Burning a video DVD with a VIDEO_TS folder

[olliea95]

Hello,

I would like to know how to burn a movie that I have in .avi format, and covert and burn it onto a DVD. I have managed to burn the .avi straight onto the DVD, but this means that I cannot view it in DVDPlayer.app because it needs a VIDEO_TS folder. (EDIT: Or I cannot view it in my DVD player, plugged into my television)

So I just wanted to know how to burn my movie from an .avi format onto a DVD using the standard VIDEO_TS folder (and possibly an AUDIO_TS as well, if needed).

BTW, if it is possible using the free Burn.app software, that would be great

Thanks!

 

[BlueRevolution]

I haven't used the app myself, but it sounds like it can do this. Go to the Video tab, select DVD, and drag the video file into the window.

 

[olliea95]

Yeah I have tried this before, but it seemed like it was going to take an age to convert it to mpeg. I will try it again now, thanks

Edit: Will this burn it as a VIDEO_TS folder, or just burn the mpeg straight on?

Update: I have now just tried to do as you said, BlueRevolution, and it converted it OK. Yet somehow it converted into a 45 MB .mpg file, which surely cannot be right. Are there any other tools to achieve this DVD burning problem?

 

[BlueRevolution]

I know Toast can do this, and you may be able to use iDVD to the same end as well.

 

[Sky Blue]

Toast will do it, VisualHub used to do it too.

What you did originally was just burn a data DVD.

Where did you purchase the avi file from?

 

[olliea95]

Long story but I actually bought it off a mate, because he always backs up his DVDs (no idea how he got it to avi), so he gave me the film on a USB stick.

Are there any free tools?

Edit: Don't worry, as I have got my hands on a copy of Toast. It's downloading now, so I will try and burn it in a minute, if there are any problems I will post. If not then thanks so much for all the info guys