okay, i have a movietitle-xvid.avi that i want to burn onto a cd that i can watch on

my tv's dvd player.

will it be a waste of a disc if i just burn this file to a cd or do i need to convert it to a different kind of file? and if i need to convert, what program do i use?

thanks

 

off the top of my head, i'd need many more details, but i know where you can find the answer...usenet group alt.binaries.movies.dvix...they post a fabulous FAQ about all of that stuff.

how do i know this? nunyabidniss :X

 

thanks! i tried looking for an faq, but didnt have any luck.

cheers!

 

try this, if you can't find what you're looking for here, or at least a link to it, it probably doesn't exist: http://www.usenet-replayer.com/faq/alt.binaries.movies.divx.html

 

cool, thanks!

 

Depends if your dvd player can play xvid/divx files (some do but I think most don't), otherwise you need to convert it to VCD format (mpeg1) before burning to disc. I use TMPGEnc (which has a free version) for that kind of thing. You'll have to look up how to do it yourself 'cos I can't be bothered to explain

TMPGEnc:
http://www.tmpgenc.net/

 

http://www.videohelp.com/

This site teaches you how to do anything

 

It can get pretty complicated with the various codecs, settings, sound synch problems etc. Afaik there is no program that will just do the conversion simply with a few clicks because there are so many possible variables, but you may be lucky and have a straightforward one. VCD will also be MUCH lower quality than the original avi... have fun

 

we PM'd this info, but i'll post a FYI to the people...the other alternative is to go with a dvd burner and retail-nero...it'll do all the work for you. using dvd/-r or /-rw will get you compatability with almost any player.