What's best to burn to DVD: XVID, DIVX, AVI?

[peterj]

I want to burn the movie to DVD to watch it on my TV with my standard DVD player. The source files have either AVI, XVID, DIVX or other formats. Which is the best one to choose? I'm using Nero Essentials for burning.

Thanks

Pete

[guns1inger]

FAVC or DVD Flick for encoding and authoring, Imgburn to burn.

[theewizard]

yep like he said

nero is NOT the best encoder

and the files have to be converted before burning, NERO is doing a multi-step process, converting then burning

even convertXtoDVD does a better job than NERO at creating DVD files from your avi

then burn the DVD files with a BURN only program like imgBURN one that will NOT attempt to re-encode them before burning

[tinker]

If you want DVD to play on your TV, you better check what format your DVD player can handle.
All players will handle DVD, some are OK playing DivX.
Since you are in Europe your DVD should be PAL 720x576 resolution, 25 frames/sec, AC3 or LPCM 48 kHz audio could be also MP2 - not generaly used.
Most European DVD players will handle NTSC format also, check the specs of the player.
Avi is a general container it could be anything, downloads mostly DivX or Xvid.
I am not sure Nero Essentials will handle conversion, but is is not good for it anyway, use what others suggested.