DVD to AVI: February 2007

Tuesday, February 13, 2007

How To Convert Video Files To DVD, And Burn DVD

Guide: Convert DivX, Xvid, AVI, WMV, MPEG, etc. to DVD

1. Free download ConvertXtoDVD, install and launch.

Tip: The software supports many different languages including English, Finnish, Dutch, French, German, Arabic, Italian, Japanese, Spanish etc. You can select your native language by clicking "Settings -> Language".

2. Browse "File -> Add video file" to add the file(s) you'd like to convert.

Menu: You can customize background image, set title font and items font, Change the title name from "My DVD" to what you like, etc. From "Video Preview" window, you will immediately see the effects you are setting.

Add subtitles: You can add separate subtitles in your DVD video, right-click "subtitle (0 stream)" and choose "Add Subtitle channel". The program supports STR subtitles and SUB & IDX combination. If you can not add subtitles successfully, please check whether your subtitle file and your video file are in the same folder and give them the exact same name keeping only the extension. For example, in "My movies" folder, there is cartoon.avi and cartoon.srt.

Add chapters: You can also add custom chapter point by right-clicking "Chapter (0 entry)" and select "Add chapter".

Change Menu text: Double-click "Menu text" to rename.

3. Click "Convert" button to start the conversion.

4. You need to use the "Burn result to DVD" option to burn the DVD, or burn it manually. Select "Action -> Burn DVD", choose the VIDEO_TS folder in your working directory. Insert a blank DVD+R(W) or DVD-R(W) in your drive and burning should start automatically in 15 seconds.

Done! Just so easy to convert and burn video files to DVD.

More optional settings before converting

Set working directory: Browse "Settings -> General" to configure where the ready-to-be-burned DVD files will be placed.

Set NTSC & PAL mode: If "Video Standard" is set to "Automatic" in "TV Format" tab, then ConvertXtoDVD will apply the same standard according to your source file. If your source file's Frame Rate is 23.976 or 29.700, it is NTSC. And if it's 25.00, it's PAL. If you want to all your burned DVDs to be PAL or NTSC, just make one as a default Video Standard.

Set Fullscreen & Widescreen: Click "Settings -> TV Format" and set "TV Screen" to "Automatic", "4:3" or "16:9".

Burn DVD directly: If you want to burn DVD immediately after converting, please check "Burn result to DVD" in "Burning" tab. Here, you can also set burning speed slower in order to avoid those annoying errors that are common when burning faster.

Quality and Speed: In "Encoding" tab, If you like the burned DVDs' video and audio quality will be as high as possible, please select "High quality / Slow encoding" from "Encoding quality/speed". In fact the converting speed is not slow at all. Certainly, if you think the speed is the most important factor, use the "Low quality / slow encoding" option.

Burn to DVD9 (8.7GB) or DVD5 (4.3GB): As usual, keep the default "DVD-5" no change. If you have many video files to convert or the videos are very long, please choose "DVD-9" from "Target size" in "Encoding" tab. Note: A DVD5 disk can carry over 2 hours of converted video with high quality.

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Video Converters 101

By John Deprice

Your PC may contain hundreds of video files, all encoded differently - AVI, MPEG, RM, WMV, DVD, VCD, MOV, etc. If you are looking for video conveter tools, here are some suggestions.

WinAVI Video Converter

WinAVI Video Converter is a nice tool for converting video clips to an assortment of formats. The attractive, modern interface features large, clearly labeled icons, so you won't have to dig through the menus very often. You can convert a variety of file types to WMV, AVI, MPEG, and RM. Other notable pluses include a built-in DVD-burning utility, a batch-conversion tool, and a preview pane. WinAVI Video Converter is easy to use and powerful enough for experts. Burning VCD/SVCD/DVD is supported. WinAVI Video Converter supports almost all video file formats, including AVI, MPEG1/2/4, VCD/SVCD/DVD, DivX, XVid, ASF, WMV, RM, QuickTime MOV, Flash SWF. The program also has a powerful video decompress/compress engine that convert whole AVI movie to DVD in 1 less than an hour.

