avi to dvd - there must be an easier way????HELP

[dazbuster]

i use ulead dvd factory to convert divx's (and pretty sure i have done avi's) to dvd and burn and play on tv...now when i try it either a) imports them to story board and begins to burn/create iso takes about 5 hrs then fails or b)crashes whole program (encountered error)......driving me crazy, not keen on running thru complicated apps and taking 40 hours as one guy said?!?!?!
please help

[tompika]

AVI,DivX,XviD to DVD with switchable subs using DVD2SVCD
https://www.videohelp.com/forum/userguides/220351.php


Also TMPGEnc XPress can convert it to mpg then TMPGEnc DVD Author to DVD

[redwudz]

Iv'e been trying out TheFilmMachine, a freeware program that uses CCE or Procoder to encode. Decent quality and very easy to use. Works great for XVID video. Seems to work with MP3 VBR audio also.

[tompika]

Thanks, redwudz

I do not usually convert avi to dvd but I'm downloading that one right now as it looks promising

[dazbuster]

i actually got it to work last night using ulead dvd factory3 , trick is not to create menus etc - just play straight to movie! took bout 2 hours and quality is great......