Posted by Stuart on 02/22/07 03:04

"Mike C" <michaeljc70@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> On Feb 21, 1:06 pm, Dave Garrett <d...@compassnet.com> wrote:
>> In article <1172082747.145722.304...@h3g2000cwc.googlegroups.com>,
>> michaelj...@hotmail.com says...
>>
>>
>>
>> > On Feb 20, 6:51 pm, "Stuart" <stuart=E2=82...@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
>
> I installed AvitoDVD. As far as I can see, it allows you to select
> one .AVI, not multiple as input.

Are you sure you can't add the files as separate Titles? Generally these
programs don'y allow you to say hold the shift key down while you select
multiple files ala Windows files. You add a title and then go back and add
another title etc etc, that's how VSO COnvertXtoDVD works and
NeroVisionExpress etc...
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