More Information: http://www.deprice.com/winavivc.htm

Aare AVI to VCD DVD SVCD Converter

This tool is very basic, but also very inexpensive - less than eighteen dollars. This program is capable of converting an avi file or Merge some avi files to a VCD DVD SVCD format MPEG file. Plus it Supports avi to vcd dvd svcd conversion with NTSC/PAL setting option, processes avi with DivX/XviD avi format and works with MPEG1, MPEG2, MPEG4 video files and MPEG layer1, layer2, layer3 audio files. In addition to that there is the "Split feature" that splits big mpeg files into several smaller segment, so that it can be fit onto a CD. Other features include:

* Input/Output preview.

* Fill in / Customize options for cropping output video.

* Support output effect.

* Support Input/Output list and other options saving automatically, finishing it anytime.

The program is brainlessly simple to use:

Additional information: http://www.deprice.com/aareavitovcddvdsvcdconverter.htm

John Deprice is a multimedia professional. He shares his tips and tricks on working with video at http://www.deprice.com/multimedia.htm

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5 Minute Guide to Video Editing for Beginners

By Natalie Aranda

Getting started with video editing is very simple you only need a few items and you can be producing quality movies at home that you will be able to enjoy for many years to come. Maybe even produce a hit Hollywood movie.

The basic items you need are a video capture card, the software to edit, your computer, storage space on your computer and a camcorder, VCR, or you can display your movie on your computer screen.

The process is effortless, all you do is capture the video to you computer using a capture card, then edit your video with video editing software and then download the video that you edited to either tape or burn it to a VCD, CD, or DVD.

Let's look at your computer first. You will need a minimum of a Pentium II 300 or faster, a minimum of 256 Megs of RAM, but you will get better performance with 512 Megs. You will also desire to have a 30GB drive that is split into 2 separate partitions. This means that you will have a C: and a D:. The C: should be given 10GB and will have all of your software stored there and the D: will be where your audio, video and editing projects are stored. Your graphics card should be a 32 Meg AGP. You can have an 8 or 16 Meg but the quality will not be as good.

Storage is probably the most confusing thing about video editing. Video makers have many choices for storing their digital video files and this is why it can be so confusing.

If you desire creating your own DVD's then you are going to need lot of storage. The most you can get out of a single sided 4.7 GB DVD is around 2 hours of video. If you are using DV footage you are going to need 13GB per hour of video, this means you will need 26GB of storage and remember you always have extra footage that you need to factor that in as well so you are now up to 39GB of storage space needed. If you are adding other options such as graphics, MPEG2 footage for the DVD and the folder to hold it all then you are now up to 50GB. So, for your 2 hour movie you will need 50GB of space at least.

So, when you begin be sure that you have enough storage on your computer for the type of video that you wish to store.

On to the video capture card and the video editing software. When you first visit the electronics store you will find many manufacturers that create video capture cards. The most popular include Some of the reputable video capture card manufacturers are: Pinnacle, Matrox, Dazzle, ADS, Canopus, and Digital Origin.

What video capture cards do to put it in simple terms is that these cards use hardware or software compression to digitize your video onto the hard drive on your computer. This way you can edit your video and play it back onto tape or display your movie on your computer screen.

Some times, you can purchase the video capture cards along with the video editing software that you choose. Some of the most popular video capture cards that are packaged with video software include the Pinnacle Pro One which comes with the Adobe Premiere 6 full version, TitleDeko RT, DV Tools 2.0, Hollywood FX, and Impressions DVD. The Dazzle DV NOW AV can be purchased along with the Premiere 6 full version and the DVDit LE.

Having music along with your video can also be accomplished with a MP3 Converter that will allow you to convert your MP3 music into a wav file or the format in which you need for your video. You may also wish to purchase a MP3 Encoder which will allow you to Wav or other formats into a MP3. A CD ripper is another item that you may wish to purchase that will help with converting your CD's to MP3, WAV, WMA type files.

