I have some avi movies I want to be able to watch in our dvd player. I know I've done it before but I can't remember how. Anyone?
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Does your DVD player play back "non-DVD" media?
If so, you might be able to just dump the files to a DVD.
Otherwise, you need some sort of avi-DVD software to author the DVD, and then burn that ISO.
If so, you might be able to just dump the files to a DVD.
Otherwise, you need some sort of avi-DVD software to author the DVD, and then burn that ISO.
If you have some video authoring software like adobe premiere elements you can make a dvd that way.
It's supposed to be able to but when I tried just copying the avi to a dvd I got an error from the dvd player.
I think I've used some software before to make a dvd from avis but I can't remember what it was. Any suggestions? I don't want to pay a bunch for Nero or any of those. This is a one time deal. Well, two I guess.
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From superdorf's link (lifehacker is a great website, keep up with technology on it), CDBurnerXP looks like your answer. I downloaded it, and it looks like it will do exactly what you want it to do. I'm testing it right now, since I don't like using Nero to do the same thing.
EDIT: on testing, you need DVDFlick, or another program of that type, to create DVD images. CDBurnerXP will only use mpg type files (mpg, vob, etc). So, you will still need another tool for avis.
It's written by the author of DVDDecryptor, which is a completely necessary tool for dvd backup burning (too bad it's not easily available anymore). Parents who buy Disney dvds for the kids, learn to use backup. You'll buy less dvds that way, only blanks.
EDIT: on testing, you need DVDFlick, or another program of that type, to create DVD images. CDBurnerXP will only use mpg type files (mpg, vob, etc). So, you will still need another tool for avis.
It's written by the author of DVDDecryptor, which is a completely necessary tool for dvd backup burning (too bad it's not easily available anymore). Parents who buy Disney dvds for the kids, learn to use backup. You'll buy less dvds that way, only blanks.
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The reason this is hard is because avi is a crappy apple format and you have to convert it to DVD format. Roxio, Nero and any other major burning app should have this included. Just create your own dvd and drop the file in there. It will take a while to decode but it will burn and be able to be read by any dvd player.
AVI is not "a crappy apple format". It stands for audio video interleave, and it's a container that holds a synchronized audio and video file. It's been a standard for a VERY long time, though it is a bit limited compared to others.
There are a couple of others, ogg and matroska being the main examples.
The reason it is hard is because the DVD standard is very complicated, and requires files saved in a particular format (mpeg2 for video, and a variety of formats for audio - PCM or AC3 typically) in a particular folder structure. Creating all of this is not trivial and that's why you have to have crazy software to do it.
This looks pretty interesting:
Featured Windows Download: DVDCoach Express Burns Video Files to Playable DVDs
Featured Windows Download: DVDCoach Express Burns Video Files to Playable DVDs
I know avi isn't the worst thing ever to happen to digital compression but it requires quicktime to play it and thats where i draw the line...I'm sorry I'm a PC guy. But you are right avi was the standard before mpg and all the windows formats that followed.
I think your thinking of a mov. file, AVI doesn't have to be played with quicktime...
I have no idea what you are talking about.
Quicktime isn't required to play anything.
AVI is nothing more than a container, just like WMV.
Maybe you're thinking about .mov, which is also a container.
MPEG is a whole different beast. It defines both a "container" (Transport and Program streams) as well as the formats that go inside it . Most quicktime files are encoded in MPEG4 (h.264, actually, which is also an industry standard).
There is nothing proprietary about anything apple does with video, aside from the .mov container, which can be parsed by a variety of video players aside from Quicktime. More popular these days is the .mp4 container, which is part of the MPEG-4 specification (MPEG4 part 14 to be specific).
