I do not claim to be a expert. I use Nero6. It will take a avi file and spit out a dvd. I send dvd's to allot of my customers ( and no it is not porn ) and I found that nero6 for me anyways is the most consistant program that allows my dvd's to be played on 99% of my customers DVD players, and I get very few coasters.
thanks for that link thedazman. ill install that codec and see if that stops dvdsanta from error messaging me. Will installing an old xvid codec like that have me lacking any features of the new codec or whats your take on it? Also Terrabyte i have nero 6 ultra edition and i tried for the longest time to get a dam AVI file through it and output as a dvd its way to complicated and not worth it i could never get it work correctly. the file was always to big for the dvd or it would freeze up on the encoding and such problems. dvd santa and winAVI are much much better and easier. ill just use nero for my cd burning and copying
hmmm Also a little strange the dvdsanta site recomends to install the latest version of xvid codec.... Maybe theres something in the xvid codec options you can change to not make dvdsanta crash. Becuase i havent played with it but i know in the program menu you can open the decoder and encoder options. Anyone know what might help the newest version of divx codec not make dvd santa crash when you try to encode xvid files?
Downoad a piece of software called Gspot load the video into it this should then tell you the video codec needed and the audio codec needed
Hello, VSO DivXtoDVD will convert .AVI / .MPG files to DVD in 1 step and it works very well. http://www.vso-software.fr/ Future release will let you convert more than 1 file. But it's still free (for now)...
Well i have WinAVI to convert the files to dvd and it works well i just want to get DVD santa working correctly. Which i still cant by the way. It still gives me an errror message on this one particular file. Ive tried the new version of dvd santa to and it still does it. I ran it through gspot but it was pointless i already knew it was encoded with Xvid. If anyone else thinks they can offer some suggestions they would be appreciated? The main problem again was when i use dvd santa to try to encode this file into dvd format it gives me an error message every time. It does it ever now and then on other videos to.
you can recode using virtual dub then put the result through santa - it works with a small bit of quality loss
pchan424 Did you try the version of software for DVDSanta that I suggested?? You did not mention it at all.
I hadnt tried 3.43 because i couldnt find it. All i could find was 3.44 and recently 3.45 which i got the same results with. Sorry for taking so long to answer i was on a trip.
Hi, On the DVD-Santa website is some talk about specs and features. They claim that can just add media-files (no matter what what type : avi, rm, quicktime, xvid) and DVD Santa will put them together on the DVD, so you can watch multiple xvid's all put together on one DVD. Is that true? If yes, what is the file-limit, because I can't see anywhere how much space my selected files take after converting to DVD format. Or will the program automaticly decrease conversion-quality the more movies you put into the list. I thought if you select just one 2-hour XVID, it converts it perfectly to 4.7 GB data. That would mean decreasing quality with more movies. I searched the FAQ on their website, nothing, and there is no manual or something to find out how the program works inside.
Yes you can add multiple files to it at one time and convert to one dvd. I usually add like 4 episodes of a certain show or such and make that into one dvd. It is kind of hard to know how much you can fit on the dvd and its kind of shady but i believe that you can check how many can go on in by the time. Normal dvd's hold 120 minutes correct? Look right next to the create dvd button and it says total dvd time. I think if you just keep that at or around 120 youll be fine. there is probably a little room for overburn. That could be wrong as im not possitive but i think thats the case with dvd santa.
santa will not convert all files its a bit hit and miss... definately not 3ivx.mov files and some mpeg1 stuff has issues dont believe the hype don't get stressed if it does not work 100% IT DOES NOT _ THEY WOULD BE SERIOUSLY RICH IF IT DID>>>
Thanks for the info. I found out how to check the amount of GB's the converted movies/episodes take. Santa puts all its files into the TempDVD folder, en after converting each divx/xvid/whateverformat that folder contains a videofile for each separate moviefile. Before start burning you can check this folder to make sure you're not burning too much files. As far as I checked : Converting from .wmv to hi-quality DVD-format is roughly doubling the size. Converting an average xvid of 700MB to DVD is roughly 1GB in size after converting. I did not check other formats and AC3-movies, but that probably will be a bit larger compared to normal mp3-quality sound. One more question : is it normal that with Santa an average movie takes about 2 hours rougly to convert/encode to DVD-format ? I have a big ass CPU ( XP 3900+ overclocked ) plus ATI 9800Pro, is there a way to speed things up ( for example use the 9800Pro to help converting) or do I have to live with such conversiontimes ?
Heh unfortunately i dont think theres a way to get around the conversion time. It does take it time to convert and thats it. I dont recall it taking me two hours but then again ive never really counted... I usually set it to convert and go to work or school and let it do its thing. Then when i get home its time to burn.
i have a 64 3200 and it coverts slightly faster than real time 90min movie in 70 to 80 mins. Graphics cards make no difference as they are mainly there for pushing massive amounts of pixels across the screen not actual conversion of format
Anyone other than me notice that you can't burn the same movie or show or whatever twice? If this is just me, please tell me, and if you have any, offer me a suggestion on how to get around it.
