Posted by FatKat on 04/11/06 04:30

No One wrote:
> Nero will do the job. I have problems converting Mpeg files and usually lose
> the sound. AVI's convert fine.

See what I wrote above - use Virtualdub to extract the sound and save
as a wav file - then use that as the source for your sound when
converting the file to mpeg.

> Can take from 3-9 hours to make a TV DVD.

which is why I prefer to make VCDs when burning files of less than 90
minutes.

> Additionally, you will most likely need to burn to DVD-R as that is the
> standard, in theUS, for DVD's. A "play-all" DVD should be able to play
> anything burned to DVD-R, DVD+R, DVD-RW, DVD+RW etc. The plus of taking the
> time to burn to a regular DVD is that it would be playable on just about any
> newer DVD if you use the -R type discs. You also need about 6-9 Gigs of free
> hard disk storage as a working space for the program to do the conversion.
> Good luck.

I don't think you need all that hard-drive space when burning a DVD -
maybe when editing or when converting from analog using a capture card.

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