avi to good quality playback on dvd player

[nod32]

I have a couple avi files that im planning on burning to dvd to watch on the tv. I was going to just convert them to the standard dvd format, but i read that this would result is a large decrease in quality (makes sense). It also said a better way to do this would be to burn a divx dvd and turn on somekind of deblocking filter?

What would be the best way around this? Can you point me to a guide maybe?

thanks
nod32

 

[Not Bman]

I have been using DVDFlick for quite awhile now and I am very happy with it.

It compresses most files very well with hardly any quality loss on it. Try it out and you will like it as well.

 

[nod32]

thanks for your reply. Ill try it out. I was also reading around and it kind of seems like the firmware of the dvd burner matters. I have some oem pioneer drive but theres nothing to download at thier site. Is it worth my while updating it?

 

[Not Bman]

I have never updated firmware on a dvd burner. I have also never had problems with quality or speed or anything. The only time I see updated it being useful is if the drive is very old, even then I don't know how much it would help.

 

[Tuffgong4]

nothing beats dvd flick...the easiest and best of all the converters I've tried, will even burn directly to disc if that option is chosen.

 

[_kC_]

convertxtodvd is very good & simple

 

[nod32]

I think i'll just stick to dvdflick or convertxtodvd then
thanks for the responses

 

[tdinc]

dvdflick is the way to go 🙂 good stuff

 

[dreamliner77]

Divx is only good if your DVD player supports Divx playback.

Go with dvdflick.

 

[Tweakfiend]

AVI to DVD Video Converter Software VSO ConvertXtoDVD

It has to be this program.( Convert X to DVD )
It always works and is very simple

 

[Dark Atheist]

http://www.trustfm.net/divx/SoftwareAvi2Dvd.php?b2=1 - can use Cinema craft encoder or or encoders with it - have used that a few times

 

[kcnychief]

Sorry to bump and old thread, but I was searching for something to convert avi to DiVX so I could play them on a DVD player. DVDFlick did all that and more -amazing program that far exceeded my needs and expectations. Even better = Open Source!!

 

[Dark Atheist]

edit the fourcc to make it think its divx, xvid and divx near same anyway

 

[kcnychief]

Working great with .avi - can't seem to convert .mkv's though. Anyone else having this problem?

 

[Dark Atheist]

mkv is normally x264 - will need a conversion to avi/xvid, if in the unlikely event of xvid being in the mkv, do a demux or audio and video and remux into avi container

 

[kcnychief]

OK not really sure what that means 😛

So you are saying I need to go from mk4 to avi first, then use DVDflick? Can I do that with DVDFlick (mk4 to avi conversion) or do I need something else?

 

[Dark Atheist]

never used dvdflick, although looking @ http://www.dvdflick.net/features.php seems to show mkv is supported, so looks like you can just do a straight conversion

 

[kcnychief]

Will give it a go later on today when I'm home or tomorrow - thanks. Haven't done much outside of straight DVD "archiving" before a few days ago :ninja: