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How to: Making a DVD with WinAVI Video Converter.

reboot posted 2005 Jan 26 14:19

The Id10t's guide to making a DVD with WinAVI Video Converter.

This is relatively simple (to use) software, and does not allow for much user input, or encoding options, except encoding an avi, and putting it into the correct container, to burn a dvdr. For a quick and simple way to get video to dvd, it works rather well, and puts out a remarkably good quality dvd, even on it's "Speed" setting.

Using WinAVI Video Converter.
From it's first menu screen, select the larger DVD button.
You are immediately presented with a window, in which you browse your computer and find the avi file you wish to make into a dvd.
Click on that file, and you are shown the first of 2 option windows.
Here you must select the folder you want to hold the finished file, the "output directory".
Output format should be DVD, although the options for (S)VCD, mpeg2, and even non-standard VCD are available.

Click on the Advanced button.
Here is where you can choose the limited options available.

First, on the DVD tab, there is "Constant video quality", and "Constant video size".
If you choose Constant video quality, you must specify the quality you want, rated from Lowest to Highest.
Lowest may produce an inferior video that is difficult to watch. Highest may produce a video that is so large, it must be split into multiple disks. Medium may produce a video that is slightly too large for one disk, and a waste of space to burn on two.
No matter what quality you choose, you must also select to split the file or not, and if so, split it at what size.
DVDR is 4300MB, so don't choose a number larger than that, unless you are prepared to use DVDShrink or similar program later. In which case, it is redundant to encode at a high bitrate, if you're going to lower it later.
Much easier, is to choose Constant Video Size.
Disk Capacity is 4300MB, and 1 disk.
This will guarantee that the whole video will fit on one dvdr.
The next option is for chapter points. WinAVI allows you to set chapter points only by time. If you want a chapter every 10 minutes, set this to 600 (10 min times 60 seconds = 600 seconds). Remove the tick mark if you don't need any chapters.

The next option is to choose the target format, based on your location. Auto will encode the video at the same format that it was recorded in. NTSC for North America (and a few other places) and PAL for most of Europe (and a few other places).
Aspect ratio is next. This can be a very confusing setting, but is fairly simple to figure out.
Get Gspot, and open the avi. It will show you the size of the video.

The choices WinAVI gives us is Auto, 4:3 and 16:9.
Auto is going to select the closest aspect to the original. In this case 4:3 (352 is approximately 1.47 times 240)
If it were a 16:9 video, Gspot would report 1.8:1
Next is something called "Preference", and the two choices are By Speed, or By Quality.
By Speed, in this case, ignores picture quality (or lack of) in favor of producing the output as quickly as possible.
By Quality, is ignores speed, in order to produce the best quality it can.
Output of the first is generally within the size you specified, but can vary a fair bit. Output of the second is better quality, but only very slightly, and adds a significant amount of time to the process. Sometimes double.
The last two options on this screen are for audio. Bitrate recommended is 128000 or more, although going past 224 is probably a waste, unless you have a VERY high quality avi, encoded with Dolby digital 5.1 audio, then select 224000, and please leave the tick in the box marked "Enable Direct AC3". If the avi was encoded with AC3 audio, the original audio will be used in the mpeg output, thus no loss in quality.
Next, on to the Encode tab.

Picture Clip is used to crop portions of the video. If you have an anamorphic avi for input, you can correct it's aspect here. The detailed settings for this are beyond the scope of this guide. (In other words, I haven't got a clue here either :D )
Source target rate allows you to manually select the source avi's framerate. Why? I haven't got a clue. Leave it on Auto.
Source aspect ratio allows you to manually select the source avi's aspect ratio. Again Why? Leave it on Auto.
Adjust aspect ratio for pictures. This is anyone's guess. Don't put a tick mark in, who knows what it will do.
Soften picture does just that. If the video input is harsh, maybe too much contrast, and you want everything to look like you're watching it through frosted glass, tick this box.
Make upside-down picture. OK, If you want to watch your videos while standing on your head, check this box.
Click OK.
Click OK again.
Fortunately it has a fairly fast encoder engine, and a 1.5 hour avi should take between 40 and 80 minutes to encode (depending on if you chose Speed, or Quality above).
It's output resides in a folder called "dvd_0" and is in the form of an AUDIO_TS folder, and a VIDEO_TS folder.
Nero, and most other good burning software, will burn these two folders directly to dvdr.
You can test your output in a good software player such as WinDVD or PowerDVD, and I recommend doing this before burning.

Cheers, and happy DVDing
reboot

SeaWave posted 2005 Feb 06 11:20

I have 10 files of .wmv, from 01.wmv to 10.wmv. I used this tool to convert to dvd already. Do I need to author the files in VIDEO_TS after converting (using TMPGEnc DVD Author)? or just burn them directly to DVD Rom using Nero ?

reboot posted 2005 Feb 06 15:48

If you already have a VIDEO_TS folder, with a bunch of .vob .ifo etc in it, then just burn with Nero.
Select DVD VIDEO from the templates.

XImpalerX posted 2005 Feb 20 13:18

You Might want to add that if you choose Constant Video Size that the sound will get messed up.. I had an avi file I loaded and use Constant Video Size. When I played it the sound was all off.
When I choose Constant Video Quality and set it to Highest it was perfect and I sed DVDShrink to lower the size.

reboot posted 2005 Feb 21 12:18

Constant Video Size will not always mess up audio. It depends on YOUR source file. You cannot generalize this.
Generally audio sync will screw up in ANY encoder, if the source is VBR mp3. Winavi is no exception.

Stacman posted 2005 Mar 01 01:03

I tried the new version 6.3 six separate times to convert an XviD to DVD. Even though the video conversion resulted in very minimal loss in quality, the audio was 4-5 seconds out of sync each time.

Very poor utility I had high hopes for after hearing so much about it. A total waste in my opinion...

reboot posted 2005 Mar 01 11:07

I would have given up after 2, not 6 ;)

SrBrunox posted 2005 Apr 04 17:24

if you have a split movie (movieA.avi and movieB.avi) how do you make it into one movie? i put in two files once and i got two seperate video_ts folders for each. there has to be a way.

reboot posted 2005 Apr 04 20:21

Did you select 1 disk, not 2 for output on the Advanced button, DVD tab?

amichael posted 2005 Apr 14 17:58

I think you will find that althought it looks like 2 seperate set of files they are in fact just one set (basically 2 chapters). if you burn all the files onto the one dvd it will be like having a layer change somewhere in the middle even though you are using (probably) a single layer dvd.

trenty posted 2005 Jul 13 09:23

mine keeps saying. cannot render the grpah please make sure the file can be played my windows media player. i have xvid codecs and divx player

please help!!!!

ducky303 posted 2005 Jul 25 13:24

I am running Windows XP SP1, AMD Athlon XP, with 1 GB of RAM. I am using WinAVI Video Converter v6.3 to convert AVI episodes of Lost into DVD. The conversion completes successfully and so does the burn, but when I watch in on my DVD player, each episode freezes in seemingly random spots, for a second or two, then it resumes, but not from the spot where it froze, it skips forward that second or two.

I thought it was a codec problem, so I installed the latest Gordian Knot Codec pack v1.9, and tried again, but I got the same problem.

Can anyone help with this?

Thanks in advance,

ducky303

reboot posted 2005 Jul 25 15:40

What media are you burning to?
Have you tried any other?
What burning speed?
This sounds more like a media/speed issue than winAVI.
There are already many posts on this problem, try a search.

ducky303 posted 2005 Jul 26 01:09

hi reboot, I burnt these episodes to a Verbatim DVD+RW using CloneDVD 2 at 2.4x speed. I only use Verbatims, we don't have any other top/better brands here. I'll search the forums. Thanks.

reboot posted 2005 Jul 26 12:24

Are you absolutely positive your player supports +RW's? many only support +R and/or -R.

ducky303 posted 2005 Jul 27 00:51

The player's been able to play them before. I've also changed the book type of the DVD+RW to DVD-ROM. I suppose it may just be my DVD player, I will get a lens cleaner soon.

