Avi to DVD

My new camera saves to avi. I need a quality Avi to Dvd converter. Yes guys, this is legit. I have long since stopped converting movies from avi to dvd, and truly have no software anymore that will do it.

http://www.pcworld.com/shopping/detail/prtprdid,729048459-sortby,retailer/pricing.html

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A google search for dvd authoring software should give you heaps! Also Vista has a dvd authoring program called "Windows DVD Maker", I've used it before it's not bad.. it works.

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Doesn't your new camera have video editing software included? When I bought my JVC some 3-4 years ago, I got a program with it called Power Director. It was quite bad at some things, but it had the ability to create DVD quality video files.

I guess if it doesn't, you can use software like "Any Video Converter".. I'm not entirely sure of how legal the program is, but as far as I know, it's completely free for download, and if used properly, the quality can be very good.

I will check the visa program, but I don't recall seeing it..

My camera saves only to avi. It does have software, that converts to windows media files.. "WHOOHOO!!!"

No, I want to be able to burn dvd's so I can send the disc to my family. If I only wanted to view them myself, I could just view them on my own pc.

The only reason I posted was to narrow the list to quality programs, that were of course FREE TO USE.

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Orph,

Does your family have a computer? Why not just burn the AVi's to DVD as is and send them along.. why convert them?

I'm gonna assume you're serious and not pulling my leg. Very few DVD players will play an AVI, unless they are specifically designed to do so. I just so happen t own one, but they are rare, unless you specifically want one, you won't have one.

AVI is a totally different format, than what the average DVD player has. Some will play MP4 format, but here again, I would need a quality AVI to MP4 converter.

My parents specifically, do not own an PC, so I ned to make them DVD's that are compatible with their players.

Sadly, my documentation with my camera did NOT specify avi format and now I am forced to find an alternative.

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How would I be pulling your leg.. I was asking if they had a PC, then you would not need to worry about the DVD format.. you can record AVI on a dvd-r and then on their PC they could view them. But since they dont own a PC then I guess you would need to convert the files.

Orpheus said:
I'm gonna assume you're serious and not pulling my leg. Very few DVD players will play an AVI, unless they are specifically designed to do so. I just so happen t own one, but they are rare, unless you specifically want one, you won't have one.

AVI is a totally different format, than what the average DVD player has. Some will play MP4 format, but here again, I would need a quality AVI to MP4 converter.

My parents specifically, do not own an PC, so I ned to make them DVD's that are compatible with their players.

Sadly, my documentation with my camera did NOT specify avi format and now I am forced to find an alternative.

Muhnay said:
why convert them?

Because maybe they don't have a PC and instead have a DVD player, which RARELY play avi's.

LOL halflife dipchit.. we came to that conclusion already.. seems like your wanting to pick a fight with me.. how cute.

Muhnay said:
LOL halflife dipchit.

I <3 you too money.

Ahh, Me hearts you too, buddy. Happy New year.

Orpheus said:
Very few DVD players will play an AVI

Here in the UK it has been impossible to buy a DVD player that doesn't for years now. Even cheap £20 ones handle divX/Xvid. Can't imagine it's all that different across the pond since they're all from China anyway.

Of course specifying "plays xvid/divx" is also more correct than specifying "avi" since the latter is just a container and doesn't tell you anything about the codecs required for the media/player. Prettymuch everything handles divx these days - my m8 just got a small little black hub about the size of a matchbox that hooks up to the TV via composite or hdmi, takes flash cards and usb and you can just plug a flash drive in and play divx/whatever straight off it. Not bad for £30 (was only £20 at the time!) and I'm sure that could be an easy and cheap alternative for you to sitting through hours of recoding (and that cheap DVD player takes USB too - can't be that hard to find one surely).

OF course it depends what format the video is coming off your recording device. If it's, say, x264 you may have to recode anyway.... or it might be divx/xvid, maybe mpeg4, mpeg2? (unlikely), MotionJPEG (shudder) - so you'll have to find out exactly what you need to convert from more specifically than just ".avi". You may get lucky and it may be in something a cheap player can handle natively without recoding.

As for conversion software Cucusoft make easy drag-and-drop one click convert-and-burn programs, but depending on your PC it will take quite a bit of time to recode. If you have Windows 7 and a Radeon 5xx0 series then Avivo CTM accelerate's W7's inbuilt DVD converter/burner (don't even have to do anything, all part of the catalyst drivers now) so just recoding with even the W7 DVD maker only takes a couple of minutes now even for films with all that GPGPU power under the hood.

