I recently bought a oppo dv 981hd player that will play divx. I decided to try burning avi files because of the time it saves from converting to dvd, but the picture I get is really grainy escpecially in any dark scenes. I used Imgburn, is there a better program I should be using? Whould a slower burn speed help? I understand that the quality shouldn't be as good as DVD but this is really a step down. Any help would be appreciated.
Personally, I use Nero Burning ROM and burn as a data dvd. If you have Nero you may wish to try this. However, what speed are you burning at? Is the original .avi file at all grainy or is it a severe loss in quality?
Thanks for the reply. I don't have nero, do you recommend it? Could Imgburn be my problem? I have memorex 16X discs which probably aren't the best and I burn at max. The avi file is good, I think it's just a loss in quality. Thanks
Download the trial of Nero 7 (latest version) and follow my method; see if it makes a difference. Your discs aren't great no, but that's not helped by the fact you're burning @ max speed. Cut it down to 8x at least. Get back to me.
@Dawkfan: could you uL a small video to Mediafire so we can see what you mean by grainy? Sorry, but if the original video is grainy you'll need to do some post-processing to remove the noise and smooth it out. Virtual Dub is great at doing this (and it's free) and there's a Dummies tutorial. Even i can use it ~ The dvd burning prog you're using has nothing, absolutely nothing to do with it turning out grainy. At worse, a cheap DVD or bad program would make the frames skip. It would not cause the image to be grainy.
