<p>i downloaded a 699 mb movie and the file is in avi. i have a dvd burner and i want to get this movie onto a dvd so i can watch it on my dvd player. i am using nero burning program. </p>
<p>questions:</p>
<p>do i have to convert my avi file into another type of file so that nero can burn the movie onto the dvd?</p>
<p>how long does it take to burn it? (i have a 16X DVD + R and i am using memorex dvd + R dvds)</p>
<p>thanks!</p>
<p>Nerovision 7 should be able to convert avi files. Look through your manual. Or...</p>
<p>You'll need the following freeware program (avi2dvd):</p>
<p>The conversion process can take a couple of hours depending on the size of your avi files and your computer's speed and memory.</p>
<p>The write speed will be determined by your media speed rating and your burner. To insure that your burner is working at it's maximum speed, check the following:</p>
<p>Control Panel
System
Hardware
Device Manager
Click on "IDE/ATA/ATAPI Controlers"
Double Click on "Secondary IDE Channel"
Click on the "Advance Settings" Tab
Verify that the transfer mode is "DMA if available" and "Current transfer mode" is "Ultra DMA Mode 2"</p>
<p>If you see "PIO" in any of the selections, your burner will run really slowly...</p>
<p>To remedy a "PIO" setting, click "OK" at the bottom of the dialog box.
At the Device Manager dialog box, right click on "Secondary IDE Channel" and select "Uninstall". </p>
<p>Restart your computer and let XP re-install the Secondary IDE Channel settings: You'll see a series of messages at the lower right corner of your screen. After the settings have been restored, your computer will reboot. Go back to Control Panel/System... and verify that "Ultra DMA 2" appears. You're good to go.</p>
<p>Good luck!</p>
<p>thanks. when i installed avi2dvd program, i click on "load avi/ogm/mkv/wmv". i find my movie then i click "ok". then i click "add job". then i click "go". and then it says "choose an audiostream". when i go to the "choose audiostream" tab, nothing comes down. what is my problem?</p>
<p>I wouldn't suggest you do this. The quality would be horrendous. Every conversion results in quality-loss, and the dvd to .avi has already resulted in a huge one. </p>
<p>The best thing to do would either to download an .iso of the movie or to hook up your computer onto the tv.</p>
<p>As michuncle has pointed out, it's a pretty time consuming process, and you won't likely be happy with the results. Just a friendly warning.</p>
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<p>Converts your avi, mpg, wmv, virtually anything to DVD. And it burns it for ya. All with the press of a button. It's also quite fast when converting.</p>
<p>just get a free program like DVD Shrink that copies your DVDs for you. Rent a bunch, copy em and it burns em for you too (if you have nero and a dvd burner). Great program, easy, fast. Takes ten minutes to copy on my machine.</p>
<p>The following link will give you a step by step tutorial on how to use avi2dvd: </p>
<p>As other posters have pointed out, the quality is only as good as your source material. The more processing you do in the conversion process, the lower the quality of your end product...</p>
<p>Screw all of you guys' posts. I've personally have tried all of them. DVDSanta OWNS.</p>
<p>thanks for ur advice. i actually was looking through other forums and found a program called winavi which is really efficient. it converted an avi in less than 1 hour. then i burned the dvd which took me about an 1h as well.</p>
<p>actually winavi was a demo so when i burned the dvd and watched it, in the center of the image it said "buy winavi pro for only 29.99" so that pretty much ruined my movie.</p>
<p>i tried dvdsanta and seems to take a very long time. (about 45 min just to encode a 20 min episode of "the office") is this how long it takes usually? (this is excluding the burning process)</p>