hi all, thanks for lookin at my problem.. basically ive not been able to successfully convert an avi to mpg for DVD view... i have read all the guides available so i do know whats involved, however tmpgenc plus just locks up during the conversion process.. the codecs needed are usually xvid mpeg-4 and normal audio and i have xvid 1.0.1 final ive tried 4 different avi's to no avail (theyre mostly marial arts rips, not downloaded rubbish) the % at lockup is usally low between 12 - 25 % ive got enough HD space and a good PC, so i really cant find any reason for this. any help at all would be hugely appreciated! ^_^