Whenever I am watching a video on my PC - avi, mpeg, or even a DVD from the hard drive - the video freezes up for a second or two, and then it speeds up to catch up with where it should have been before it froze. Would you know what may be causing this? A codec conflict, or some sort of video buffering problem, or...?

cheers,

ducky303

reboot posted 2005 Jul 27 15:09

If your computer is busy doing something else, or your anti-virus program is scanning the video as you play it, or any number of other things can cause jerkiness during playback.

Lolyplop posted 2005 Sep 18 12:03

Okay reboot I got a little problem I hope you can help me out. I am using WinAVI to convert my AVI files to DVD format, but here is a small problem I can't figure out. The files that I convert are TV episodes, almost exclusively, and I like WinAVI because it creates a new chapter on teh DVD for each new file / episode. The problem that I'm having is that every so often (actually about 1:3) the DVD that I burn doesn't play on my DVD player.

The first time it happened I had 11 episodes on the disk, and I had never had that many chapters so I dropped on of the episodes and then it burned and played. The next time it did it, I thought I was burning too fast so I slowed the burn process down to 4x but it still didn't work until I re-converted the files with a different number of files.

My question for you, is what the hell is causing some of the files that I burn not to work and some to work. If its WinAVI what program can I use that burns in the same style, in that each episode / file would be its own chapter. That's all I care about, I could care less about authoring movies, cause you can fast forward through a movie just as fast as scrolling through chapters, so what program can I convert TV-series' in the same fasion that I convert WinAVI, but mostly WHAT THE HELL is going on with the program? Have you every heard of something like this? Let me know reboot, or anybody else who has seen a similar problem.

slycaper posted 2005 Sep 19 23:15

I converted an avi using WinAvi and it plays fine on my Xbox and my older JVC dvd player. My buddy has a new player as well as a coworker of mine and the video is very jerky on their much newer dvd players. my dvd player was nothing fancy at the time (4 years ago). I'm burning at the slowest possible speed using Ritek discs. I have nothing running on my computer as I shut things down just before I start the process. I'm using Nero 7 to do the burning. WinAvi doesn't provide many options for tweaking so I wonder if there is anything that can be done at all.

Thanks for any help!

johnruiz posted 2005 Sep 20 01:12

The latest beta of TheFilmMachine will do the job w / the roba method, which yields great quality.

lotsbg posted 2005 Oct 24 05:51

I've tried using WinAVI to make the DVD's. And it works fine on my computer, but when played on my DVD player is stops every, say 2 seconds, for a fraction of a second and then continues again. So it is never smooth and makes it basically unwatchable.

Any reason why this might occur?

I use WinAVI v7.1, Nero burning rom and burn at 2x speed
Any help appreciated. Thanks

docbill posted 2005 Oct 28 22:33

Good tips, but I would forget the suggestion about using DVD Shrink later. I find most DVD's I create with WinAVI 7.1 will crash DVD Shrink and Ulead Movie Producer if you try to compress them. I also notice a few bad frames when watching on DVD players. So it looks like there are encoding errors in the MPG2 format. Nothing serious, unless you want to use DVD Shink later.

For the most part I use WinAVI for coping AVI's I made from video tapped TV series to DVD. Typically this involves combining several series into one DVD.

Since the WinAVI DVD's are slightly corrupt, I have not successfully merged them with ULEAD. But I can merge them with DVD Shrink, provided no compression is done. (Occassionally I have succeeded in compressing with the enhancement options and deep analysis turned off...) Since the constant size option assumes you wish to use a full disk, it is fairly useless for this purpose. Instead I guess at the highest quality factor I can use and still fit everything on one disk without compression.

The great thing about WinAVI is it is VERY fast, and has batch processing. The bad thing about WinAVI is the output is not completely correct.

Bill

theultimateposer posted 2005 Oct 31 11:43

lotsbg :

Most likely due to the astronimical bit rate that winavi encodes the movie with.

I have used a few of these conversion tools now and i'm getting fed up. Winavi is absolutely fantastic until you want to play the movie in your dvd player. Its the fastest one i've used without any doubt the trouble is like the previous posts say it doesnt create 100% compliant dvds so what use is this junk??

