How to burn an avi file to a dvd to watch on a TV

[PetraHildegarde]

Ok, I took my first video with the SONY HC52 Mini DV. I downloaded the file into my computer and edited it with Pinnacle Studio and created an AVI file. It is a large file since the movie is 54 minutes long (10GB . How can I burn it on a DVD and watch it on the TV?

[edDV]

Ok, I took my first video with the SONY HC52 Mini DV. I downloaded the file into my computer and edited it with Pinnacle Studio and created an AVI file. It is a large file since the movie is 54 minutes long (10GB . How can I burn it on a DVD and watch it on the TV?

1. Encode to DVD MPeg2 (Studio can do this)
2. Author a DVD (Studio can do this)
3. Burn the DVD (Studio can do this)
4. Play the DVD in a DVD player.

[Maikeru-sama]

I would look into:
Favc
DVDFlick


However, I don't use those tools that much, so I don't know how they will handle a 10 gig file. Are you sure it is 10 Gigs, that seems rather large for a 54 minute movie.

[Maikeru-sama]

Ok, I took my first video with the SONY HC52 Mini DV. I downloaded the file into my computer and edited it with Pinnacle Studio and created an AVI file. It is a large file since the movie is 54 minutes long (10GB . How can I burn it on a DVD and watch it on the TV?

1. Encode to DVD MPeg2 (Studio can do this)
2. Author a DVD (Studio can do this)
3. Burn the DVD (Studio can do this)
4. Play the DVD in a DVD player.

Even better.

[PetraHildegarde]

The option for Mpeg 2 is greyed out. Mpeg1 is checked. What's the difference...

[PetraHildegarde]

and what does "author DVD" mean and how do I do that? As you can tell I'm really new to this

[PetraHildegarde]

and yes it's 10.8 GB, just checked again. In AVI anyway. When I used the Mpeg option it was under a gig...

[edDV]

Sorry, I don't have Pinnacle Studio loaded on any of my machines. Check the manual for making (exporting to) a DVD.

[PetraHildegarde]

Thanks. I found it in the settings but can't unlock it. Contacted Tech Support... Thanks for the help!!!