Need DVD burner to burn to TV DVD

[zscully]

Hello, I'm sorry if this has been posted in the past but I couldn't find the right answer when I was searching. I have some movie files on my computer. They are all .avi files. I have a dvd burner on my computer and I would like to burn them to a dvd and watch them on my tv with the tv dvd player. Does anyone know of any free software that will do this so I can watch it on the tv? I already haven data dvd burning software but that won't burn it right to be able watch it on the tv dvd player.
Is there any free software I could download that won't leave a watermark in the middle of it and will do the job?

Thanks!

[TwoRails]

One place to start with free stuff is Window's movie maker. You can with it some to "get your feet wet." From there, you can determine if you want more advanced features or not.

[faulkner132]

This is what I use to do AVI to DVD... just make sure you set the region correctly!

http://www.pcdailytips.com/2007/04/29/free-cddvd-burning-software/

[Freakitchen]

AVI to DVD (MPEG) isn't the easiest conversion to do right. I use these two tools to do it, they're not exactly user friendly, but by following the guides within the links, you'll be getting the best possible results with free software.

http://www.videohelp.com/tools?toolsearch=gui4ffmpeg&Submit=Search

http://www.videohelp.com/tools/GUI_for_dvdauthor

The first tool simply converts the AVI files to MPEGs. My suggestion is to leave the settings as default (except make sure to specify the aspect ratio). If the file size of the resultant MPEG is too large, then you can repeat the conversion with a lower bitrate (I wouldn't recommend going below 2500). You shouldn't expect anything less than double the size of the original AVI if you want to maintain quality.

The second tool takes those MPEG files and creates the necessary .VOB .TS and .BUP files for a video-compliant DVD. You can also create a basic menu here. Once you have those files, you can simply burn them all to a DVD using standard data-burning software like Nero, or the excellent free ImgBurn (use the 'build' option).

[pam123]

If you haven't already Nero can also set your burner to make DVD-ROM disks (Lite-On does that by default but I don't know what yours is.) thus avoiding a possible problem with an older stand alone dvd player.