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    I am looking for ONE single program that can convert several AVIs each with different codec to DVD. I am not concerened about the quality. I have several eposides of a show that I want to convert to DVD format so I can watch it on stand alone DVD player. I have a 3 or 4 AVIs that are about 90 minutes long, and I want to convert it to DVD but I want each AVI to be a seperate title. I would like to be able to use VBR encoding. I thought about putting it all into one very long AVI, aut I would lose the title points on DVD. I am running out on options, Need some feed back on this. Any Help is welcomed.

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    Why just "ONE single program"? Even if you do find that one single app that takes care of all your needs for this project, you're bound to go hunting for another "one single program" to handle what you want for your next project.
    What you should do, is learn how it's done, using a few "general purpose" applications, that with some skill can be used to handle most anything you can dream of.
    In short, you'll need an AVI editor, (VirtualDub and/or AviSynth) an encoder (many to choose from, but CCE, MainConcept and TMPGEnc are examples) and an authoring app (TMPGEnc DVD Author, DVD-Lab...).
    So, making sure the AVIs are fine, and in formats your encoder handles (both video and audio), encode each AVI to DVD specs mpg.
    Author each mpg as a separate title. Create menu. Done. Feel the warm glow of accomplishment.

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    Divxtodvd will do this easily. You wont get menus, although you can use TDA or DLP afterward to do this. I wouldn't put more than 2 on a disk if they are 90 minutes long though. It will be VBR, with 2 channel AC3 audio. Although why VBR makes any difference to what you are doing is beyond me.

    mats is right - you will get better results if you understand what you are doing and why, and use the correct tools for each step. That said, you seem impatient to get this done and don't care about quality, so DivxtoDVD would seem to be your best option.
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    Maybe you can have a try on WinAVI Video Converter which can easiy do this job.
    http://www.winavi.com/avi-to-dvd.htm
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  5. The OP want's separate titles.
    This implies advanced authoring, with a menu to choose the title.
    He also wants ONE program that will do it all.
    Hence: Nerovision Express
    DivX to DVD, WinAvi, and that whole bunch of one-click crap won't do it.
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    Originally Posted by reboot
    Hence: Nerovision Express
    DivX to DVD, WinAvi, and that whole bunch of one-click crap won't do it.
    What makes NVE stand out from the rest of the one-click crap?

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    Actually, nowhere does he say he wants menus. All he wants is something fast and dirty to do conversions with little or no effort on his part. His discription practically screamed "one-click wonder"
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  8. What makes NVE stand out from the rest of the one-click crap?
    It doesn't...but it will do what the OP wants...sort of...

    @gunsl1inger, the OP states, "I want each AVI to be a seperate title".
    This implies a menu to choose which title to watch...not that he's ever going to return to read any of this, probably...
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