need to burn .avi to cd

[CamNeely]

I'm trying to burn an .avi to cd. Can you plz recommend a good burning program that will allow me to do this? There needs to be a demo available for trial. Thanks in advance for any help.

 

[starwarsdad]

Nearly any burning program can do that. Are you archiving the AVI or what?

There is only one DVD player I know of that can decode and play an AVI and then I think it only works with DiVx 5.xx.

Try www.nero.com

 

[kylebisme]

ya, if you are running windows xp just drag and drop.

 

[tart666]

if you are trying to make a VCD the easiest way is NERO Express. It will convert it to the appropriate format and burn with one click.

 

[onza]

adaptec or nero(i reccomend nero)

 

[deadseasquirrel]

Originally posted by: CamNeely
I'm trying to burn an .avi to cd. Can you plz recommend a good burning program that will allow me to do this? There needs to be a demo available for trial. Thanks in advance for any help.

my guess is you downloaded a movie in avi format and want to burn to cd for viewing in your dvd player....? if so, you probably won't be able to. dvd players cannot read avi... only mpg. nero can re-encode that file for you, but i personally dont like the job it does. looks like a$$ when it's done. you really need to re-encode with tmpgenc or cce and do a good job with it. it turns it into a vcd or svcd. and will most likely require 2 cds instead of just one for the avi. this takes time even on a powerful system. you're better off finding the file in mpg format already from someone who knows how to do a good job.

suggest you read up here http://www.dvdrhelp.com/ and look at their lists to see if your dvd player supports either vcd or svcds. also research here http://www.doom9.org/ for more info.

if you are not trying to play this file in your dvd player, then ignore all this and just write the file to a cd like any other data/music file and playback on your rig anytime you like.

deadseasquirrel