Does anyone know of a converter that will convert a 600mb 1h30min avi in 40 mins (because thats how quick winavi does mine) but just keep the bitrate in tact so it doesnt mess up in your dvd player??

docbill posted 2005 Oct 31 21:10

All of the DVD authoring tools I have used have bugs. So often it is an issue of picking the least problematic for your use. I find there a few errors that show-up in my DVD players from WinAVI. For the most part WinAVI DVD's burn work on my DVD players with only minor bugs. While other tools take much longer and have equal if not worse bugs. For example, often ULEAD will spend 12 hours processing and not actually write the ISO file. Or the ISO file will completely lack sound. I find by using the programs in series I can balance out some of the errors. For example I can use ULEAD to correct the chapter ends in WinAVI.

Naturally, I would prefer just to have one tool that actually worked, however, that is not likely to happen soon.

Bill

kuroro posted 2005 Nov 15 21:41

Thanks for the newbie guide reboot!
But I have a weird problem with the out of WinAVI's VOB files.
It seems when the VOB files are made by WinAVI nero wants to encode them again as if they weren't VOB files.
I'm currently using WinAVI 7.1 and latest version of Nero.

Thanks in Advance ^^

Climb@ize posted 2005 Nov 21 12:33

Up until recently I've had perfect results using WinAVI. I like it because it's fast and you don't need to be a computer nerd to use it, 2 or 3 clicks and you're on your way.

Now every avi I convert is jerky when played back in my DVD player. At first I thought it was a codec problem, went back to a known working one. Then I thought it must be Nero so I re-installed that. Tried a burnt disc in a different DVD player, different media and so on...

But I discovered the problem is in the actual conversion process because before I convert the avi it plays perfectly on my pc but after conversion I played the first vob in Power DVD and the exact same jerkiness is there just like on a burnt disc.

So I tried a defragging my HD, re-installing winAVI onto my second HD, performing a system restore back to known time when everything was ok... (generally grasping at straws), I'm not a computer whizz).

I still have the problem and other that formatting my HD it looks like I'm stuck with it.

Looking now for an alternative easy to use and quick avi to DVD structure converter, (which winAVI is).

reboot posted 2005 Nov 21 14:39

@ kuroro, This is a fault of Nerovision Express, not WinAVI. Use different authoring/burning tools.
If nero insists on re-encoding, it could also be because it thinks the file size is too large, or out of DVD spec (this is a fault of WinAVI sometimes).

@ Climb@ize, If your source framerate is different than your product, this can (and usually does) happen.

Climb@ize posted 2005 Nov 22 18:49

When you say "different from my product" what exactly do you mean?

I got to the point of maximum frustration and decided a re-format was the only answer... which I did.

I still have the problem :/

I now know it's a codec problem, what I did was install Xvid, (no other codecs) and ran the conversion. Result was still jittery.

Uninstalled Xvid and installed DivX. Ran conversion and it was worse!

In the WinAVI help file it says you can click on advanced and choose your codec to match the file...

I don't see that in mine just...

If I could see the codec options like I'm suppose to I could probably work it out.

reboot posted 2005 Nov 23 09:35

Open the avi in virtualdub.
Select file, file info.
Find out the aspect ratio (framesize) and framerate (fps).
Post what you see.
Are you making a PAL or NTSC DVD?

Edit: if the above image is showing what the avi truly is, then it's an anamorphic PAL avi, which will become jittery when encoding to an NTSC standard, because of the change in framerate.
You need a different encoder to handle this properly.

docbill posted 2005 Nov 23 10:38

johnruiz :

The latest beta of TheFilmMachine will do the job w / the roba method, which yields great quality.

Thanks. I tried a burn with it. I have not tried playing the full video, but from a quick chapter scan it looks good. However, even if it plays perfectly I would not recommend The FilmMachine until two problems are fixed:

1. This application although derived from GPL packages violates the GPL. No source code is provide nor is there a written offer to provide source code. I am hopping this is just an accidental oversight.

2. An obsolete version of cygwin1.dll is included which breaks cygwin installs.

Bill

Climb@ize posted 2005 Nov 23 14:17

reboot :

No, the first image is actually from the WinAVI help file, I just posted that to compare with what I see when I select the advanced options. Not sure why I'm not getting what the help file says I should be but it would help if I could then I'd be able to check for sure that WinAVI was encoding it to match my source avi.

