AVI to DVD problem

[Mike_EH]

Hi, please can someone advise on my problem. A friend has given me a copy of a short film he's made in .AVI format. It works fine on the PC, but I've been trying to convert it to DVD to enable the family to watch it on TV. I've tried using Main Concept MPEG Encoder; AVI DivX to DVD, SDVD, etc; Easy AVI to DVD, SDVD; MPEG 4 Direct Maker; and AVI to DVD Converter......most were trial software...trying to determine which would work. All the software programs either gave me an error message, informed me that there wasn't any video content or just froze and I had to manually "End task". The film info that appeared in MPEG 4 Direct Maker, before the error message, was:
Video: 640 x 272; 24.9999996076687 fps
Audio: 48000Hz Stereo
Original Video Codec: XVID
Original Audio Codec: MP3, bitrate: 136Kbps

Any advice would be greatly appreciated.
Mike

[ricky1756]

Go here https://www.videohelp.com/tools?tool=vso_DivXtoDVD

scroll down the page a bit and download the free version. This tool works with most formats, and has good to very good quality

[redwudz]

I would recommend DivxToDVD also for an easy conversion. That's a very odd framerate. That could be part of the problem. I would check it with Gspot 2.52 to see if that is correct. If you get nowhere with DivxToDVD, drop it into VirtualDub Mod and re-encode it and change that framerate to 29.97 fps. You could also change the frame size to 720 x 480 by adding borders. Watch out for MP3 VBR audio also, most MPEG encoders choke on that. VDM will tell you if it's there. Besides just encoding it, you need to make the video and audio DVD compliant, then author it to the DVD format. For more info about the DVD format, see 'What is' DVD to the upper left. <<<<<<

[daamon]

If you get nowhere with DivxToDVD, drop it into VirtualDub Mod and re-encode it and change that framerate to 29.97 fps. You could also change the frame size to 720 x 480 by adding borders.

These are NTSC compliant specs - the OP is in South Wales (that blob on the left side of the UK ), and so is in PAL-land.

@ Mike_EH: If you do jig the video around in one of the VirtualDub tools, you'll need a framerate of 25fps and a resolution that is PAL compliant - one of: 720 x 576, 704 x 576, 352 x 576 & 352 x 288. Given the original resolution (640 x 272), I'd be inclined to try either 704 x 576 or 352 x 288 and see how they come out.

[redwudz]

daamon, you are correct. I missed that. I was looking at the framerate reported. I see now that it's probably 25fps with a little error in the measuring. But DivxToDVD may still do the trick. Just use PAL specs

[Mike_EH]

Hi, again. Thanks for all the advice. When the swelling to my eyes has gone (flippin' hayfever - I hate it) I'll get down to trying Virtual Dub. I just can't look at the monitor for any length of time at the moment.
Thanks again
Mike

[Mike_EH]

Hi, again, thanks for your advice.....dunnit, flipping well dunnit. I'm so happy I could start singing...........Mike

[daamon]