One other software program that will make you life easier when you begin video editing is a MPEG Encoder which is a very easy to use program that will make converting several formats easy than you can imagine. Many of these MPEG converters will aid in converting DVD, VCD, AVI, MPEG, GIF, Flash, WMV, WMA, WAV, MP3, MP4, M4A, OGG, AAC, 3GP and even more/

So, now all you need to do is to find the best video editing software that you feel comfortable with and off you go. You can find several different video editing software companies that offer their software on a trial basis, this will let you try out the software so you can see if it is the perfect software for you. But, remember with the trial version you will be receiving the video capture card. You will have to purchase it separately.

Natalie Aranda is a freelance writer. She's been experinenting Audio & Video Editing with MP3 Converter, MPEG Encoder, and Video Capture Software

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What is AVI Burn DVD?

By Ben Shar

The acronym AVI is the initials for Audio Video Interleave. Microsoft introduced their "Video for Windows technology" in 1992 and AVI was part of this program. It is considered a "multimedia container format" because it contains audio and video data. Due to the fact that this is a container format and it does not indicate how files should be coded, the audio and video files that are stored here can be used in different ways. DivX and M-JPEG are the most commonly used video codecs used with the AVI burn DVD.

The files from the "Resource Interchange File Format" are divided into pieces called "chunks". Each one of these pieces is recognized by what is called a "FourCC tag". The AVI burn DVD is represented by one of these pieces and then divided again into three more pieces. Two of these pieces are considered mandatory and one is classified as an optional piece. The two mandatory pieces are known as the "hdrl tag" and the "movi tag". The "hdrl" is the file header that includes the metadata which contain video metadata. The "movi" is the audio and visual data that is used by the AVI burn DVD. The optional piece is called the "idxl tag" and is used to file the data that is found within the file.

One thing that makes the AVI burn DVD different from other formats used for video is that it can not be played if it is incomplete. Although the AVI is a container format that is considered to be outdated by many people it is still a very popular program with many file sharing communities. One reason for its popularity is because it has high compatibility when it comes to video editing and playback software that already exist. Burning AVI movies to DVD's is really easy, you can simply get a converter and it will convert all the files for you.

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How To Convert Your DVD Videos Into Other Video Formats And Enjoy Life?

By James Fong

One of the things that the majority of folks find most challenging about DVD conversion is the high learning curve that they need to go through before they can convert their favorite DVDvideos into the video formats they want. While it is true that you can't simply copy and paste the contents of your DVD movies and expect to play from your desktop, it's also untrue that you must go through extensive video softwares training to do it.

Video software developers have noticed that receive many complaints from their customer that their softwares are too hard to use and they don't want to waste time learning how to use it. Some of the video converter softwares are really powerful but they sucks because it's so hard to convert even a simple video file. Some video converter software developers have noticed this and started to modify their softwares so that it becomes very easy to use for their users.

What does this mean to you? Well, it means that you can forget about all the thick manuals and books that you need to flip through just to convert a video. If you know how to use a button and browse through folders and files, you can convert video files. Yes, it's true. The very best and powerful dvd conversion software are built in such a way that all that you're required to do is to push a button and go for a coffee or tea break. When you come back, it's done! That's the kind of DVD conversion software that you should be looking for. After all, time is invaluable and I'm sure you don't want to go through the nightmare of taking hours and days trying to learn how to do DVD conversion.

DVD conversion is very simple and it can be quite convenient. Let's say you have a mobile device such as a Portable Playstation, PSP. Now let's say you spend some of your time waiting for the bus everyday. Have you ever thought of using that time to enjoy a short movie or two? You just bought a DVD movie last week and you haven't got the time to watch it but everyday you spend at least 30 minutes to wait for the bus... Wouldn't it be great if you can use your PSP to watch it? A movie is usually around 2 hours and by dividing it into 4 section, 30 minutes each, you can finish watching the movie in 4 days, while waiting for the bus....even while you're on the bus!

As you can see, there are many reasons and benefits you can get from DVD conversion. If you want to watch it on your computer, the most popular video formats are AVI and WMV. Just be sure to get a fast and stable video converter software. The process of DVD conversion should be fast and enjoyable.

You can learn more about ways to live your life to the fullest with video conversion by reading the DVD conversion article.

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