A friend who is also using version 7.1 tells me he's having the exact same problem. I'm going to see if I can get my hands on a previous version of WinAVI and see what the results are.

I'm not trying to convert Pal to NTSC btw, I'm in the UK so have no need.

reboot posted 2005 Nov 24 09:20

Just what IS the avi? PAL or NTSC (or some bastardized downloaded junk)?

lmpcf posted 2005 Nov 26 17:53

I'm using WinAVI 6.2 to convert avi files to DVD and it works fine if the video length is up to 2 hours. When I convert a 3 hour video I got vob files that are about 5.4GB of size. I've tried to convert using constant video size, 1 disc and 4300MB. I've got vobs of 2 GB. Shoudn't it be of some size about 4GB? I suppose that a set of vob files that are of 4GB have better quality than a set of 2GB. Am I right? Thanks a lot.

reboot posted 2005 Nov 28 10:21

Vob's should be no larger than 1 gig, no matter how many movies are in the compilation.
If you're getting any vob larger than 1 gig, then the software isn't working properly.
If the "set" of vobs (1 gig each) adds up to ~4.2 gig, then it's working properly.
Just because the vobs only add up to ~2 gig, probably means the software is encoding properly, but at half D1, from a smaller aspect avi, thus not needing the full bitrate to get the same quality.
4gb vobs are not necessarily any better quality than 2 gb vobs.

GullyFoyle posted 2005 Nov 28 13:06

I find you need to crop just about everything otherwise it clips the edges. You really can't tell unless it has subs. Then they sit just above the bottom of the screen. I usually crop everything to 97% or 98%.
But hey that's just me. Maybe it's something I'm not catching.

dadeo posted 2006 Jan 04 12:19

I want to convert a .mov file and it looks I need to d/l QTime Alternative which includes Direct Show Filters.I have found QT Alternative v.1.67.I am assuming this is the correct d/l. My question is:when I d/l this,do I need to d/l it to anywhere special or in the WinAVI folder or just make a new folder for the d/l?Do you think this will do the trick to convert the .mov file?Thank you so much,your help is so helpfull!

reboot posted 2006 Jan 04 13:00

That won't work.
Your computer needs to be able to decode the .mov, so winavi can encode it to mpg.
The QTalternative doesn't include the necessary decoder filters (AFAIK).
Just download and install the trial of QT, then uninstall when you're done.

dadeo posted 2006 Jan 04 16:21

Reboot,thank you for the helpfull reply.I hope you'll let me pick your brain again.I do have QTime player,v7.0.3 installed,but it is not in it's own folder.Somehow, it's in my Epson printer file.Could this be the reason I get the error pop up when I try to convert this .mov file?If it helps this is the error I recieve:
" need to install (Quick Time Alternative)+check QTime Direct Show Filter"
From the error I recieve when I try to convert you can see why I thought the QTime Alternative v1.6.7 was what I needed.Do you have any other ideas,or should I just d/l QTime (by its self) as you originally soggested?

reboot posted 2006 Jan 05 11:56

It shouldn't matter where QT is installed. Windows should register the decoder. It probably hasn't somehow.
You can try the QT alt, won't hurt.
If that fails, just download and install the QT trial, which will (should) enable the QT directshow filter.
Why WinAVI would actually recommend QT alt is totally baffling.

dadeo posted 2006 Jan 06 20:54

REBOOT,I thought I would pass on the conclusion to my problem to you.I uninstalled the QTime I had,then d/l the QTime Alternative v 1.67.This comes with a Windows Classic Media player and the direct show filters,codecs,etc.Then I went to WinAVI converter and it worked perfectly on the .mov file.Windows Media player 10 still will not play it though the Classic version does.So anyway the problem is solved and all is well.Thank you again for your help,I couldn't have done it without you.

textbook posted 2006 Mar 02 19:02

I didnt follow all of the above minor details on my 6.3 version just clicked it to get it converting, after and an hour of avi-dvd converting whta do you do?

