A simple and fast .AVI conversion to DVD

[richard.moreno]

OK, I have my edited home-video in .avi format
1: Use TMPGENC to transform the .avi files to .m2v and .wav files
2: Use TMPGENC DVD AUTHOR to transform the .m2v and .wav in DVD files (VOB, DUP, etc.) in the directory VIDEO_TS
3: Burn with Nero 6 using dvd film format or TMPGENC DVD AUTHOR

does someone knows this? Is it a good process?

[echooff]

Works well for me. The only difference for me is I encode the audio to either mp2 or ac3. This produces a much smaller audio file, saving space for a higher video bit rate. I use vdub to extract it to a wav and then besweet.

[Dublin-Raider]

I've used the same process, and its worked well. However, if the avi isn't great quality, the conversion to mpeg2 or mpeg can be very poor, pixelation etc when played on a tv.
I usually convert it to vcd standard, and tmpgenc dvd author accepts this, and converts it to vobs/ifo's etc. no prob.
Recommend u follow the previous advice and extract the wav from the avi using tmpgenc/vdub first, then seperate the avi video and audio, and process the video to vcd standard in tmpgenc..
Then when u have vcd (mpeg) video and wav audio file, u can re-join them both in tmpgenc dvd author.
I've had probs before if i don't extract the wav audio first, i've tried to enocde avi audi/video in tmpgenc before, and lost many many hours of encoding cuz tmpgenc doesn't like certain types of avi mpeg layer 3 audio.
Safe urself alot of time and stress and extract the audio to wav first. :)

[richard.moreno]

Good..but where can I find one(free)ac3 plug'in fot TMPGENC?