Converting AVI to DVD disc

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Newbie question!

I have an AVI contained DivX 672x288 PAL video, +/-1GB. Wish to burn to disc and play in NON DivX player w/ NTSC TV.

Have this and other MAC software:
Toast
Sreamclip
iDVD
DVD Studio Pro
VLC
Perian

Tried Toast, selected DVD-Video, made a terrible looking 3.5GB Video TS. Same for iDVD. Neither offer many options.

Tried Streamclip, made a huge 23GB DV file.

Am thinking I could use VLC or Streamclip but need to know the SETTINGS.
With VLC Export there are many options to select, for example.
codec / default bitrate
MPEG 2 @ 1024
MPEG audio @ 192
Encapsulate format MPEG 1

Thanks in advance for comments!

[redwudz]

You would likely get more answers to Mac specific questions in our Mac Forum. Moving you.

And welcome to our forums.

[rumplestiltskin]

So you're saying your video is 25 frames per second? That's not going to look very good on an NTSC TV (which is 29.97 fps). Is there a reason why you need a disc rather than moving to a media player like the WD TV media player or an AppleTV, etc.? You lose all of the "how do I burn this to a disc?" issues.

[sfphoto]

I guess I need to come out of the 'dark ages' and see about hooking up the old Powerbook to the TV.

Have been archiving videos on DVD/DVD DL discs for ease of viewing on different TV's in the house.

Only option I can think of so far would be to search for an NTSC version to download (however these torrents are generally unknowns).

[rumplestiltskin]

If the TV is a newer model with a VGA port, then your PowerBook will send its video out of its own VGA port (you said "old" PB). Audio would come out the headphone jacks to the TV or external speakers.

Any Intel Mac mini will make a great media player but the newer units with HDMI are even better. Plus, when your movie is done, you can surf the web on your TV while laying in bed.

As for your fps issue, perhaps you can use Toast to transcode it when you tell it to make the DVD. However, I don't think Toast does a bang-up job of the pull-down(?) when it alters the frame rate.