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AVI to DVD mac burining (NRR)

nrichnrich 932 Posts
edited September 2005 in Strut Central
Mac gurus,I want to burn an AVI file to a DVD on a mac. Just got a DVD burner & I know it's not a simple burn thing.What's the simplest way to do this? I don't have Toast.10,000 thanks

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  • DubiousDubious 1,865 Posts
    ugh tell me about it.

    i posted abotu this a couple weeks back..

    there doesnt appear to be any options



  • nrichnrich 932 Posts
    what if I convert the AVI to an MPEG on my PC and then reimport?

    I've just begun the DVD burning journey to enlightenment
  • SPlDEYSPlDEY Vegas 3,375 Posts
    I'd reccomend using toast 7. You can find it for pretty cheap now. Easy, decent encoder.

    I hate macs though.

    - spidey
  • nrichnrich 932 Posts
    Thing is I don't have Toast and I need this burned pronto.
    First one to help me MacGuyver this shit out wins a prize
  • dollar_bindollar_bin I heartily endorse this product and/or event 2,326 Posts
    You might want to wander into the forrest of mplayer/mencoder. They've ported this Linux program to OSX, it's pretty powerful but reeeeealy hard to use unless you're way familiar with using the terminal interface and unix commands. I haven't done this but you might be able to convert the AVI into a form which is importable into iMovie and then burn the DVD from there.
  • DORDOR Two Ron Toe 9,905 Posts
    The only thing I've seen that might be able to help you on a mac is:





    http://webpages.charter.net/ernsta/DIVX2DVD.htm



    Anything avi/divx/xvid is not the easiest using macs. It's all about PC's for that file format.



    Maybe Aser knows!



    Good luck!
  • drewnicedrewnice 5,465 Posts
    What are intra-computer DVD burners running nowadays, anyway?
  • AserAser 2,351 Posts
    http://homepage.mac.com/major4/

    like I said in the last post, it's really too time consuming to convert an avi file into something playable on your dvd player. But if you want to spend all day doing it, then go check that page out.

    or alternatively, you can look into buying a cheap new dvd player that has divx codec built in. Hence you won't need to go through the conversion process.
  • nrichnrich 932 Posts
    iMovie I think?
  • SPlDEYSPlDEY Vegas 3,375 Posts
    Thing is I don't have Toast and I need this burned pronto.

    First one to help me MacGuyver this shit out wins a prize



    http://isohunt.com/download.php?mode=bt&id=5778911



    or



    http://homepage.mac.com/major4/

    http://homepage.mac.com/major4/dvd_sub.html



    - spidey



    added ffmpegX cause i guess it's freeware.



    - spidey
  • nrichnrich 932 Posts
    Thing is I don't have Toast and I need this burned pronto.
    First one to help me MacGuyver this shit out wins a prize

    oops, thanks but I'll get shot if I download that from work.

    thanks for the help though
  • tallbobsmoketallbobsmoke 715 Posts
    Download Divx Doctor. That will easily convert the file from avi to mpg. Then, you should be able to import the file into imovie. Then you can burn a DVD using iDVD. You should have iDVD on your computer if you have a superdrive.

    You may actually be able to go straight to the iDVD without iMovie. I'm not sure. I've only burnt a DVD of a slide show made in iPhoto. iHopeThatHelps.

  • SPlDEYSPlDEY Vegas 3,375 Posts
    check the update, and why would you get shot?

    - spidey
  • noznoz 3,625 Posts
    here's what i do:

    get divx doctor 2 (should be available on downloads.com if not google it) drop the .avi in there, select "make stand alone movies" & "decompress audio", and hit start. this should output a .mov in the same directory as the .avi (i say should because sometimes it doesn't work with all .avi's and then i guess you're shit out of luck).

    after that just drop the .mov into one of those sappy idvd menus, hit record and you're good to g o.
  • nrichnrich 932 Posts
    check the update, and why would you get shot?

    - spidey

    pirated software+work computer/network=
  • MoSSMoSS 458 Posts
    What are intra-computer DVD burners running nowadays, anyway?

    $49 for a 16x, 8x dual...that Cdn
  • SPlDEYSPlDEY Vegas 3,375 Posts
    pirated software+work computer/network=

    I always was either the computer admin or I got hook ups with them. So this was never a problem for me. ffmpegX looks like a good solution though. Freeware.

    - spidey
  • MoSSMoSS 458 Posts
    http://homepage.mac.com/major4/

    like I said in the last post, it's really too time consuming to convert an avi file into something playable on your dvd player. But if you want to spend all day doing it, then go check that page out.

    or alternatively, you can look into buying a cheap new dvd player that has divx codec built in. Hence you won't need to go through the conversion process.

    Co-Sign...to do proper 720x480 conversion you need about 28 hours or so on a PC with 2ghz+ and 1 gig of ram....you also need about 50 gigs of space and multiple programs. Do you have Virtual PC? Run DVD Santa in VPC. It'll do it in 3 hours and it'll be the same as a dvd9 with compression artifacts. Won't be perfect, but for the time spent it'll be the best bang for the buck. I know, this isn't "mac" friendly but virtual PC will allow you to stay on the MAC.
  • DORDOR Two Ron Toe 9,905 Posts
    What are intra-computer DVD burners running nowadays, anyway?

    $49 for a 16x, 8x dual...that Cdn

    Hey MoSS,

    Whats the cheapest you've seen dual layer media for around the city?
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