batch converstion of avi to dvd's

[desiac]

hi all, have lots of avi and wanting to convert them to dvd. more than 100 titles and dont want to individually setup each conversion. Anyone know a program i can use to do this?

found many proggies that'l let me convert multiple avi's to the one dvd, but need each done individually (eg single dvd created for each avi)

thnx all

[Soopafresh]

If you're comfortable with the command line and creating batch files, all of the encoding and DVD creation can be done with freely available utilities.

[desiac]

sounds good

can you point me to any reading material

thnx

[Soopafresh]

Command line Encoders:

FFMpeg - http://tirnanog.fate.jp/mirror/ffmpeg/?N=A

Mencoder - http://tirnanog.fate.jp/mirror/mplayer/

Command Line DVD creator:

DVDAuthor


Snagged from http://somestuff.org/blog/index.php (this would make a PAL file)

mencoder -oac lavc -ovc lavc -of mpeg -mpegopts format=dvd -vf scale=720:576,
harddup -srate 48000 -af lavcresample=48000 -lavcopts vcodec=mpeg2video:
vrc_buf_size=1835:vrc_maxrate=9800:vbitrate=5000:k eyint=15:acodec=ac3:
abitrate=192:aspect=16/9 -ofps 25
-o output.mpg input.avi

[desiac]

thnx mate

greatly appreciated

[AlanHK]

Or go to the opposite extreme and use a one-click AVI->DVD app.

The free version of DivxtoDVD makes quite acceptable DVDs, it adjusts weird frame rates and audio. Quite fast, about 1:1 processing time on my PC. I do however notice an occasional (about once per hour) burst of pixellation when the encoding can't keep up.