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AVI to DVD software
Jasper - 6/6/08 at 05:16 PM

I need some software to convert .avi files to something I can burn to DVD to watch on the TV.

I've tried a couple of free ones but they either crash or won't run.

Can anybody recommend a good one?

UncleFista - 6/6/08 at 05:18 PM

I use DVDsanta, simple and has yet to let me down

snapper - 6/6/08 at 05:20 PM

Roxio Toast 9 or 10 i belive will do the job or the much more expensive ProCoder which will do just about anything to anything

Jasper - 6/6/08 at 05:25 PM

Thanks chaps - DVD santa on it's way

Mr G - 6/6/08 at 05:27 PM

ConvertXtoDVD - Is'nt free but then that's never stopped people before

Converts roughly anything you chuck at it

The Baron - 6/6/08 at 05:34 PM

I swear by WinAvi

Davros - 6/6/08 at 09:31 PM

I use DVD Flick seems to work for me OK

Jasper - 7/6/08 at 09:00 AM

Tried DVDSanta last night, seemed to encode to DVD fine and burn the disk, but still wouldn't play in my player (reasonable quality Yamaha one, so not a Tesco's cheapy).

I'll try one of the other ones.....

Jasper - 7/6/08 at 10:55 AM

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Originally posted by Jasper
Tried DVDSanta last night, seemed to encode to DVD fine and burn the disk, but still wouldn't play in my player (reasonable quality Yamaha one, so not a Tesco's cheapy).

I'll try one of the other ones.....



Well ConvertXtoDVD looked simple to use, but wouldn't recognise any blank DVD I put in my recorder....

WinAvi seems to be doing the job ok, yet to test it on my DVD player though..... sure I'll get there.


Am I write in presuming that they will not be an Dolby Digital surround sound from a .avi file?

MikeRJ - 7/6/08 at 11:06 AM

quote:
Originally posted by Jasper
quote:
Originally posted by Jasper
Tried DVDSanta last night, seemed to encode to DVD fine and burn the disk, but still wouldn't play in my player (reasonable quality Yamaha one, so not a Tesco's cheapy).

I'll try one of the other ones.....



Well ConvertXtoDVD looked simple to use, but wouldn't recognise any blank DVD I put in my recorder....

WinAvi seems to be doing the job ok, yet to test it on my DVD player though..... sure I'll get there.


Am I write in presuming that they will not be an Dolby Digital surround sound from a .avi file?


You can encode AC3 into an AVI, but most of them will be just standard two channel sound.

ConvertX2DVD has worked on everything I have thrown at it, but I've not always been impressed with the quality afterwards. Far better to get a player that can play Xvid/DivX files directly as you always get some quality loss when converting files, and the players are dead cheap these days.