Thanx guys, issue resolved. My brother has Nero 8 and it does the trick nice.

My thanx.

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larchy said:

Orpheus said:
Very few DVD players will play an AVI

Here in the UK it has been impossible to buy a DVD player that doesn't for years now. Even cheap £20 ones handle divX/Xvid. Can't imagine it's all that different across the pond since they're all from China anyway.

More British assumption gone astray. Although I freely admit that I have not been to every electronics store, the ones I have been to only carry one.. ONLY ONE model that plays divX/Xvid and dozens that do not. I can only assume its because the format hasn't caught on the same as the mp3 has. Also it takes a bit of brains to convert to avi from DVD. Considering the console braindeads we have, I cannot imagine why.

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Oh yeah, They're really difficult to find. Maybe I did actually bother to check rather than just 'assume' you arrogant prick.



Because I live in the UK you think I'm British? Who's making assumptions there?

I'll add the racism to your tab.

I live in a city 10 years behind the rest of the country and I find DivX players all over, BestBuy has a great selection, give the a look-see. Or better yet buy your parents a laptop, or an old used PC stick a video card in there with a s-video output and hook it to the TV..

larchy said:
Because I live in the UK you think I'm British? Who's making assumptions there?

I'll add the racism to your tab.

hahaha seriously? Racist? You do realize that in the US the term United Kingdom is pretty much interchangable with Great Britain, regardless of the actual differences? And if you think not knowing the finer details of the United Kingdom is somehow racist... UK is not a race dude.

The terms are interchangeable everywhere. I was referring to the possibility that I could be Finnish, or Swedish, or French, or Italian and using it as an example to demonstrate the hypocrisy of Orpheus accusing me of making assumptions.

That has nothing to do with the racism remark, which was directed toward his comment of "British assumption" - which is clearly some sort of racial derogatory remark.

Dont-cha Love it Larchy?

larchy said:
Oh yeah, They're really difficult to find.

What does that have to do with 'most british' dvd players?

You ran a search that clearly only shows divx compatible players, but that's it.

He's making a point about easily found, cheaply available DVD players that support the medium - that page, incidentally, lists its results in USD.

And yes - "typically British" - Britain is a proud nation who plays host to surely well over 100 nationalities. larchy could be Ugandan for all we know, but his flag is UK - he MUST be beset by TYPICALLY BRITISH values for living there - as if such a thing exists as national profiling which is surely the most ludicrous concept ever.

Anyhoo, i'll back off - British reserve, and all that.

"larchy" said:
words

Alright, to avoid posting things I might regret I'll let this go. Believe me this is hard, there's nothing more tempting than going fullbore into internet fights!

thehalflifeman33 said:
You ran a search that clearly only shows divx compatible players, but that's it.

Orpheus stated he was unable to find any such players in the US, and that I was making a big assumption that the situation in the US was the same as the UK.

Therefore I linked to a list of the many DivX players on Newegg, the largest electronics e-tailer in the US.

Any clearer?

Yes Yak, I think we've had enough arguments for the next year or two... so let's just drop it all as it's obviously getting us nowhere. I respect your maturity.

larchy said:
I respect your maturity.

Larchy, I too respect his maturity.

Yak_Fighter said:
Shut the fuck up you moron. Orpheus is ten times the poster and asset to the community than you'll ever be.

Yeah, well... emotions get the better of everyone from time to time.

We should probably just move on.

larchy said:
Yeah, well... emotions get the better of everyone from time to time.

We should probably just move on.

Amen to that!

True. Now can I get an AMEN.. oh wait we just did from Gwil. =)

Muhnay said:

Yak_Fighter said:
Shut the fuck up you moron.

Actually this still stands true, you are a terrible poster and either should improve or stop.

EDIT: But I've said what I felt needed to be said, the rest is up to you.

Am I late?

LOL

I laughed for a for a good 30 seconds.

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Make me, or shut up.

Yak_Fighter said:
[quote=Muhnay][quote=Yak_Fighter]Shut the fuck up you moron.[/quote]

Actually this still stands true, you are a terrible poster and either should improve or stop.

