how do i convert avi format movies to be able to burn them and watch on my dvd player?

Answer 1

ConvertXtoDVD : convert avi to dvd with burning video converter software



ConvertXtoDVD is a video converter software to convert and burn your videos to DVD. With ConvertXtoDVD and a few clicks you can backup your movies to DVD playable on any home DVD player.

ConvertXtoDVD supports most popular formats such as AVI to DVD; Mpeg, Mpeg, Mpeg4, MP4, VOB, WMV, DV and stream formats to DVD. It converts your files into a compliant DVD Video set of files and burns it on a DVD media. The ConvertXtoDvd does not need an external AVI codec download. It uses its own AVI codecs.

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The aspect ratio can be automatically selected or forced to a specific format. The program works for NTSC and PAL video formats and creates chapters automatically. Multiple audio tracks are supported. Version 2 uses a completely rewritten interface with subtitles support and a lot of new settings.

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AVI to DVD guide

With DVD recorders getting cheaper and more popular people start asking themselves how they can put their AVI collections on a DVD so they can watch the movies on their standalones. Before you proceed heed this warning: DVD is a high quality format and any deficiencies in the source can easily be spotted. While DVD -> DVD±R can yield surprisingly good quality in most cases it's thanks to a high quality source and smart reduction of bitrate. Unless you're capturing you'll have AVIs that exhibit a considerable quality loss. While DivX and XviD look pretty good on the PC screen, even using a TV-out to watch them on your TV isn't so great either (hence standalone player capable of playing DivX, or DivX player for consoles or even connecting a notebook to the PC input of a projector is a much smarter way to handle this). Most people watch DivX with a post-processing filter activated. This filter does a lot to make the movie look better by applying smart deblocking techniques. When you convert an AVI to another format you don't have these filters in between... so since we're all nice people who only back up the DVDs we own we should back up the original DVD instead of backup up the backup to yet another format (resulting in yet another loss of quality).

more at http://www.doom9.org/index.html?/mpg/avi2dvdr.htm

Answer 2

Avi2DVD: http://www.afterdawn.com/guides/archive/avi_to_dvd_avi2dvd.cfm