There are plenty of transcoding programs about. My personal choice is MainConcept Mpeg Encoder. It is fast and very accurate. And very easy to use.
use the following tools and guides to make a DVD from AVI and the like: 1. winrar http://www.rarsoft.com/rar/wrar320.exe It doesn't expire, all that happens is you get a 'Nag-Screen' which pops up when you open winrar, saying licence has expired, or something close to that, but you can still use it ok. a) OK, you open the .rar file or open any one of the rar files, then you extract it. Rar files vary in format, they can be .rar, .r01, .r02, .001, .002, and etc... -- What I do is usually extract the .rar file and if it doesn't exist, I open the last highest number rar file and extract that. b) This should extract 2 files for you. A .bin and .cue file. Once, you have your .bin and .cue file, you should delete those rar files now to free up some space. 2. isobuster http://www.videohelp.com/forum/userguides/141726.php#svcd 3. TMPGEnc http://www.videohelp.com/tmpgencdvd.htm 4. TMPGEnc DVD Author http://www.dvd-guides.com/content/view/53/59/ Total process takes at least an hour 1/2. burn dvd with nero http://www.digitalfaq.com/authorburn/neroburndvd/neroburndvd.htm