burning movies (.avi) to dvd

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burning movies (.avi) to dvd

well what i need to do is burn a .avi movie onto a dvd so that i can watch it on my dvd player in my livingroom. i asume i need a conversion program to convert the .avi to some format of which i dunno. then what do i need to burn the movie onto a viewable dvd?

Posted on Aug 15, 2005 8:54 AM

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Answer 1

Aug 15, 2005 10:50 AM in response to Eddie Kizenberger

IDVD will import .avi, and then burn a dvd that you can view in your livingroom.

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Answer 2

Aug 15, 2005 11:23 AM in response to Eddie Kizenberger

I tried that and it says that avi is not supported. i get a whole dialogue box that says that

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Answer 3

Aug 15, 2005 12:10 PM in response to Eddie Kizenberger

Is this a divx .avi?

If so, do you have the divx codec installed?
http://www.divx.com/divx/mac/

You might also check out divx doctor, which will "fix" or convert the file to a .mov which can be easily used in idvd.

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Answer 4

Sep 2, 2005 4:58 PM in response to Eddie Kizenberger

Just drag the .avi file into toast in DVD Video mode. Mark chapters at 5 or 10 minute intervals (whatever you want). Press the Record button and it will convert it into a VIDEO_TS folder file and burn. This may take up to 6 or 8 hours depending on the length of the movie and your processor or CPU.

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Answer 5

Digger845

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Sep 2, 2005 5:45 PM in response to Zaltman Bleros

Just drag the .avi file into toast in DVD Video

Worked for me using Toast

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