burn RMVB file to DVD to play on standard DVD player

[samoyed]

Hi,

Can some kindly recommend a free ware that will allow me to burn RMVB file to DVD to play on standard DVD player.

Thanks

[guns1inger]

RMVB is pretty hit and miss. Try SUPER or Media Coder. Some people recommend WinAVI, but I can't really recommend installing that on any system.

ConvertXtoDVD is also supposed to be able to do it, but again, success can vary from clip to clip

[samoyed]

Hi guns1inger,

Pls kindly help me out with the settings.

I have entered the video and audio settings with the aid of the Analysis Tool on Super but I am unsure if I got them correct.

See pic using the link below:
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3562/3349760031_250dcde36e_o.jpg
(You can zoom)

Its a RMVB file and I wanna convert it and burn onto a DVD to play on a standard DVD player.

After Super encodes, does it burn to DVD?
Or do I have to use another software`to burn to DVD?

Thank You!

[guns1inger]

According to the Info in your image, the file is a standard Divx/MP3, so you should be able to do this with some thing better than SUPER. DVD Flick or FAVC or AVSTODVD will do a better job with less guesswork on your part.

That said, the numbers need some work. Resolution is OK. Aspect Ratio should be 16:9 for this video. The video bitrate needs to be much higher. Use a bitrate calculator to workout what it should be. I would also increase the audio bitrate to 192 kbps.

[manono]

That said, the numbers need some work. Resolution is OK. Aspect Ratio should be 16:9 for this video.

I don't think that number represents the DAR. 11 into 704 and 9 into 576 are both 64. Does that make it the SAR? If he had done it for 720x576 I think he would have gotten 5:4. Whether to encode for 4:3 or 16:9 must be somewhere else. Or maybe there's no choice. I don't use Super, so I wouldn't know. And like you said, the bitrates, especially for the video, are way too low.

[samoyed]

Hi guns1inger & manono,

Erm bitrate calculator? Where do I get that?

Does that mean if I use DVD Flick, DVD Flick will detect the settings and I don't have to make any changes?

Thanks.

[guns1inger]

The tools section has bitrate calculators, including an online one hosted by this site.

If DVD Flick can read the video, it will sort all this for you.

[samoyed]

Thanks guns1inger

[PuzZLeR]

I imagine with a resolution of 672x288, the closest "fit" that is DvD compliant would indeed be 16:9. It won't be perfect, especially with alot of black in the encode to avoid distortion, but it will work.

Something like this would need AviSynth to make it as presentable as possible. A "swiss army knife" app wouldn't produce the best result.

As I don't work with RMVB, I'm not sure though if, or how, AviSynth would decode these streams.