn a readable and widely playable VCD. Roxio EMC 8 is another
>candidate for burning both VCD & DVD's, but it's confusing
>interface is guaranteed to leave you with a small pile of unusuable
>DVD's before you're done.

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