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How do I burn an AVI to dvd in Nero?


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Is it Nero Vision Express your using?

 

If it is, Click on made dvd, add files.. browse to your file. Click ok to add it in. Click Next. Should see a screen where u make your dvd. Customise as needed then follow the general next buttons to burn it. Make sure its set to PAL though ;-)

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are you looking to convert the avi file so it plays on a normal dvd player? or do you have a divx dvd player that will play the avi file?

 

if you have a divx player then you only need to make a data dvd and ad the avi files.

 

but if you don't have a divx dvd player then you will need a program to convert the avi to dvd first before you can burn it, as i don't think nero will convert

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HAHA im an expert at this, rite! first you need winAVIvideo converter, which will take the file and put it into lots of files like a DVD has, ISO etc, make a folder to put it into. then using pinnacle, go on create a disc, you have 2 options, where to copy from/to, copy from the hard drive, and go into the folder, only one file will appear, use that, then backup to the dvd writer

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HAHA im an expert at this, rite! first you need winAVIvideo converter, which will take the file and put it into lots of files like a DVD has, ISO etc, make a folder to put it into. then using pinnacle, go on create a disc, you have 2 options, where to copy from/to, copy from the hard drive, and go into the folder, only one file will appear, use that, then backup to the dvd writer

 

When I used to do them mine they wouldn't play on other dvd players most of the time, it was if they would buffer up and start to jump near the end of the film like they had overloaded the dvd player :blink: Weird one I know, as they played on my dvd fine.

 

If I need to do anymore in the future I will try your method Kevin, may have to pick your brains if I get stuck though :)

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HAHA im an expert at this, rite! first you need winAVIvideo converter, which will take the file and put it into lots of files like a DVD has, ISO etc, make a folder to put it into. then using pinnacle, go on create a disc, you have 2 options, where to copy from/to, copy from the hard drive, and go into the folder, only one file will appear, use that, then backup to the dvd writer

 

I acquired a copy of of this WinAVI program today, and it looked like it was doing the job nicely, but the finished output folder had an empty AUDIO_TS folder, which I suspect means no audio was converted.

 

Has this ever happened to you?

 

cheers

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Jon - I dont have a Divx player - its a standard dvd player, Kevin you've totally lost me dude! lol, guess I will have to DL one of these programmes and have a play. Anyone know which program is best to do the job?

 

Also if I buy a Divx dvd player is it as simple as burning the AVI as a data dvd and bunging it in the player job done? I think this may be the simplest solution!

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I acquired a copy of of this WinAVI program today, and it looked like it was doing the job nicely, but the finished output folder had an empty AUDIO_TS folder, which I suspect means no audio was converted.

 

Has this ever happened to you?

 

cheers

 

nope, maybe u got a demo version?

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Jon - I dont have a Divx player - its a standard dvd player, Kevin you've totally lost me dude! lol, guess I will have to DL one of these programmes and have a play. Anyone know which program is best to do the job?

 

Also if I buy a Divx dvd player is it as simple as burning the AVI as a data dvd and bunging it in the player job done? I think this may be the simplest solution!

 

it's soooo worth getting a divx player, i used to mess about converting stuff to DVD, but now it is as you say just a simple case of burning the avi as a data disc :)

 

i store most of my films like this now, you can get 5 or so on a dvd and the playback quility is perfect (depending on the original avi i guess) they're not big bucks either :)

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Or just plug the pc into your TV ;)

 

That's what I do. My lappy does a wonderful job. I start it playing then close the lid. It's something I really like about the ATI graphics drivers - they have a useful Theatre mode which clones an overlay window to full-screen video on the secondary device. I can have a movie playing in a small window on the desktop, hidden behind firefox or whatever I want, and it's playing full screen on the TV.

 

DivX playing DVD players are so the way forward though. My movies are compressed to 700mb xVids, so that'd be 6 whole movies per disk.

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That's what I do. My lappy does a wonderful job. I start it playing then close the lid. It's something I really like about the ATI graphics drivers - they have a useful Theatre mode which clones an overlay window to full-screen video on the secondary device. I can have a movie playing in a small window on the desktop, hidden behind firefox or whatever I want, and it's playing full screen on the TV.

 

DivX playing DVD players are so the way forward though. My movies are compressed to 700mb xVids, so that'd be 6 whole movies per disk.

 

Have you tried zoomplayer, does allsorts of aspect ratios. I love it :)

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I recommend ConvertXtoDVD, fantastic piece of kit.
Tried that and did some speed and quality comparisons with AVI2DVD.

 

ConvertXtoDVD is certainly a lot faster than AVI2DVD, but the result is disappointing. Darker areas of detail were almost black and the quality overall was pretty ropy in comparison.

I found that quality varied in AVI2DVD depending on what method I used. The best IMO is FreeEnc set to 2 passes.

 

I thought it might be down to the program only making one recoding pass so tried AVI2DVD set to one pass only.

The result was still far better than ConvertXtoDVD and almost as fast.

 

However, neither of them were as good as the original .avi file.

 

So my advice is get AVI2DVD if you need to burn the files as a DVD, if not then store them on a DVD as .avi files.

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