Convert AVI to DVD Issues

Alright I need just a little guidance from the been theres. I currently use Xilisoft avi to dvd converter and when I go to play the movie in my dvd player the movie skips and or jumps. It isn't fluid like a movie should be.I changed the write speed to 4x thinking that would help. Thanks, J

 

Try converting the AVI using FAVC.

Save the output to the HDD and play the folder contents using a decent media player like VLC or MPC.

If there are no problems, run ImgBurn (look in crogram files\favc\imgburn).
Select 'Write files/folders to disc' and load the VIDEO_TS folder
and burn the disk.

If the disk playback is bad, try again using 'Verbatim' brand disks (don't buy their Value Line series - you want something that says 'Advanced AZO' on the package) .. good luck.

 

Thanks I will give that a go here in a little while.

 

I gotta tell you, I've just about it had it.

I have tried:
- External DVD writers with XP and Win 7 machines
- Internal DVD writers on a Dell Win 7, Dell XP, and Compaq Win 7 machine

I have tried:
- Sony discs
- Memorex discs
- Verbatim discs

I have tried:
- DVD+R
- DVD-R
- DVD +RW (new and rewritten, "full" erases and "quick" erases)
- DVD -RW(new and rewritten, "full" erases and "quick" erases)

I have tried:
- Nero
- Free Movies to DVD, writing to disc
- Free Movies to DVD, writing to ISO file, BurnAware writing ISO to disc
- SoThink DVD Writer
- FAVC and ImgBurn (as above)
- FAVC and using BurnAware to write the ISO to disc
- DVD MAker
- Easy DVD Creator



And I STILL get "freezes" and "skips" on my DVDs.

In other words, what happens is, the DVD will freeze on a frame. If I fastforward, it will stick on that frame. I can't push past it, I have to hit Stop and force past that time point.

MOST (not all) of the time, they are AVIs. I don't know that it's the conversion process - if I write to an ISO and burn several copies from the same ISO, the freezes aren't in the same spot.

What the heck can I do?

 

so you have ruled out the media, the burner, the PC, the authoring and burning software

Are you talking about playback of the burned disk on a particular PC or a particular standalone DVD player.

 

Use converxtodvd

Easy and simple to use

 

Try Setting the "Target Area" to 4300, and Burn at 1/2 the Rated Speed of Your Blank Media. Make sure the Burners Firmware is Up-to-Date.
DVD Flick is What I Use to Convert AVIs. It Also Comes Packaged With Imgburn (Best Burning Program)

Also CLEAN the Laser.

 

Thanks, for the responses. I realized after I submitted my whinge that I neglected the info regarding the players.

This has happened on two different Sonys, two different Cobys, and whatever my previous model was (Technics?).

 

Still Clean The Lasers ('Specially If Smokers are in the House)

 

Will do; one is a newish machine, quit smoking in 1993, so I hope that's not it.

 

Well Done on the Lung Pollution. It's a Nasty Habit.

 

So first disc with FAVC=>IMG Burn, Verbatim, slower, seemed to work.

What do you mean, "Target Area"? I don't see that as an option...

 

In FAVC Under The Sources & Output Tab, Down in the Left Hand Corner Where it Says Disc Capacity "Tick" Custom and Type in 4300

 

Thanks guys, I got it figured out. I now have a e-machine dedicated to burning movies LOL. It was siting in the basement and I put it to use. I guess the machine that I use everyday has to many running processes to do it properly. My e-machine does it fairly fast too. I did a complete format and clean install on the e-machine and the only programs on the e-machine are antivirus and converting and burning software. I use Xilisoft AVI to DVD converter and it burns all in one.