I cant find the file, where is it?

dadeo posted 2006 Mar 02 22:34

You should have had to pick a file to send the converted movie to when you first started.First you had to pick the file (movie) you wanted to convert,then you were supposed to pick a folder to send it to,that's where you should find it.

reboot posted 2006 Mar 03 13:23

Default is C:\Documents and Settings\username\My Documents\My Videos

dadeo posted 2006 Mar 03 16:37

Beacause my memory is not what it used to be,I usually just make a new folder and name it whatever the name of the file is.Make sure your using a drive with enough space for your conversion.Say your converting a movie called "Big day at the park".I would send it to a new folder called "Day at the park" or something similiar that's easy to remember.

michaelo posted 2006 Mar 08 03:01

Greetings. I converted an .avi generated with Adobe Premier (created with content from a PAL dv video camera) to DVD format using WinAVI. The DVD files played fine on my laptop (using WINDVD), they also played fine on my TV via S-video cable from my laptop, BUT after burning the files to a DVD and playing the DVD on my home DVD player - some of the content (sides + top & bottom) got cut off. Any insight as to why this might be happening and/or how I can rectify it would be greatly appreciated.

reboot posted 2006 Mar 08 12:38

Check the settings on your player.
It could also be overscan on your TV.

dadeo posted 2006 Mar 08 19:33

I don't know if this will help or not but you could give it a look and see. Where you converted to AVI and selected the output directory there is an "advanced" tab you can click on which will bring up "Encode" and "Avi" tabs.In the "Avi"tab there is a "size of picture" section that might be worth a look.You can get more information about this part by clicking "Help" at the bottom left.Also when you converted to Dvd click on the "advanced" tab then under the "Encode" tab when you converted to Dvd.

michaelo posted 2006 Mar 13 06:12

OK. Many thanks for the feedback. I'll try scaling the picture back using the controls in the 'Encode' tab and see if it works.

jcrush posted 2006 Mar 17 11:26

Hi! I seem to have a little problem with burning to DVD after I used WinAVI to convert an .Avi movie file directly to DVD. the setting I used is:

- Constant Video Quality: Highest (no splitting output file)
- Chapter length: 900 seconds (15 min)
- Target format: Auto
- Aspect Ratio: Auto
- Preference: by quality
- Audio Bitrate: 192000
- checked "Enabled DirectAC3"
- unchecked "enabled DVDMp2"

when converting is complete, I have a folder named "dvd_0" on my desktop which contains the "AUDIO_TS" and "VIDEO_TS" folders, the whole thing is about 7GB (because of the highest conversion quality, I think).

then I tried using DVD Shrink 3.2 to burn it onto a 4.7GB dvd-r by opening DVD Shrink, clicking on "Open Files" and selecting the "dvd_0" folder on the desktop, immediately it gives me this pop up message:

- DVD Shrink encountered an error and cannot continue.
- Invalid data in file "C:\Documents and Settings\Li Sheng\Desktop\dvd_0\VIDEO_TS\VTS_01_1.VOB"

this is happening with, so far, 5 or 6 movie files (all AVI) I've tried to convert using WinAVI and burn using DVD Shrink. and I've tried messing with the different settings like lower/increase chapter length, switching between output quality, etc.

is it WinAVI or is it DVD Shrink? please help! I know I could convert the movie AVI file to MPG using WinAvi and then author it and burn it to DVD, but I'd like to skip the additional author step using TMPGEnc if possible. thanks a lot!

zyan_8023 posted 2006 Mar 30 02:41

Constant Video Quality: Highest (no splitting output file)

What you should do is just choose the "splitting output file".If you don't,that will be bought only one vob file.So the .vob is too largh, you must choose that to divide up it.

samwiseadams posted 2006 Apr 10 17:12

Hi,
Wonder if anyone can help me...

I downloaded WinAvi Video Converter 7.1 a couple of weeks ago and have successfully managed to convert a number of .avi files to dvd and burn them, no problems. Then last week I tried to do it using new media (TDK dvd-r as opposed to the blanke generic dvd-r's I had been using) but having converted, nothing at all happened when I tried to burn.
So I canclled the process and tried with one of the older blank dvd's and the burn process seemed to go ok but but my dvd player won't recognise the disc and even the computer won't play it (says its either corrupt or using a foemat not recognised by windows!). I've checked both the original .avi file and the converted .vob files and they play fine on the computer using real player - so is it a fault with the dvd burning software on WinAvi or what??

