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.avi to dvd

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please guys i need to burn some .avi files to a dvd ,so that i can watch them on the tv.Can somebody please tell me how to do so,i have ffmpeg ,what i need to know is which setting do i need and which format ,so that i can burn it with idvd

thanks a lot guys
daniel
 
Have you tried Toast 7? It can export Divx files to DVD-Video. Haven't tried it myself.

Download DivX videos and create DVDs with drag and drop ease. Enjoy your DivX files where they deserve to be watched on the couch instead of in front of your computer. Only Toast 7 offers one-step DivX to DVD conversion.
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If you can open the files in Quicktime, then you can conver the files to MPEG2 with QT Pro. You can then burn your MPEG-2 files with iDVD, DVD Studio Pro, or Toast.
 
Hi!
Im trying to do the same thing, I have toast 7 and some avi files (what exactly does that mean) wic i would like to burn to dvd, but for some reason toast does a funny little shakey thing when I tell it to burn! The file will go into toast fine and even play in the preview bit but it just wont burn it (and there is even enough space!)
anyone clued up on this?

also my avi files are like this: "XViD.avi" at the end is that ok?

Id appreciate any help!

Thanks

Claire x
 
DIVX and XVID are variations of the MPEG4 codec.

You need to convert the files to MPEG2 so that they'll work on a DVD player. I could be wrong, but I don't think Toast 7 can do this.

You'll need to get QT Pro, or some other program that can convert to MPEG2. After conversion, you'll have two files

- filename.m2v (this one is the video file)
- filename.aiff (this one is the audio file)

Make sure to include both of them in Toast, or you won't have sound!
 
skimaxpower said:
DIVX
You'll need to get QT Pro, or some other program that can convert to MPEG2. After conversion, you'll have two files

- filename.m2v (this one is the video file)
- filename.aiff (this one is the audio file)

Make sure to include both of them in Toast, or you won't have sound!
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I now have those two files but toast 7 is still doing this funny little shake thing and wont burn them, they do fit on the disk with some space so it's not that the files are too big, whats going on!?
anyone know how to help me?
 
While Toast may say that there is disk space available what is the actual length of your program? If it's longer than roughly 2 hours Toast won't burn it on a standard 4.7 GB disk. Toast will burn (convert on the fly) .avi files to DVDs that work in any DVD player. It's pretty slick but it takes forever to convert.
 
aricher said:
While Toast may say that there is disk space available what is the actual length of your program? If it's longer than roughly 2 hours Toast won't burn it on a standard 4.7 GB disk. Toast will burn (convert on the fly) .avi files to DVDs that work in any DVD player. It's pretty slick but it takes forever to convert.
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The programme is about 1 hr and a half, It really should fit, it didnt burn it when it was an .avi file and now iv converted it to a mv2 it still wont!
it wont even start doing anything, it just does this funny shake thing!
 
er...right, forgot this part:

In order for your DVD to work with a TV DVD player, you need a menu structure. This can be created with iDVD, DVDstudiopro, or many crappy shareware programs. You should have no problem moving your .m2v and .aiff files into iDVD. You can burn from there, bypassing toast entirely.

NOTE: Toast 7 may be able to create DVD menus. I haven't used it, so I dunno.
 
kwajo.com said:
they don't look THAT bad, and Toast 7 does it just fine for me. makes a menu and everything
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what procedure do you follow to get .avi files to burn to a dvd's and play on a dvd player. Im trying to figure this out as well and i already have Toast 7. Thanks.
 
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