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Gear / Technical Help => Photo / Video Recording => Topic started by: Sean Gallemore on April 05, 2004, 01:05:51 AM
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I want to take regular .avi and .mpg files and burn them onto a disc that a stand alone DVD Video player will read. I've gathered that these files need to be converted into .vob files and the like. Nero tells me I can do it but I need to buy a $25 plug-in first. Anyone know of an easy/free way to do this?
I have an 8x DVD+/- burner
much love
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This is the guide (http://www.dvdrhelp.com/forum/userguides/186739.php)
it's worked well for me so far. But the trial versions of these programs won't last long
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http://www.pegasys-inc.com/en/product/tda.html
TMPEnc Dvd Author. super easy!
marc
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gonna give it a whirl and see if this twirl is fo real
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TMPEnc Dvd Author only handles MGEG-1 and MPEG-2 files, so if you have any other mpeg or avi files the process becomes more tedious. I've found a program (Winmpg (http://www.winmpg.com)) to convert my avi file to mpeg-2, then hopefully I can use DVD author. I'll repot back with results.
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TMPEnc Dvd Author only handles MGEG-1 and MPEG-2 files, so if you have any other mpeg or avi files the process becomes more tedious. I've found a program (Winmpg (http://www.winmpg.com)) to convert my avi file to mpeg-2, then hopefully I can use DVD author. I'll repot back with results.
schwillster;
i usually find everything i need here:
http://www.dvdrhelp.com/convert#4;10
i've heard that many use TMPEnc for encoding. i could have sworn it works with .avi files.
marc
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well, I just downloaded the trial version, maybe the real deal does
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Q2. It seems you cannot convert AVI files to DVD-Video?
A. It is necessary to convert the format to MPEG-1/2 format based on the DVD video standard. This function, however, is not available in this software. To change the AVI file into an MPEG-1/2 file based on the DVD video standard, we recommend using our company's MPEG-1/2 encoder TMPGEnc Plus.
i found the answer on Help.
http://www.pegasys-inc.com/en/product/tp.html
looks like the Trial versions works for 14days.
marc
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yeah, I'm ove on this page http://www.dvdrhelp.com/forum/userguides/186739.php
looks like I only need 5 programs to get this thing to work right
EDIT: 7 programs, the audio on the avi files is mpeg layer 3 (mp3) and not ac3 so I have to use mkwACT to uncompress to wav and another progran to recompress to ac3.
Originally I thought I could fit more episodes of the sopranos on a disc, but when making MPEG 2 (m2v) files, you can't select a bit-rate lower than 2000 so the resulant is files bigger than you planned.
Again, I have yet to fully test this method on a stand alone DVD Video player