Buring VCD

[kalun]

Hey, I recently machines a macbook (Not pro, and no DVD burner). I have several AVI files on my computer right now (divx/xvid encoded). My question is can I burn these files into a VCD that can be play on a VCD/DVD player? Are there any opensource software avaliable in OS X?

Thanks in advance,
kalun

 

[iMeowbot]

I don't know what's out there for freebies, but Toast will do the job.

 

[abrooks]

Burn is free and much better than toast, does a great job of VCD's.

 

[kalun]

Thanks for the quick response guys, I will definitely go try those out.

 

[Macnoviz]

Remember that CD's have a smaller data transfer rate, so check your video's before you burn them. Otherwise you will get lag whem watching them

 

[kalun]

Remember that CD's have a smaller data transfer rate, so check your video's before you burn them. Otherwise you will get lag whem watching them

Good advice!!
Thanks man

 

[hvfsl]

Another option is to get an external DVD burner (USB2 or firewire). Xlr8yourmac has a database of the ones which work with your Mac.
http://forums.xlr8yourmac.com/drivedb/search.drivedb.lasso

Or if you know someone with a DVD burner or have one on a computer in your house, you could always create a project in iDVD and save it is a disk image. You can then copy that image to a computer with a DVD burner and create it there.