Software Recommendation Please

I have DVD Shrink, Nero OEM Suite, Alcohol 120%, and AnyDVD to handle any tasks involving burning discs.

Now, I just need something that can burn a video file on my desktop onto a DVD disc to be played on a DVD Player.

Something that encodes video files such as .avi into DVD so that I can watch it somewhere other than at my computer.

Any recommendations? Thanks in advance.

 

just use nero to convert and burn to dvd it should be staight forward

 

just buy divx/xvid compartable dvd player and burn disk as a data(dvd-rom) 6 movies on 1 disk

 

Maybe nero can for burn,you can burn to disc directly.AnyDVD can convert to DVD.But if you like other,maybe can try winavi for all work.You can use trial version first,if you want.
http://www.winavi.com/avi-to-dvd.htm

 

Hey thanks for your replies.

I have used Nero and selected "Burn DVD Movie"
I then added the .avi file I wanted to burn to a DVD.
The file was 700MB, but it said it will not fit onto a normal DVD-5. It says that after the encoding of the DVD files, it will be 5GB.
This happens to almost all the DVD movies I try to burn with Nero, unless they're really small files.

Does this mean that unless the movie file is considerably smaller than 700MB, then I'm screwed(unless I get DL-DVD blanks)?

Maybe I can just get some program to encode the movie into DVD Files, and open the files with DVD Shrink to re-encode them..?

Any thoughts? Thanks.

 

Have you got the latest version of nero or vission express because i had the same problem with the old nero express. try updatingto a new vission express

 

I am certainly not using the latest version of Nero. My Nero OEM Suite is Version 6.3.1.26. It contains NeroVision Express 2.

How do I update to a new version? Is it free? Keep in mind that my Nero Suite is free and came with my DVD Burner.


Thanks!

 

you need the more stable version of Nero 6........

1. save your serial #
2. uninstall Nero
3. use the Nero 6 Cleaning tools: http://ww2.nero.com/nero6/en/Clean_Tools.html
4. do a registry clean up, and if you don't have a program to do the job, get one free one here: http://www.ccleaner.com/download/
5. defrag the hard drive
6. reboot
7. reinstall Nero 6:
package 1:
http://httpdl1.usw.nero.com/software/Nero6/Nero-6.6.0.18_no_yt.exe
package 2:
http://httpdl1.usw.nero.com/software/Nero6/NVE-3.1.0.21_no_yt.exe
this is the stable version and I use this version myself! Nero 6.6.0.18

now here is a guide for what you want to do:
http://forums.afterdawn.com/thread_view.cfm/272946

if you are still having trouble with the conversion to fit onto a DVD5..... then follow this guide with voblanker..... it corrects the file to take out bad sells and such from a DVD:
http://forums.afterdawn.com/thread_view.cfm/293994http://forums.afterdawn.com/thread_view.cfm/293994

you shouldn't have a problem with the first guide I gave you! good luck!

 

Thanks!

I never knew I could update for free like that.

I followed the link to the Nero Clean Tool, and from that page, I went into the updates section of Nero 6.

That page has package one version 6.6.1.4.
And it has package two version 3.1.0.25.

The package one link you gave me is version 6.6.0.18.
The package two link you gave me is version 3.1.0.21.

It seems they updated their downloads some more. Should I download the newest one or would the old version you linked me to be better?

Thanks in advance.

 

6.6.0.18 is the most stable version of Nero 6..... at least that is what most members agree on! I haven't updated to Nero 7 at all because I don't need the extra stuff that it has. Nero 6 does it all for me! I wouldn't update to newer versions unless you want to go to ver 7.0.2.8 which they say is the stable version of Nero 7!

 

Done and done! Installed Nero 6.6.0.18 and everything works now. Thanks!

Now that I can burn .avi files onto DVD, another thing I would like to be able to do is to copy DVD Videos onto my hard drive.

If I have the original retail DVD of a movie, and I want to rip that DVD into .avi format onto my hard drive. What tool do I need to do this?

 

most people don't rip DVDs to AVI format...... I don't know who does..... but here is a great program, RipIt4Me, it's free. Download the programs and follow the guide:

http://forums.afterdawn.com/thread_view.cfm/360110,

 

I have several different packages from nero 6 thru Asamphoo. However the best one by far is Ulead's MovieFactory 5 or 5+. It is much faster than Nero 6. It has an icon for "Ulead quick drop" with witch you can drag and drop a file on the icon and it will convert the mpeg file to a dvd movie file and it does it in about 1/3 the time that nero6 requires for the same size file.