Convert 160 Divx files to DVD MPG2 easily?

[sgf323]

I have about 160 family video files that I converted to Divx over the past few years so they'd take up less space on the drive. Now that I have a DVD burner I'd like to burn them to DVD. I've converted Divx to DVD before and it worked fine but I'm wondering if there is a program out there that I could set to just go through a folder and convert everything cause it would take forever to put each individual file into a queue to be done!

thanks

[Tommyknocker]

You can do it with the trial version of Video Studio 7. Open the program, and in the lower left hand corner there is a little folder icon. Select it, then Insert Video and browse to your family video folder (this assumes all the videos are in one folder).

Select all the videos you want on the final video (or all of them by selecting the first video, holding down the Shift key, and selecting the last video) then Open. This will add all of them to your story line. You can edit the ones you want, change the transitions, etc. Then select
Share-->Create Video file. Choose your favorite format and encode.

[sgf323]

Except that would make one video file with all of them, right? I want them separate so that I can access them as individual video tracks on the final DVD's.

[Tommyknocker]

Yes, you can play it as long video, or you can create a menu as well, so you can access each video.

[sgf323]

The only thing about that is that I'd have to go through and at the least create 160 separate chapter points or timelines. I think if I can't find anything then I'll probably just build an app that will automate it.

[Governa]

Hummm... I have 180 Seinfeld episodes (AVI) and would like to burn them all on 1 or 2 DVDs... if you build such app, can you please send me?

[disturbed1]

Canopus Procoder has a feature called a droplet.

You set up a custom or default template, then drag and drop all of your files on the droplet and it will encode them.

Procoder express has a "watch folder" function, but I've never used it.

These next involve more work, but will do the same.

Mainconcepts Mpegencoder has an easy batch function. Set up you template, drag your avi to the program, hit the Insert key, and it's added to the batch.

With TMPG set up your template, and lock the options so it can't be changed, then hit CTRL-ALT-M, to add the project to the batch file as an mpeg.

[YngwieJM]

I believe TMPGenc can also do batch convert files.

[century]

yeah, TMPGenc do the job , and sweetly ...

when u create a project, last tab is encoding, there u must uncheck "start encoding" (or somethin like that) , and check "add to list batch and start a new project"

u can add a previous made project to the list, and edit all the settings of each one , when u re in the batch list, with a right-click

save the lists, delete a project from a list...etc

when u re ready to go to bed, then u run the batch list ... and have nice dreams 8)

[sgf323]

I tried procoder and it worked horribly. Very slow and would stop if the computer did anything else.

TMPG is working great. I'm just going to encode 10 at a time or so and the batch is really easy to setup in TMPG.

thanks!