Burning .avi file to DVD disc

[ryan21]

I have some movies in .avi format on my hard drive. I was wondering whether there are any programs that would allow me to burn these files onto a disc in a format that would play in a standard DVD player. I have Nero 6. Does this contain the nessecary software? What file format does a movie have to be in to burn to a playable DVD?

[chokluvva]

Try this,
http://www.winavi.com/
always works very well for me,or check out the guides at
http://doom9.net/
for info.

[ryan21]

I downloaded it and it looks like it will do exactly what i want it to do. However, whenever I try to convert one using the .avi to DVD command, it comes up with the error "Could not write in mpeg/dvd format. Check harddrive and windowns to see if copying is capable". Or something like that. This confuses me as I use this machine to do straight disc to disc burns all the time and that the file isnt copy or write protected. any suggestions?

[glc]

Are you sure that those avi's don't have some kind of digital rights management?

[ryan21]

What do you mean by that glc? I can view them on my computer fine with divx. How could I check if the files have the "rights management"?