? Fastest, Easiest AVI To DVD

[Synetech]

Hi,

I've got a DVD movie that I'm burning but it's not big enough to fill the disc, so instead of wasting all that space, I want to add a short video to the end of it.

I've fiddled with this before, for example if I copy a DVD movie and it's too short, I'll throw in a behind-the-scenes video or two to fill up the disc. I do this with DVDShrink because it's nice and easy. In this case though, it's more complicated because the extra clip is not from a DVD, it's an AVI.

I need a way to convert the AVI video to the standard DVD file format (VIDEO_TS\*.VOB|*.IFO) so that I can use DVDShrink to add it in (transcoding if necessary).

I have tried various applications and guides but most of them are either way too complicated (I need to get this done asap, so I don't have time to learn anything new), or give poor results (like stretched video).

Can anyone suggest the easiest way to do this please? What does everyone else use?


Thanks a lot.

[setarip_old]

Hi!

Welcome to the Doom9 Forums ;>}

The quickest way to avail yourself to the information available at these forums is to click on the "Search" button at the top of this page and enter "convert AVI to DVD" (include the quotation marks)...

[Synetech]

Thanks but I already did that got the results I said above.

I was hoping to learn what specific software others personally use themselves rather than just general guides.

[grannyGeek]

well, without knowing what software you have and know how to use.....

Here's one way to do it very quick and dirty, and don't hold me responsible for any problems or quality issues, please....

Open your avi clip in Quenc (you must change "File Type" to AVI, default is avisynth script AVS file)
Give Quenc a destination file name, encode to mpeg2, it makes a dvd-compliant mpg file.

Then in Quenc, go to "Advanced Options", "Author DVD", give it a folder destination, and it will author a chapterless dvd for you.
You can use that output in Shrink Re-Author mode to add it to your project.

[Synetech]

Thanks, I'll give that a try later.

In the meantime, someone in another forum suggested ConvertXtoDVD and I tried that. It worked pretty well. It was simple set-options, click, done and gave appropriate output. The question now is whether I'll need to convert AVIs to DVDs often enough to justify purchasing a full version.


It worked great, except for one thing, I set the chapter position slightly to late (eg I should have set the first one at 11:26 instead of 11:27). Now, I'm trying to find the easiest way to fix that without having to redo the whole thing, touch the video.

Any ideas?

[trolltuning]

Your best bet is probably to reauthor. I know it seems like you should be able to do it easier but it's not that simple. There is a program called DVDRemakePro that will let you change this but by the time you test it, buy it, get your key, learn how to use it-you can have reauthored twice over. If you are going to want to do this often that is an entirely different story, but it is not the easiest software to learn in my opinion.

[setarip_old]

Hi!I set the chapter position slightly to late (eg I should have set the first one at 11:26 instead of 11:27). Now, I'm trying to find the easiest way to fix that without having to redo the whole thing, touch the video.

You already have a separate thread going for this question at:

http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?t=119911

There's no need to duplicate...

[Synetech]

Hi!

You already have a separate thread going for this question at:

http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?t=119911

There's no need to duplicate...



True, but I was following up my original post in this thread. :D

[Synetech]

Your best bet is probably to reauthor. I know it seems like you should be able to do it easier but it's not that simple. There is a program called DVDRemakePro that will let you change this but by the time you test it, buy it, get your key, learn how to use it-you can have reauthored twice over. If you are going to want to do this often that is an entirely different story, but it is not the easiest software to learn in my opinion.

Thanks, but you're right. I re-converted the video several times since, trying to get the target size and chapter position correct. My CPU must have spent about 10 hours of frame-crunching time on this now and I still don't have the chapters right.

I've posted my confusion about that in the other thread.