convert avi to dvd

Well I'm outta my depth here and instead of joining another forum I thought I'd post here and would appreciate any advice on what to use.

I have some .avi's and want to convert to dvd. I've read a lot, learnt a little but basically I've honed it down with the help of afterdawndotcom by using freeware tools with the Avi2DVD gui

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I've also come across while googling WinAVI.

But I would also need some filters. For these I've found free-codecsdotcom (is this a good site?) and I'm wondering what I need for audio and video or should I just go for a codec pack?..such as the xp-codec-pack.

What do others use? Do you have a nice guide to share? Many, many thanks.

 

http://www.dvdvideosoft.com/products/dvd/Free-Video-to-DVD-Converter.htm

Maybe it helps.I have been using free video to mp3 from that vendor.Easy to use installs own codecs.


http://www.dvdvideosoft.com/guides/dvd/convert-video-to-dvd.htm is the user guide.

 

Can not help you with a free converter. We use EasyAVI DIVX XVID to DVD.

But the codec site is quit safe. At least I can speak for the K-Lite codec packs.

 

K-Lite is very known and safe, I use them myself.


I've recently actually been trying to convert DVD files to avi, I have DVD Shrink which I was told does it.. but I can't find an AVI option.

 

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http://www.autogk.me.uk/

Freeware.

 

Second Format factory

 

Ah that's great thanks for the reply's

Format factory does look good.

 

Will check out that Format Factory, just hope it does VOB/etc > AVI, as "all" to AVI isn't very descriptive.

Thanks.

 

You can try convert x to dvd

 

Thanks, has some nice features I will have a look at it.

 

DVD Flick

http://www.dvdflick.net/index.php

 

Any Video Converter This one is amazing for converting PAL to NTSC synchs pretty nice.
http://www.any-video-converter.com/avc-free.exe

DVD Author If you wanna convert to MPEG-2 and author with dvdshrink
http://www.007-dvd.com/download/007dvdauthorfree.exe

DVDFlick is also good but I like the above programs best.

 

Like said, give ConvertXtoDVD a shot. Better quality than WinAvi and nearly as fast. Plus, give's a simple menu and burn's, probably the best 1 step converter out there and I have both the above. Neither is free, DVD Flick is and very good. The K-Lite codec pack (Full) should have all you need and let's you install what you want, Koepi's XVID codec (1.1.3) also plays about 95% of avi's but don't install more than 1 copy of the same codec, they can conflict. Edit: even better would be if your player is DIVX capable so you could play burn the avi as data and play them.

 

Hey thankyou mistycat .

Cheers for ALL replys - certainly helped alot. Thanks for all the recommendations, you've given me confidence and the tools to nail this little project and enthusiasm to try other things.

 

Should have mentioned too that the trial of ConvertXtoDVD will leave a watermark in your video.