problems with avi2dvd

[kayla33]

heyy there... i am completely new and clueless to this. im trying to convert downloaded movie files to dvd to burn to play on regular surround sound systems. i downloaded AVI2DVD and it looks simple enough, but when i try to put in the file, it comes up with a window that says "Warning: Make sure that your path/file has no strange symbols like : ; , " ! ? ^ $. just rename your file/path without these strange characters...". but as far as i can tell, there are no such characters to be found. and because this thing came up the program wont show anything for the 'choose audio stream' or the film information. so i looked up help with avi2dvd and it said something about codecs that i might need to download. and wtf codecs are or what they're for... i unno.
this whole thing is just giving me the biggest headache ever!!

CAN SOMEONE PLEASE HELP AND TELL ME EXACTLY WHAT IM DOING WRONG AND TELL ME EXACTLY HOW TO FIX IT!!!

Thanks in advance

[TreeTops]

Can you post your exact path? You may have spaces or hidden characters present in the path.

[kayla33]

F:/Movie/10 things i hate about you. theres nothing abnormal about it. ive even got a copy of the movie in F:/Movies and it still says the same thing

[johns0]

Please do not cross post anymore,one thread was enough.