Posted by Dave Garrett on 02/21/07 19:06

In article <1172082747.145722.304220@h3g2000cwc.googlegroups.com>,
michaeljc70@hotmail.com says...
> On Feb 20, 6:51 pm, "Stuart" <stuart=E2=82=AC@whodunnit8.com> wrote:
> > "Mike C" <michaelj...@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> >
> > news:1171984828.176180.74080@l53g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...

> > >I have had a hard time putting .avi on a DVD. A hard time meaning I
> > > can do it, but the re-encoding takes forever. What I have been doing,
> > > and it works great is use Nero to put the .AVI to a Video CD. They
> > > work fine in my player and can be generated in a matter of minutes.
> >
> > > My question is, is there a similar way to quickly put multiple avi
> > > files on a DVD to play on a newer dvd player? The way I figure it,
> > > most TV shows in AVI format (w/o commercials) are around 350MB. Than
> > > means I should be able to fit at least 10-15 on a DVD.
> >
> > There are 2 ways you can approach this task
> > 1. simply burn the avi files as DATA on to a DVCD-R or +R and then you can
> > play it in any modern DVD player that is DivX or Xvid capable.
> >
> > or
> >
> > 2. Author a DVD using programs like NeroVisionExpress or my favourite for
> > this type of episodic compilation VSO ConvertXtoDVD. Simply add each file=
> as
> > a separate title and away you go - on my system a 3 hour compilation takes
> > about 1 hour 10 minutes to complete. ConvertXtoDVD allows for a simple bmp
> > or jpg backdrop for the menu and you can select chapters based on a every=
> x
> > minutes etc.
>
> Burning the .avi files as data to the DVD didn't work. My DVD player
> must not support Divx. I might just get a new one since they are so
> cheap now (cheaper to buy a new DVD player than the software to create
> compatible DVDs).

You don't have to buy any software, there's freeware/shareware out there
that will convert AVI files to MPEG-2 files and author a DVD for you.
VideoHelp.com has lots of info on various conversions, but this one:

http://forum.videohelp.com/viewtopic.php?t=298122

is specific to one of the easier-to-use conversion utilities, Avi2DVD.
You can ignore the parts concerning subtitles and menus if you don't
plan to create those for your DVD.

It does take quite a long time (and pretty much maxes out your CPU) to
do these kinds of conversions, especially if you have an older computer.
I just converted a 1.3GB AVI this weekend using Avi2DVD; the result was
a 4.2GB DVD-R that plays just fine in my DVD player. The conversion and
authoring took 19 1/2 hours with an AMD Athlon 1700XP CPU and 1GB of
RAM; burning to DVD-R using Nero took another hour or so.

Dave

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