I can't help feeling like I'm forgetting something really obvious but I'm happy to be made to look like a fool if anyone can help me!!

ps I've tried unistalling WinAvi and reinstalling, no go :(

thanks in advance!

jimmalenko posted 2006 Apr 10 18:07

I'll back WinAVI as being the source of most peoples' problems 101 times out of 100 :razz: :lol:

olly_g posted 2006 Apr 12 03:30

Winavi 7 is full of issues and will give you very jerky playback once burnt. DOwn grade to 6.3 and close all running apps on your pc, run the convert and burn with nero 6 at 4x. This process gave me perfect results!

also theres a joining program called avi joiner 4.4 (I think) and this works perfect with the above software)

totchket posted 2007 Jul 26 12:05

Yeah, I got everything converted and junk.. Idk what to do now. I don't know how to burn it. I'm going to use my dads mac because he's got a DVD burner and I don't have in my Windows, so how should I burn it?

johnandbipasha posted 2007 Aug 06 15:43

i have a question is this a freeware and plus what about the quality and how long does it take to comple?

liddu posted 2007 Aug 26 19:15

hi,

thnx for the guide....

i converted a avi file using Winavi nd got the folder....nd tried to burn it using Nero express...

but when i try to ply in my Sony Portable Dvd plaer..it sys wrong region...nd it doesnt ply.....

the video files....ply on my comp perfectly fine...

any suggestion which needs to be done..i hve been hving prb to convert nd burn dvd...for the last few dys..i hve been tryin Dvd santa...i hve tried 4 movies...1 wrked fine nd the rest 3 ...ply fine in strting..nd it freezes..the pitcure becomes black...but i cn hear the sound till the end....

any suggestion reg the best software to use to convert nd burn..i wasted many dvds till now..with these trials..

thnx....

davidsama posted 2007 Aug 26 19:25

liddu you need to go back and relearn english so badly.
It almost seems you are using a foreign language instead of that butchered english you think you know.

guns1inger posted 2007 Aug 26 19:52

Please don't duplicate post. I have answered your problem in your other post, here : http://forum.videohelp.com/topic335797.html

liddu :

johnandbipasha posted 2007 Sep 11 10:59

hey this is a trail software isnt it or is it a free software?

Tambo posted 2007 Sep 30 17:46

I recently bought Winavi 8 and whenever I converted it made three files, two vob files and a NAV file. No ifo or bup files so I uninstalled it and reinstalled and now it constantly says I need Quicktime codec 6.5 or later. Can anyone help me?

jumpingjaxs posted 2008 Jan 15 20:29

hi there ..i hope im posting in the right spot -im new.
after reading a few guides /tutorials and looking around this forum (which has been very helpful!) im still a little confused..

with winAVI 8.0 and Nero6 im trying to burn an avi file to a dvdr disk.
everything seems fine through the conversion process, but i dont think i get the right files to add to Nero. the total size exceeds the limit.
in my output folder i find:
audio_ts folder (empty)
video_ts folder (2 x BUP files + 2 x IFO files which windows cannot open;
5 x vob files that are 13.2mb + 1022mb 1022mb + 1022mb +1019mb which each open fine)
i need to add all of the files to nero, correct?
and i should be burning as data, correct?
is the audio folder supposed to be empty?
i hope you can help me figure out what ive done wrong or what im overlooking.

initially i used ConvertXToDVD demo and successfully burned the movie in one step, however at very poor quality and with the unfortunate watermark. i scrapped that application and searched until i found videohelp.com

thanks so much

guns1inger posted 2008 Jan 15 22:29

Burn with Imgburn instead. Much less margin for error.

jumpingjaxs posted 2008 Jan 15 23:19

ok, thanks. ill try imgburn if i cant figure out my problem with winavi. but ive already installed and uninstalled quite a few different applications lately. each one apparently better than the next... and too, id rather learn something about it than hop from method to method..
surely someone could help me understand why my converted files wont burn?

