converting a dvd

[coonsanders]

hi
for some reason i movie that i have was captured in avi format..what is the correct format for a dvd movie?

lenny

[Ian]

Many DVD players support avi (DivX, Xvid, etc) but if you want it to work with any player, it will need to be converted.

When burning avi movies to DVD, I use ConvertXtoDVD from VSO Software. It automatically converts it and then will burn it to disc.

[coonsanders]

thanks..

[coonsanders]

hi
ok it seemed to convert the file ok but i also have another film i want to add to the same dvd so 2 films on one dvd..i tried to use nero to do it and it saved it as a nero file then i tried to use that software u said and it wouldent work..

lenny

[Ian]

You can do that with ConvertXtoDVD too. You can even tell it to create a menu so you can pick which movie or just play one after another.

[coonsanders]

what format allows you to play the dvd in all players?

[Ian]

From http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DVD-Video:

Commercial DVD movies are encoded using a combination of H.262/MPEG-2 Part 2 compressed video and audio of varying formats

They also have a specific file and directory structure.