What is the best AVI to DVD converter out there? I'm looking for the one with the best quality. I've tried Xilisoft's one but the sound wasn't that great and the video had green blocks throughout. Here are some I know, but haven't tried. dvdSanta - heard a lot of bad things about this one Ashampoo Burning Studio WinAVI NERO 8 DVDFAB Aurora MPEG To DVD Burner Oront Burning Kit Which one is the best in your opinion and why?
I had good luck with convertXtoDVD but alot of people say they have trouble with it. i've used it maybe 5 times and never had a problem. My problem is i've tried every piece of software out there to go from dvd to avi and my comp crashes anywhere from 10 to 60 minutes into the job. Guess i need a more powerful PC..
On some forums asking for 'best' will get you a warning. Try any of the free ones that use HCenc for encoding. FAVC AVStoDVD Avi2DVD You don't need a powerful PC, you do need one that won't overheat during intensive cpu tasks like encoding.
I've tried alot of them, free and paid versions. I finally settled on convertxtodvd 3.0, It has all the options you might ever need. Video/chapters/menus/audio boost etc. The quality of the output is about as good as the input. On my amd x2 4800, it can convert a 700mb avi to a dvd in about 30 minutes. Haven't had the program crash once in the 20 conversions I have done, I consider it rock solid. All the conversions have worked perfectly on my stand alone dvd player and the quality and sound look good on my 27 inch LCD flatscreen. But there is only one reason I picked it, it was the only one that can turn my AVI's file which where letterbox and convert them to a DVD 4x3 fullscreen. When played back on a normal TV, the video fills the entire screen with no black bars. Winavi version 7.0 (latest versions lack that feature) also had the capability of turning my letterbox avi into 4x3 dvd, but it was 2 years old and was producing files that required Fixvts to work. But I still use it to join 2 AVI's files into 1 DVD (something that convertxtodvd 3.0 has problems doing or I haven't figure how to to do it correctly). The free avi to dvd converters worked ok, but where harder to use and features where limited. But the free ones I tried none could turn a letterbox avi to a 4x3 dvd, to me thats a dealbreaker. Alot of the programs free and paid give an option of letterbox or 4x3, but even when I chose 4x3 I would get a letterbox. Thats something to check if it's important to you on whatever software you get.
All produce a decent picture, even the free ones. You just have to seperate the features. Some people prefer 4:3, others widescreen. To me quality means 4:3.
DVD Flick uses FFmpeg as it's encoder, which is a mature open source solution, parts of which are also used by ConvertXtoDVD. CXD seems to target those looking for fast results. Either way both produce nice results. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FFmpeg HCenc is a video only MPEG 2 encoder that is also open source. The author, Hank, is constantly honing it, with feedback from some of the sharpest vid freaks out there.. Especially at lower bitrates (longer running times) it's output is superb. It now also has multi-core support. http://www.bitburners.com/hc-encoder/
