avi to dvd

Kastro

yo, looking for software to convert avi to dvd and possibly burn it.
im using AVI DivX MPEG to DVD Converter & Burner Pro and its taking years..
honestally.. its taking way 2 long..
anyone know of anything that might be faster?
im converting a 700mb avi file and its bin over 24hrs..

Optikus

Nero is my personal favourit, but its not reaslly thr program you are using that makes encoding faster, its down to your CPU.

Sean^DCT4

Kastro wrote:

yo, looking for software to convert avi to dvd and possibly burn it.
im using AVI DivX MPEG to DVD Converter & Burner Pro and its taking years..
honestally.. its taking way 2 long..
anyone know of anything that might be faster?
im converting a 700mb avi file and its bin over 24hrs..

DVD Santa is a very easy one to use for beginners.. TBH there's loads of programs to chose from..

www.dvdsanta.com

* Easy to use interface: Intuitive user interface that requires no technical knowledge whatsoever.
* Converts and burns video files directly into DVD movies so that you can watch them on TV.
* Can mix multiple video files into one DVD disc.
* Converts photo files into DVD movies, with 35 transition effects, pan and zoom motions, background musics and narrations.
* Can automatically sync the background music with photo slide shows.
* Real-time captures and transforms miniDV camcorder tapes directly to DVD video format
* Can fit 9GB double layer DVD movies into 4.7GB single layer DVD disc.
* Burns DVD ISO Image or DVD VIDEO_TS folders to DVD
* Auto-Rate-Controller technology maximizes disc space by squeezing the highest quality video onto a disc.
* Supports major video formats such as AVI, WMV, ASF, MPG, VOB...
* Supports major subtitle formats such as SRT, SUB...
* Supports major photo formats such as JPG, PNG, BMP...
* Supports major audio formats such as WAV, MP3, WMA...
* Supports DVD+R/RW, DVD-R/RW format discs and burners.
* Supports 4:3 and 16:9 video aspect ratio
* Supports both NTSC and PAL video standard
* Supports Interlaced and Progressive Sources
* Supports output to hard drive
* Intergrated High Speed DVD MPEG-2 Encoder

netman

I use Avi2Dvd and it works perfectly and it's free!

Nero wouldn't allow me to use subtitles, but other than that I was happy with it.
Avi2Dvd comes with tons more options, several different encoders, and works with other formats as well, like ogm and mkv.

This is the official home page:
http://www.trustfm.net/divx/SoftwareAvi2Dvd.html

There's guide on the page, but you'll also find the on other sites, I think I used the one from afterdawn.

It lets you set up multiple languages, multiple subtitles.. the works

netman

Found the guide I was using:
http://www.afterdawn.com/guides/archive/avi_to_dvd_avi2dvd.cfm

And your comment about the time it takes.. Well, if you have an older PC I wouldn't be surprised that it takes 24h or more. It takes a powerful PC to do it quickly, and even then you're talking hours not minutes

Kastro

i have a pentium3 500..
thought it might go a bit faster than what it is.. ahh sure its doin the job i guess.. i thought i just managed to pick the worst bit of software.. its not the software its just me bein impatient.. hehe

netman

Wow, you'd be lucky if it only takes 24h on that PC

You picked one of the most CPU-intensive tasks, so without some serious upgrade I don't think you'll see much of an improvement.

Baldie

I've been using WinAvi, pretty good!!

dave101

winavi is only good if you want to convert 1 file . if the files are say 2 avi files or 2 bin files what would you guys recomend?