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getting .avi onto a DVD (with menus)

  • 20-01-2008 4:33pm
    #1
    flogen
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 10,247 Mod ✭✭✭✭


    My laptop has a burner and came with Roxio Creator DE, but for whatever stupid reason it tells me I need to upgrade to actually burn discs using the programme.

    I'm looking to transfer a few .avi files onto a DVD so they can be watched in a regular DVD player - I also want it so they can be selected on a menu of some kind by whoever is watching the DVD... does anyone know of a programme or method to make this happen?

    I tried using ImgBurn, turning the files into a disc image and then burning the image onto a disc, but while it played OK the videos started playing automatically (no menu came up first for me to pick which video to play) and they were on the disc in a weird order.

    Any help in solving this is appreciated.


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  • #2
    Paddy@CIRL
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,899 ✭✭✭Paddy@CIRL


    Full version of Nero will do that or if your on OSX, Toast Titanium does the job perfectly.


  • #3
    grimm2005
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,895 ✭✭✭grimm2005


    Nero Vision is a good easy way to do it. I'd also recommend Ulead DVD Movie Factory


  • #4
    Deliverance
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,674 ✭✭✭Deliverance


    flogen wrote: »
    My laptop has a burner and came with Roxio Creator DE, but for whatever stupid reason it tells me I need to upgrade to actually burn discs using the programme.

    I'm looking to transfer a few .avi files onto a DVD so they can be watched in a regular DVD player - I also want it so they can be selected on a menu of some kind by whoever is watching the DVD... does anyone know of a programme or method to make this happen?

    I tried using ImgBurn, turning the files into a disc image and then burning the image onto a disc, but while it played OK the videos started playing automatically (no menu came up first for me to pick which video to play) and they were on the disc in a weird order.

    Any help in solving this is appreciated.

    I had this same problem getting .avi to DVD and after lots of trial and error found 'ConvertXtoDVD' which does all the jobs you mentioned.

    I burned 3 .avi episodes of a kids show with a menu and even put up a background picture of my child onto the menu screen.
    Reasonably priced as well: http://www.vso-software.fr/shop.php

    I would check if it is compatible with the OS that your using though, it works fine in XP.


  • #5
    Sully
    Moderators, Education Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators, Regional South East Moderators Posts: 24,056 Mod ✭✭✭✭Sully


    WinAVI is good for converting video formats to DVD.. as for menus its been years and I gave up making them but I think I used TMPGenc or similar, I didnt find it to reliable though so gave up in the end and just burned them as straight DVDs.

    I think iv used the VSO Software recommended above in the past, DivXtoDVD was the old name.


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