[Xaeons]

Hello. I have this problem with burning video files to a DVD, hope someone can help me on this. Here it goes:





I'm tying to burn divx/avi videos to a DVD because my DVD player cannot play divx/avi videos.


Each file has a size of approximately 100-150mb.


I'm using a LiteOn 20x DVD/CDWriter & Rewriter and DVD-R discs. The software I'm using is Nero 7 Essentials.


I tried to burn 6 files to start with approx 600+ mb and then Nero showed me that the disk space consumed is 4.6gb out of 4.7gb. Is that how big an MPEG video file is?


Is there a way to lower the disk space consumed because I've seen DVDs with 24 video files in it not a dual layer disc. Or is there a DVD writing tool out there that I can use so that I can at least cram 20 avi videos converted into a playable DVD format?


Thank you.

[mphenterprises]

Hi Xaeons. Nero is a great application. How exactly did you start your burning process with Nero? If you used the SmartStart feature, which option did you choose? If I am not mistaken, the space you see (4.6 out of 4.7) is how much space the .avi files will take up on a DVD. If you would have continued with this course, you would have burned the .avi files to a DVD disc and when you went to play the movie, your DVD player would have said it does not recognize the DVD.

The first thing you need is an application that will convert the .avi file into a DVD Video File format. I personally use VSO Divx to DVD. Now I am sure there are free applications on the market; however, in this instance, I would prefer to spend the $40 now and do the process right the first time.

- Once you download and install that application, click on the Tools icon in the upper right hand corner of the screen (It looks like a hammer and a screwdriver).

- Once that screen opens, click on the Burning tab.

- Make sure that the box next to "Burn result to DVD" is unchecked.

- Click on the General tab.

- Under the Working Folder section, click the "..." so that you can choose a location for the Video File folder.

- Click OK.

At this point, you can simply drag the .avi files into the open area of the application. This application will convert each .avi file separately. Be patient, this process can take a long time. Once all of them have been converted, you can then use Nero to burn the newly created DVD Video Files to a DVD. I would highly recommend putting each Video File on its own DVD. The only exception to that is if the original .avi files are so small that the created Video File only takes up a small portion of the DVD.

To give you an idea of what space consumption to expect, I just converted a 30 minute South Park episode (original file size 105MBs) using this application and the Video File is almost 280MBs. If I use this as a guide, I would be able to fit 15, maybe 16, episodes on one DVD. Now, this does not take into account:

- Original .avi file size

- Length of .avi video

- Quality of .avi file

I really don't like that word cram. If you try to max out the capacity of the DVD disc, you may lose quality. Depending on the above variables, I would advise putting no more than 10 Video Files per DVD.

[Xaeons]

Thank you very much. I'll try that.

[mphenterprises]

My Pleasure :-) If you have any other questions, please ask.