EDIT: But I've said what I felt needed to be said, the rest is up to you.[/quote]

How exactly am I going to make you? I have no authority here, I am just another poster. That doesn't change the fact that you repeatedly post absolute drivel.

Oh, would you look at that. Right on schedule you made another worthless thread. And so it goes.

Guys I should stick my Australian* nose in just for a second and say that this all needs to stop for heaven's sake. The SnarkPit community that I've known for a good 5 years never used to have such insulting comments to others(or perhaps I just missed them). It's terrible what's happening here, and it only makes people appear more stupid when they continue pointless arguments.

• Australian - yes, I'm not of Australian heritage, I only live here. I could also be Swedish, French, Italian, Russian, or whatever.

So let's all drop this argument and all have a nice cold beer(it's 37°C in Melbourne)

So please tell me what would be a worthwhile post from me? How can I appease your sensibilities, your taste for a a better topic. I cant Yak, because some where along the way you got a case of ass with me and it boiled and turned into hate and so no matter what I say or do, I am never going to please you.. even if I should just shut up and go away, because then you would just turn on another.. or bitch about why I am not around for you to bitch slap and be nasty too. I have not seen a topic yet on here that meets your requirements from yourself.. its been all about attacking others.

I think you should either put up or shut up and stop attacking me, and I will stop defending myself by attacking back. Even though I have laughed most of your BS away.. because you stand there point this finger at me forgetting you have 3 pointed back at yourself. Set the example and I will try to meet it. So far I have not been impressed.

Dedi, sorry.. I will just not reply to Yak anymore.. troll jr. is not worth it.

Yak_Fighter said:
How exactly am I going to make you? I have no authority here, I am just another poster. That doesn't change the fact that you repeatedly post absolute drivel.

Oh, would you look at that. Right on schedule you made another worthless thread. And so it goes.

Muhnay said:
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While I'm not going to go digging for worthwhile posts (I'm sure there's some) I can put zero effort into finding some good examples of terrible posts, namely:

http://www.snarkpit.net/index.php?s=forums&f=1&t=11616&no=40 where you deign to tell the community that's been around longer than you what is an acceptable topic for discussion, especially funny when the thread you mention was pretty much flame free for such a difficult topic, a topic that used to fit right in with the more intelligent and philosophical threads of the past.

http://www.snarkpit.net/snarkpower/articles/game/cat/pn/tp/192/TUTORIAL_-_CONSTRUCTIVE_CRITICISM:
Perhaps, possibly, this 'tutorial' is worthless. Why you would think you are an authority on this topic is hard to say. Guess if only I had said "You seem to have a sense of humor about yourself, your posts suck, and you've started a small business on your own" this entire brouhaha could have been avoided I'm pretty sure if I could remember what led up to that tutorial it would be just as stupid.

http://www.snarkpit.net/index.php?s=forums&f=2&t=11543&no=20 where you make mindboggling posts about making a deathmatch map from a deathmatch map, and then converting a conversion of a deathmatch map into a CSS map, which for someone who's a CSS mapper should know that deathmatch map layouts do not in any way work in CSS. That thread is full of helpful people critiquing a map while your posts stick out like a sore thumb.

And then there's pretty much every thread you've started in General Banter going back the last three pages at least.

Also, no I don't hate you, I don't even know you, but I do know your posts, and they suck.

Dedi, sorry.. I will just not reply to Yak anymore.. troll jr. is not worth it.

...but then I will never know who Troll Sr. is!

"**Dedi**" said:
The SnarkPit community that I've known for a good 5 years never used to have such insulting comments to others(or perhaps I just missed them).

heh, consider this a throwback to the old days. This is rather tame though all things considered.

Toll Sr. is Orph, or have you not paid attention.

Its funny you sit there and attack me on every level and say my post suck, and tell me to shut up, but then fight for the freedom to discuss anything on here. So I am confused.

Yak ignore me if I am so stupid, it should be easy to do for a person of your intelligence. Why would you feel a need to attack someone far less superior to you, unless you feel threatened by me in some way?

Muhnay said:
Toll Sr. is Orph, or have you not paid attention.

Oh no, that is exactly who I figured you'd say, but I wanted you to say it instead of me inferring it, makes it more hilarious that way.

