EASE his pain... Pleassssssss.... avi to dvd "how to"?

I am new to this (stop me if uve heard tht b4...lol), and am swamped by so much info i dnt kno where to strt. I hve been searching the internet on how to convert avi to dvd, and hve been up all night n mornin. Ive downloaded so much crap tht i thnk my comps gonna explode. Please someone point me in the right direction. Oh yeah... n if you didnt kno... im a mac user, hope tht dsnt throw a wrench in the wrks.

 

The only MAC software worth having for video, is FfmpegX.

 

Thnx alot... I downloaded the ffmpegx n it wrks quite well. It takes a long time tho to convert these files. Wht can i do to make the process quicker. Do i need a faster comp or more space, or sumthng along those lines. Well, theres alot fr me to learn n intake, but im on my way. Oh by the way, i downloaded a movie tht is 2hrs 20min long which does not fit on th 4.7 gb dvd+r. is there n e way to make it fit, i wld hate to use two dvds, theyre not cheap. Thnx again.

 

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The only way to speed it up, is to get a faster CPU.
To get that much video onto one DVDR, you'll have to decrease the bitrate.
Use a bitrate calculator: http://www.videohelp.com/calc