.Avi to DVD?

[christopheramos]

Hello oh great ones,

I have a problem. I have a video file that's about 1 GB (Xvid) in .avi format. I wanted to burn it to DVD. My authoring program (DVDLab Pro 2) won't accept .avi files. So I used Super Video Converter to convert the files to DVD compliant .vobs. I then burned the movie.

Problem is, the movie started out fine. But as it went on, the audio became more and more out of sync. I figure it has to do with the conversion.

How can I burn .avi to make a DVD, without converting?

Thanks!!!!

[redwudz]

I would check the Xvid with Gspot 2.70 and look for MP3 VBR audio. That can cause those type of sync problems. Very common with Xvids off the net. If so, extract out the sound with VirtualDub as a WAV with full processing. Then use the WAV for encoding. along with the original video. If it's not VBR, then try a different converter than SUPER.

If you just wanted to burn the Xvid directly to a DVD data disc, many programs can do that. ImgBurn would be my first choice. Use the 'Build' mode.

And if you plan to do this more often, I would invest in ConvertXToDVD. It handles most VBR audio and also does fairly well at PAL<>NTSC conversions. Or for freeware, try the older DivxToDVD. It may need the VBR audio converted first, though.

[christopheramos]

Okay, thanks. I have IMG Burn, but don't use it that much. Only for dual layer stuff. So there is a way I can load my .avi Xvid file into IMG Burn, and it will compile the DVD files for me? Not sure how to do that, though.

Thanks!!!
Chris

[Baldrick]

Use the build mode as redwudz says to make data dvd, http://forum.imgburn.com/index.php?showtopic=1779

Or use other free burnings tools like cdburnerxp, deepburner, infrarecorder.

[GideonK]

use the WAV for encoding. along with the original video

What app would you recommend to mux the WAV and the original AVI video for DVD burning?

Put it another way: Which app would accept an audio stream (WAV) and the original video which contains both the audio and video streams?

Thanx.

[lantern]

You can use virtualdub and from the audio drop down select wav audio, then select the wav file you created. You can then frameserve to your encoder. One other option is SVCD2DVD that converts avi files to DVD.

[redwudz]

If your DVD authoring program accepts separate audio and video files, you can encode the extracted WAV file to AC3 with ffmpeggui, then add the MPEG-2 encoded video and the AC3 audio to the authoring program and let it join them back together.

Or with VirtualDub or VD Mod, add the WAV audio back in and mux it with the video. Save both the audio and video out as a 'Direct stream copy' and VD will mux them back together. Be sure to disable or delete the old audio in VD or you will have both. The WAV + video file will be large. But you can delete it after you encode to MPEG-2. I use VD Mod for all this as I prefer the way it handles audio.

You can also add the WAV back in VD and re-encode it to CBR MP3. I add the Lame MP3 ACM codec for that. With this method, you would use 'Full processing' for the audio and 'Direct stream copy' for the video. This will encode and mux the new MP3 CBR audio back with the video.

Which method you use depends on which encoder and authoring software you have and what you want to do with the final product.

[christopheramos]

Ah ha! Eureka. I found that I can use Nero 7 to make a dvd from my video files. This includes my .avi with Xvid. Easy as pie!!!!

Thanks for the help everyone,
Chris

[theewizard]

I was going to suggest using super to create/extract the audio as an mp3 CBR or AC3 file then convert the video portion to vob or mpeg or mpv and do your authoring

if you are happy with NERO use it.

many find the video quality of the finished product 'not so good' when using NERO

many say NERO's conversion/encoding to DVD format SUCKS