4 AVI'S file i want to make a DVD VIDEO to play in dvdplayer

[hayabusa]

Hello guys

I have 4 x 500 meg avis (of 2 shows i got both are 3 hr long....)

i want to burn them as a dvd-r so my friend can enjoy it aswell on his DVD player ....
which program can i use to burn them???

thank you very much

PS: can i put 6 hrs on 1 dvd ?? (the avis are kindavcd quality ...)but anyways

get me back on this

[NoFace]

Do you mean a stand-alone DVD player, or a DVD-ROM drive in a computer? If you mean a DVD-ROM, then you could just burn the four files using nero onto one DVD, and they could be viewed in Media Player, or whatever.
If you mean a stand-alone player, then you'd have to convert the avis to DVD-compliant format (there are good tutorials on this site in the guides section), and then burn them to DVD, although I don't think you would be able to get them onto a single 4.7 GB DVD, since avis are usually in a compressed format, and take up a lot more space when converted.

[hayabusa]

I want to burn them to watch on a Dvd player.... maybe i can put only 2 parts on 1 dvd movie file (but i don't wanna convert it it's a long process ) & i wanted to give them to a friend as a surprise...... but Is there a rpogram that deos the converting all in 1 shot..

[Fred©]

Well, if authoring is not your goal, you should try Honestech Ultralong DVD... it calculates the bitrate according the time of all clips and burns the DVD in 1 pass...
and you will be able to put + 4 hours of movie/clip in 1 media.

Fred©

[hayabusa]

thanks fred (i downloaded Honestech Ultralong DVD shareware...) but it has been 10 hrs now that i am making the file still didn't burn yet.................(+ it was only 6 hrs of media....)

is it normal that it takes so much time??? thanks!

Also Does it reencode them to fit on tv nicely (like anime. that are overscanned /burning them as data cd / will using Honestech Ultralong DVD correct it? ...)

[Fred©]

the time conversion depends basically in your computer's cpu power... BUT it is normal, if you have 6 hours of movie...

actually, i know honestech but never did a try, because after downloading I realize that it does only the conversion and has not authoring tools I was looking for... but the movie was converted ok... As I told, as long the movie is, lower the bitrate will be and the quality becomes worse...
this is mathematic... more time = less quality...

Good luck.

Fred©