Posted by Cdrmac on 05/21/06 00:02

In article <126ta6k9l7r8fb3@corp.supernews.com>, Voinin
<vboing@boing.biz> wrote:

> Darkknight wrote:
> > Netmask wrote:
> >> "Voinin" <vboing@boing.biz> wrote in message
> >> news:126rpc87d608m97@corp.supernews.com...
> >>
> >>> I have some TV shows (approximately 48 minutes each) in AVI format
> >>> (yes, I know AVI is a wrapper and not the actual format) and would
> >>> like to put them on DVDs that I can put in my player. What I'd
> >>> ideally like to do:
> >>>
> >>> 1) Place 4 episodes on each DVD.
> >>> 2) Divide each episode into chapters, corresponding to commercial
> >>> breaks.
> >>>
> >>> My question: What software can do this with the greatest of ease?
> >>> It doesn't have to be professional, but I would like it to look
> >>> nice. I don't know much about IFO structures and the like so I'd
> >>> like to be able to avoid doing that, but I'm willing to learn. Any
> >>> suggestions?
> >>>
> >>> --
> >>> $100 invested at 7% interest for 100 years will become $100,000, at
> >>> which time it will be worth absolutely nothing.
> >>> -- Lazarus Long, "Time Enough for Love"
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> ConvertXtoDVD is a simple program and will do what you need in about 1
> >> hour
> >>
> >>
> > ConvertXtoDVD will convert the files to MPEG2 dvd compliant files, i
> > would then use TMPGenc DVD Author to add menus, then output it to your
> > hard drive only as the size will be too great for a single layer DVD,
> > then use DVD shrink to shrink to DVD size and burn it
>
> Ah, okay. I think I may already have TMPGenc. Thanks for all the
> suggestions!

Well it has happened to me again. I downloaded a movie .avi file.
burned it to a DVD-R+ using toast 7.02 on a iMac G5 running 10.4.6.
After over two hours of coding and burning at 2X the resulting disk had
no sound. Is there any Mac software that would allow me to convert the
..avi to a type used for DVD video and test the conversion without
making a frisbee out of an expensive DVD-R+?

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