poisondeathray posted 2008 Jan 15 23:35

Your DVD folder generated from winavi looks fine. The Audio_TS folder should be empty

If you are using Nero, DO NOT BURN AS A DATA DISK

From SmartStart, the correct profile would be "Burn DVD Video-Files" under the Photo & Video menu. When it opens, you just drag all the items in the Video_TS folder to the left side then press burn

guns1inger posted 2008 Jan 16 00:49

The problem with WinAVI is, well, WinAVI. That, and a big dose of pebkac.

jumpingjaxs posted 2008 Jan 16 19:34

poisondeathray, thanks that makes more sense, but even when i add the files that way the used space is still .52GB more than available on the disk. (and this is one of my shorter movies). shouldnt i be able to burn atleast one movie onto a disk?

jumpingjaxs posted 2008 Jan 16 19:38

and nevermind, guns1inger. ive to start somewhere ;P

poisondeathray posted 2008 Jan 16 19:45

jumpingjaxs - How is "13.2mb + 1022mb 1022mb + 1022mb +1019mb" .52GB more than available? You should be able to fit 4.37GB.

You can also set the size of the DVD under advanced options.

Unless you changed some of the default settings in Nero?

jumpingjaxs posted 2008 Jan 16 20:35

oh, i didnt notice that: even though the actual files add up to 4.0982GB, nero says the total space used is 5.22GB, .52 more than available.

and even though the actual size should fit, its not by much -so what about movies that are significantly longer? (what is an average size when you do this?)

yeah, all the settings seem fine, according to the guides and what ive learned so far.

poisondeathray posted 2008 Jan 16 20:45

You probably dragged some other stuff into the compilation - this could make your DVD fail too.

When movies are encoded into DVD Video files, you can adjust the bitrate so it "fits" on a disk. Winavi (and other programs) do this for you automatically; or you can use a bitrate calculator. The final output DVD video files are less than 4.37GB - which fits on a DVD.

The more stuff you put on a disk, the lower the bitrate is needed, and as a result the poorer the quality. If your original video is crap to begin with, your DVD will be even crappier.

jumpingjaxs posted 2008 Jan 16 21:16

wait,
under output setting, how do i determine the constant output file size?

poisondeathray posted 2008 Jan 16 21:25

The drop down menu allows 3 settings

If you choose const output file size, you can type in the number

If you choose const quality, it will use a preset

filesize = bitrate x running time

If you video is not long enough, even at the maximum MPEG-2 DVD bitrate spec (6000kb/s), you might not "fill" the entire disc.

If your video is not very long why don't you pick constant output filesize and press the up arrow to max it out. (Just make sure its <4300MB)

Since you are in Canada, you probably have NTSC, so choose that.

I don't know what you did wrong. I have no idea how 4.02GB = 5.22 GB?

EDIT By the way, I circled the wrong box in the picture, it should be the box above :)

blackcat_gemini posted 2008 Feb 02 00:00

Hello, I've successfully used WinAVI to convert & burn on DVDs for months now. My new challenge is converting avi with separate srt file.

Under advanced option, I inserted correct srt file (that is the same file name as avi)) with stream select, I tried "merge as one title" & "One DVD, Separate Title". the file is converted successfully but less the subtitle.

What did I not do right? Any help is greatly appreciated.

cheero posted 2008 Aug 14 10:11

I use to love this program while I was on XP although even then it had certain issues.

I am currently on Vista 64 Bit and I am using WinAVI 9.0 -- I installed it two days ago and it worked like a charm, however, it no longer works. After I load an AVI/XVID etc, the program simply dissapears (I have to remove it from the task manager manually), it won't even let me change the DVD options.

I wish I could provide more info, but this computer is brand new. I didn't install anything new after WinAVI 9.0, it simply crapped out after 2-3 uses. How does this happen?

Does anyone know what the issue is and how I can go about fixing it if its even possible?

I'm also interested in any suggestions for another converter, the main reason why I like WINAVI is because it takes only 2-3 steps and the file is ready to be burned via Nero. I'd love to hear if there is another tool just like it (that actually works on Vista 64 Bit)

Thanks in advance,
cheero

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