Re: What Format to convert AVI files to to put on DVD

2009-04-20 Thread Edwards Cranston
I have had success with iSkysoft DVD Creator for Mac from the Apple Software downloads. I think that I had to pay a small fee for the download but it was worth it. The only problem has been for DVDs which are over 2 hours - you need to switch to DVD 9 and use Dual Layer Discs (and these o

Re: What Format to convert AVI files to to put on DVD

2009-04-19 Thread Lara
Matt Falvey wrote: > I tried to do 5 episodes on one DVD yesterday and it took virtually > all day long (more than 12 hours) and then I played it today and the > video quality was atrocious. What's your time worth? If they're for you, just get a DVD player that plays .avis on data discs. They'

Re: What Format to convert AVI files to to put on DVD

2009-04-19 Thread Kyle Kreusch
Hi Matt In my personal experience Burning TV Show's That are in XviD / .AVI format. Rarely turn out Ok Due to the nature of the file format and small file sizes XviD - is a very heavy compressed video format I have sent you some information off list That I have sent to other people in the past K

What Format to convert AVI files to to put on DVD

2009-04-19 Thread Matt Falvey
To all the replies thanks very much. I am working my way through all the options. Ronni I have tried your Option but Toast converts the AVI movie file to a massive file e.g. the first file AVI file was 678.5MB once converted to a .dv file it is 9.04GB. I have tried converting one episode t

Re: What Format to convert AVI files to to put on DVD

2009-04-17 Thread Greg Bell
Hi Bob, It's standard definition video recorded from the television signal. I can capture the hi-definition signal and record it to disk, but there's little point in doing so, when the final medium is DVD. If I was converting it to h.264 and watching that, then maybe, but I've found that

Re: What Format to convert AVI files to to put on DVD

2009-04-16 Thread Adam Hewitt
This may not help you, but most recent DVD players can play DivX video, which most AVI files are encoded with. If yours can play them then you just need to burn them to a cd/dvd and put it in the player. I do this with all of my video's at the moment (my xbox media centre is currently in storage).

Re: What Format to convert AVI files to to put on DVD

2009-04-16 Thread Robert Howells
On 16/04/2009, at 5:45 PM, Ronda Brown wrote: Hi Matt, If you don't have Quicktime Pro you can use Toast Titanium 8, 9 or 10 to convert video files to a variety of different types and export them to your hard disk, or create & burn a DVD in Toast. To export video: 1 At the left side of t

Re: What Format to convert AVI files to to put on DVD

2009-04-16 Thread Robert Howells
On 16/04/2009, at 6:38 PM, Greg Bell wrote: Try FFMpegX it should do the trick. I use it to create DVD versions of the videos I capture using EyeTV. Hi Greg, Is this from a Digital high Definition channel with Dolby sound ? and if so how long does it take Thanks Bob Currentlu I am

Re: What Format to convert AVI files to to put on DVD

2009-04-16 Thread Greg Bell
Try FFMpegX it should do the trick. I use it to create DVD versions of the videos I capture using EyeTV. On 16/04/2009, at 5:45 PM, Ronda Brown wrote: Hi Matt, If you don't have Quicktime Pro you can use Toast Titanium 8, 9 or 10 to convert video files to a variety of different types and

Re: What Format to convert AVI files to to put on DVD

2009-04-16 Thread Ronda Brown
Hi Matt, If you don't have Quicktime Pro you can use Toast Titanium 8, 9 or 10 to convert video files to a variety of different types and export them to your hard disk, or create & burn a DVD in Toast. To export video: 1 At the left side of the Toast window, click Video and choose DVDVideo.

Re: What Format to convert AVI files to to put on DVD

2009-04-16 Thread Severin Crisp
Quicktime Pro exports as a DV stream. Toast will burn that as a DVD. Severin Crisp On 16/04/2009, at 3:56 PM, Matt Falvey wrote: Hi, I have a TV series of various episodes on AVI files that I am currently playing on my iMac using Quicktime. I am trying to put them on a DVD and play them on

What Format to convert AVI files to to put on DVD

2009-04-16 Thread Matt Falvey
Hi, I have a TV series of various episodes on AVI files that I am currently playing on my iMac using Quicktime. I am trying to put them on a DVD and play them on the TV through a DVD player, any ideas as to how I should go about this? I tried converting some of the AVI files on Xilisoft Vid