Do I have to change an AVI movie file to something else in order fo it to work when burning it to a dvd?

Question

I tried burning a AVI file to a 8x DVD-R Multi-Purpose disk with BurnQuick when it finished burning I tried to play it in many different DVD players and it wouldn't work, the screen either read WRONG DISK or NO DISK

Answer 1

AVI's are not readable by most DVD players unless they are a DivX or Xvid player. You would need an application similar to Power Producer to covert those to DVD files.  

Answer 2

Total Video2Dvd can help you convert avi movies to dvd simply and directly,

1. click "New project", add video files, then click "OK"

2. click "DVD menu", preview dvd menu

3. click "Output", click "Convert and Burn" start burn DVD.

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c. support dvd menu with background music, with a lot of templates

d. support download youtube and other video share website video, then burn to dvd

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f. easy to use, only a few clicks,

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or

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Answer 3

get a free converter that converts AVI to VOB. VOB is the format that DVD players use.  

Answer 4

Most DVD players won't read an .avi file - you need a specific program that burns a disk that will play on TV DVD players. You need to create a VIDEO_TS folder to play the disk on a TV - otherwise it will only play on a computer with a DVD drive, but even then it won't play as a DVD, it will play as a data disk.

Roxario has a lot of easy to use DVD burning software at great prices. Personally I use Toast Titanium, but I'm on a Mac so it might not work if you have a PC.

In a nutshell, you need a program designed to create a TV-playable DVD. Then you can import all types of media and convert them to a VIDEO_TS folder you can burn to the blank DVD. You can also create menu screens and add chapters if you want.

Good luck!

Answer 5

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You just use a DVD Creator to burn them to DVD, then you can play it on DVD Player.

I know a appl named Wondershare Video to DVD Burner, it can convert various video ( AVI, MP4, MPG, MPEG, 3GP, WMV, ASF, RM, RMVB, DAT, MO) to DVD.

It is worth to try:

http://www.dvd-ripper-copy.com/video-to-...

PS, it can combine your video files into video slideshows with beautiful transition effects and a customizable menu, I think it is a different from other DVD Creators.

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Answer 6

Cucusoft Video to DVD Creator is a good choice. It converts popular video formats such as AVI, MPEG, WMV, DivX, DV, VOB to DVD and burn DVD movie played on portable or home DVD player. Any video to to VCD/DVD/SVCD is even faster than real-time.

Free download here:

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Answer 7

dude dont listen to them the resone is the disk is not in the right format in north America we us ntsc format in the uk they pal you can get a program called convert x to dvd you have to pay for it but if you dont want to go to isohunt.com and get it from there  the program will do it all for you