stiscooby

Anyone got any recommendations of software to use for converting AVI files to another file format so I can then burn them onto a DVD (my DVD player will not play AVI files).

I have tried using Nero, as this "should" do it, but it seemed to have a problem in that when watching it back the sound was a few seconds ahead of what you was actually watching!?!?!? Seemed to be something to do with the way Nero was processing the file as exporting it to a mpg file had the same problem.

So looking for something else to do the job?

Ant

AVI to DVD Video Converter Software VSO ConvertXtoDVD Download now

brilliant bit of software and quick, if you try some looking you could find a free one off the to33ent sites

HankScorpio

Get yourself a DVD player that plays avis, save yourself a lot of time/hassle. They can be had for less than 30 quid these days.

Or somehting like this
Western Digital TV HD 1080P Media Player: Amazon.co.uk: Electronics & Photo
or a popcorn.

Life's too short for cConverting and burning

paulg1979

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I use visualhub to convert avi to dvd. Top program and can convert to lots of formats.

stiscooby

To be honest I haven't got that much stuff in .avi format just a few things I was going to stick on DVD. Don't really want to go getting another DVD player as my currently one is also a recorder and is a half decent one so wouldn't want to get rid of it and got enough devices under the TV as it is

That Western Digital device looks quite handy, only drawback is you need another USB drive to plug into it, again yet another device under/around the TV. Mind you guess thats not such a bad thing as you wouldn’t be limited in the future for HDD space.

Never heard of a Popcorn either but upon doing a quick search they seem to be a good box of tricks?

HankScorpio

Popcorn is pretty much king of hd playback at the mo.
For you're situation, you could use a diskless popcorn or WD player like above and just stick occasional things on usb stick.
Popcorn also networks so added bonus there.

Few other options on here:
KJ Global Ltd. Multi-Media Players

jaytc2003

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with nero make sure that the encoding option isnt set to ntsc. that has a habit of making the audio out of sync with the visual

scoobymad555

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ffmpeg on linux ftw

stiscooby

Thanks for the tip, was already set to PAL.