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  1. hey, i'm a n00b... and i just purchased a dvd writer

    i have a large collection of avi's (all different codecs: divx, xvid, ac3 for audio, etc...) and mpgs on my harddrive and i want to burn them to dvd. my player is fairly old, and has no support for vcd/svcd. so my option is mpeg2 dvd, right?

    well, anyhow, i was just wondering if anyone here could tell me the best way to achieve this. i looked at .TMPGEnc DVD Author, but it seemed that it could only handle mpegs?

    should i convert to mpeg2 first and then use tmpgenc dvd or some other?

    i dont really need any fancy software that can do titles and everything, just something that will get my movies of dvd with minimal loss of quality.
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    Hi, they call me Tommyknocker, and welcome to the forum. First thing, invest in a couple of DVD±RW disks, because beginners tend to make a few bad disks getting the hang of things.

    Next, you are right, if your DVD player cannot play your home-made
    (S)VCDs, the DVD is the way to go.

    Now, the tricky part. You have to learn the basics of Editing, Converting, Authoring, and finally burning. Here we go.

    1. Editing, you may want to bone up on how to cut and join videos and parts of videos together, to either make your videos more enjoyable, or to make more than one fit on a single disk. Go to the Editing section at left and see if you can find a good guide and program that suits you.

    2. Converting. Although there are several programs that burn your videos straight to DVDs, you will soon find out you can do better by converting your files to DVD MPEG-2 format yourself before having your authoring program gets them. Check out that section at left too.

    3. Authoring. This involves taking your DVD MPEG files and turning them into certain types like BUPS, IFOs, VOBs, etc. The names and extensions are not important at this stage of the game, but you need to know what program and guide you can work with to get these files before we can burn them to DVD.

    4. Burning. Almost home. You take these files and insert them into the burning program, like Nero. It is important you insert every file your authored for a particular DVD into a folder called the VIDEO_TS folder, then proceed to burn.

    That is basically the procedure. The programs will be your personal choice. For editing, I use a program called Video Studio 7, for Converting, TMPGEnc Plus, for Authoring, it's IfoEdit, and for burning, Nero.

    Now these programs are not free, so until you become proficient at making DVDs, you should go to the Tools section at left and look at the programs available. Some are freeware, shareware, trialware, etc. Use these three types first, since learning how to use them is free at first.

    We will waiting to hear from you soon, and welcome to the forum!

    P.S. Keep away from Tgpo, I do not trust that kid!
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  3. thanks for the warm welcome!!

    your post was very helpful. i'm going to start (hopefully) burning some dvds soon!

    p.s - i have done a lot of work wtith video and have tried studio 7, and the video exporting didn't seem to be good. i may be wrong however. does it work good for you? are you using cinepak or something else?
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