Help needed from all you DVD Techies out there

[Big_ al]

I have been using Studio 8 for a while now outputting the edited video to tape. Having bought a DVD writer I want to burn it to a DVD. After many hours trying and contacting the pinnacle help desk I still can't create a disk.

I can create an AVI file what other software would I need to use to get it from the AVI file stage to a DVD ? I was looking at TMPGEnc Plus but then do I also need the authouring software as well ? It all starts adding up. Unless any anyone out there can get my pinnacle software working.

[funkguy4]

There's a lot of freeware that oculd do the job for you, you just have to look! I wonder if you can frameserve from pinnacle studio....you might want to try MainConcept as it is much faster encoder.

[duhmez]

If you wanna go totally free route:
BBmpeg for the video into mpeg2
ffmpeg or ffmpeggui for the wav to ac3 (convert your dv audio into wav first)
IFoedit can mux it all and make a dvd foler ready for burning.

Topay the least and get easier method, tmpgenc plus, and tmpgenc DVD author with AC3 encoding plugin.

[donpedro]

What is your current version ? Did you try to browse their forum ?

Maybe reading post in my signature can help with both your questions.