Avi 2 Vcd?

[KillerKong]

Is it possible to convert .avi to VCD? i have a digital cam and records .avi i burned it to a dvd+rw...but wont play on my dvd player. i think...but not sure, that i need to convert the .avi to VCD. Can someone help...if this can be done.

[RJ]

Well, yes it can be done, but you said you burned the avi to a DVD+RW. That means that you have a DVD burner. In that case, forget VCD and SVCD. If your "digital cam" is a DV camcorder, then VCD and SVCD will have poor quality.

Create DVDs. What you need is a program that encodes the avi to MPEG-2, and then a program that creates the dvd title set.
Such programs should have come with your DVD burner unit. . unless you bought it OEM, but even then there could be a program bundled with it, so you should check that.

RJ

[KillerKong]

What programs are good for that type of encoding? i have nero 6...if that helps any

[RJ]

TMPGEnc, ProCoder and CCE are. Nero is not. You can download a trial of TMPGEnc and CCE. It might seem a bit difficult at the beginning, though, but these are very good encoders.
You can author them with Nero once you have the mpeg file if you like.

RJ

[GrfxArt]

...for encoding and "easy" DVD authoring I've been using TMPGEnc 3.0 Xpress and TMPGEnc DVD Author progams. I like the easy and simple user interfaces that both programs have....

I think DVD-Lab, another great DVD authoring program, has a special deal for the TMPGEnc encoder if you buy their program.

Here's some links:

http://www.pegasys-inc.com/en/product/te3xp.html

http://www.mediachance.com/

[KillerKong]

Sweet...thanks for the help guys...i tryed TMPGEnc and it worked great...thanks for the help