I want to burn a movie I made to DVD with the builit in DVD_+R on my laptop. This editing program (Studio 7.15) will only allow me to output to Tape, AVI, MPEG1 or Stream. I thought that to be able to burn a movie to DVD so that a normal player could read it, it had to be in MPEG2. Once the project has finished rendering (have tried twice but there's a flaw), it will have the RealPlayer icon and be over 6 gigs for a movie that's about 22 minutes. Don't know where to go from here.
You can use ConvertXtoDVD, WinAVI and several other apps to convert your AVI to DVD. VSO ConvertXtoDVD Guide http://www.afterdawn.com/guides/archive/vso_convertxtodvd_guide.cfm WinAVI Guide http://www.afterdawn.com/guides/archive/multiple_formats_to_dvd_winavi.cfm Once there done and dusted, you can use DVD shrink to get your 6GB movie onto one single layer disk. DVDShrink Guide http://www.afterdawn.com/guides/archive/dvd9_to_dvdr_with_dvd_shrink.cfm Burn with whatever you see fit.
I really appreciate your response. VERY helpful. I finally got the project rendered and have an AVI file that's almost 7 gigs. However, I now have less than 2 gigs of space left on the HD. Is this AVI a stand alone file, i.e., does it need to refer to the video source, because if not, I really need to trash the captured video to free up space. If I dump the original video, will the AVI file still be good?
Yes the Avi will be all you need to convert it to DVD format BUT I would be very certain that the Avi is good before I trashed the original ....why not just burn the original to DVD as a data disk for safe keeping just in case?
Yes, good idea, watching the AVI file first. I already have a an edited backup on digital mini cassette so don't need to burn a data disk. Besides, I already tried that and it failed. I used Ashampoo Burn Studio 6, which I just bought, and when trying to make a data back-up disk (because I'm thinking of reformatting to give me extra space), I got - "The inserted CD/DVD could not be detected successfully". I tried with two brand new Imation DVD-RW disks and had less the 2 gigs to save when the disk can hold over 4, so don't know what happened. Burned a data CD fine, but not the DVD.
good links above. i just got into this feild couple weeks ago. i have been using VSO's covertxtodvd which is very good and good quality. i recommend it. the program is sinmple, just add .avi and BAM! you got a DVD!
Hi BurningAs, I'm happy you like it. Keep your eyes open, ConvertXtoDVD v2.1 ßeta will be released very soon and support and enhancements for new video formats. And bug fixes too http://bugs.vso-software.fr/ to see what is being worked on, and see the changelog as stuff get's fixed, added...