That's rather unknowingly astute of you, since Orpheus was the person who encouraged me to come to the Snarkpit in the first place way back whenever that was. It's also funny that you'd consider someone who helped shape in a small way so much of the HLDM mapping scene a 'troll' or somehow unworthy of posting. Even if his posts occasionally cause a ruckus

Its funny you sit there and attack me on every level and say my post suck, and tell me to shut up, but then fight for the freedom to discuss anything on here. So I am confused.

I'm not attacking you 'on every level', just one.

There's 'freedom to discuss anything' and then there's 'freedom to post anything, anyhow, anyway', don't confuse the two. For example, there's a difference between 'posts about abortion' and 'shitty posts about abortion' as shown above.

Yak ignore me if I am so stupid, it should be easy to do for a person of your intelligence. Why would you feel a need to attack someone far less superior to you, unless you feel threatened by me in some way?

I never claimed to be smarter or superior to you, I'm sorry that you somehow inferred that through my statements, as that is not the intent, nor at all what I posted. As for ignoring you, well that just lets the problem fester needlessly.

Just a quick English touch up: someone less superior, is inferior

And now, Tennis!!

(there you go, that's not a very smart post is it now, so why don't you guys both start yelling at me instead of each other, I'm strong, I can take it... and who knows, maybe you two yelling at me will make you work together..perhaps even love each other, and have cute little young ones running around)

.. ok scratch that last.. it's disturbing

Orpheous > munhay

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Agreed.

yodalman said:
Orpheous > munhay

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Sarcasm?

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Spelling > yodalman

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I haven't had this much fun reading the pit in quite some time...

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larchy said:
Spelling > yodalman

Grammar > yodalman

..Lul, get it, his name is yodalman and.... Eh, nevermind.

All this arguing, AND ASSUMING I DON'T LISTEN, when all along it was other parties not listening to the original request..

So fucking sad.

Allow me to clarify some things.

1) No one asked for a DIVX compatible dvd player, so the post was a waste of time writing.
2) I own a DIVX player, it won't play the avi file that my camera records to, HENCE MY REASON FOR NOT ASKING ABUT DIVX PLAYERS!!!!
3) My original request for assistance was answered by my brother with his copy of nero 8.

So much angst... Please just learn to answer the questions posted, AS THEY ARE POSTED, not anyone else's interpretation of said posts.

Thanx guys

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But I thought train wrecks were what this was all about.. I seem to recall someone once mentioning that it is a common thing to have topics derail into a tirade of other topics, and it was accepted here. Humm guess not, not saying I don't agree with you Orph, since I once posted something to the same effect you just did.

Orpheus said:
All this arguing, AND ASSUMING I DON'T LISTEN, when all along it was other parties not listening to the original request..

So fucking sad.

Allow me to clarify some things.

1) No one asked for a DIVX compatible dvd player, so the post was a waste of time writing.
2) I own a DIVX player, it won't play the avi file that my camera records to, HENCE MY REASON FOR NOT ASKING ABUT DIVX PLAYERS!!!!
3) My original request for assistance was answered by my brother with his copy of nero 8.

So much angst... Please just learn to answer the questions posted, AS THEY ARE POSTED, not anyone else's interpretation of said posts.

Thanx guys

Orpheus said:
2) I own a DIVX player, it won't play the avi file that my camera records to,

I'm just gonna quickly say this, you need to compress the avi using the divx codec in order for it to play on the divx player.

But i assume you already know this, so you can just ignore this.

Didn't i post a pic in my last post? Someone didn't get the Old School reference. lol, sorry if i offended.

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We all thought you were busy with Second Life and the Big penis dude. I'm Sorry I don't swing that way.. not judging you or anything red... not my sorta gang bang brother..

RedWood said:
Didn't i post a pic in my last post? Someone didn't get the Old School reference. lol, sorry if i offended.

Muhnay said:
But I thought train wrecks were what this was all about.. I seem to recall someone once mentioning that it is a common thing to have topics derail into a tirade of other topics, and it was accepted here.

They are, if everyone involved knows how to do it properly. Derailments often lead to arguments and/or squabbles. The oldtimers among us (for the most part) can argue, fight, call names and afterward go to the pub for brews. Its usually the newer members, who haven't quite yet figured out the nuances of the differing personalities that cause the grief. That doesn't suggest that their fights/arguments are any less enjoyable to read, but it does cause a bit of prolonging the issue.. IE beating the dead horse.

I for one vote whole heartedly for derailment, unless the original poster specifically request not.

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