How do I turn a .avi file into a VCD/DVD that I watch with a DVD player?

Question

I'm trying to burn some Pokemon movies into DVD/VCD's for my little brother's birthday since I'm broke..

I have absolutely no idea where to start.

First of all do I need a blank CD-R or DVD?

Do I need a special program or just the Windows writing program?

Do I need an external burner or will my DVD and CD drive on my hard drive do fine?

If someone could instruct me to do this I'd be very grateful

Thank you

Answer 1

Download this first: (its free and Open source)

http://www.dvdflick.net/

And then Try reading this guide:

http://lifehacker.com/software/dvds/hack...

The Windows (Xp) default WMM does not support Avi to DVD-watchable conversions.

Answer 2

I think simplest would be to install Nero...

You need to insert blank cd/dvd into your cd/dvd drive (ofcourse you will need cd/dvd writer)

then open nero...u shld find "make video CD/DVD" option

Select that and select the video file (.avi) which you want to write.

Rest should be simple...

Hope that helps...

Answer 3

Total Video2Dvd can help you convert avi movies to dvd simply and directly, work on home dvd player

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

2. click "DVD menu", preview dvd menu

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

a. easily convert avi or other popular video formats(such as youtube flv, mpg, xvid, divx, mp4, 3gp, mkv, rm, rmvb, mov, wmv, ogm, ts etc.) to dvd or ISO image file.

b. support srt, sub, ssa, ***, smi, psb, tex, idx subtitles

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

e. support photo slideshow to dvd, more than 300 kinds of effects.

f. easy to use, only a few clicks,

you can download this program FREE:

http://www.google.com/search?&q=total+av...

or

http://www.google.com/search?&q=Video2Dv...

Answer 4

Step by step guide:

http://www.topsreviews.com/guides/cucuso...

Unbiased reviews and side-by-side comparisons of the DVD creator give you enough information to research the ins and outs of a particular product:

http://www.topsreviews.com/reviews/dvd-c...

Also, you can search some other software:

http://www.ask.com

Answer 5

1.you need a DVD Burner to burn DVD, so make sure your DVD Drive has DVD+RW or DVD-RW symbol

2.you need software to burn avi  to dvd, I always use Aimersoft DVD Creator, it can easily convert all popular video formats (AVI, MP4, MPG, MPEG, 3GP, WMV, ASF, RM, RMVB, DAT, MOV, FLV, etc) to DVD and burn DVD movie played on portable and home DVD players, that's very good, you can check it out here for free:

http://www.aimersoft.com/dvd-creator.htm...

Of course, http://answers.yahoo.com can give you more options

Answer 6

get cucusoft Mpeg/Mov/RMVB/DivX/AVI to DVD/VCD/SVCD Converter - Video Converter (Pro) http://www.allforvideo.com/movie-video-t... , it has a dvd burner insider, you can burn a dvd after conversion, it's only $29.95, works great for me. you can get a free trial if you want from the link i provided.

Answer 7

you can view this guide about how to burn avi movies to dvd step by step,

http://www.flash-video-soft.com/burn-dvd...

hope it is useful to you,

If you still have question, you can use yahoo to search for more answers http://answers.yahoo.com or feel free to contact me,

Answer 8

Yes. If you want to make a VCD you'll need a CD

a DVD-VIDEO a DVD.

Make sure his player can read CD-R's VCDs or you will be wasting your time.

Yes, you need Nero, Sonic, Roxio or another program.

If you have DVD burner its ok.

Please limit your questions, Its a lot of work for 2 points!

If you have VISTA PREMIUM you can use Movie Maker

Answer 9

see guides @ videohelp.com and dvdhelp.com

use nero burning rom in 30 day trial mode to burn.

it will also test your existing drive for proper operation

Answer 10

I was doing some of this work the other day.  WindowVista will allow certain DVD disks to be Mastered.  That is to make it readable on most conventional DVD players.  

Disk formats: like Divx doesn't work on a DVD player.  The stock Windows writing programs will acknowledge any copyright instructions on DVDs.  On the other hand there are things like DVD decrypter.  Works great.  Then you need a program that can allow you to edit your video files.  Well, that's as far as I got.  Good luck.