yes, i tried avi2dvd, and following the guide, i got a message saying "the expected avi size is 9 gb" uhhhhh... it's a 20 min video. how the heck is this possible? the original avi size is 180 mb.
i have ten of these avi files to burn to dvd. i'm looking to do this in the most practical way possible - meaning, good quality, but not NINE FRICKING GIGABYTES FOR 20 MINUTES.
if someone could point me in the right direction, i'd appreciate it. thanks.
It would help if you posted some stats on the video. Get a tool like AviCodec freeware and drop the .AVI file on it and tell us what it gives for video and audio codec, frame rate, aspect ratio etc..
As a wild guess I'd say try dropping the video on GoldWave 4.26 and saving as 16 bit signed stereo .wav file. Then use TMPGEnc Plus to convert to DVD and see if it works normally. Use the .wav file you made with GoldWave as the audio input file.
See guides for setting up TMPGEnc Plus the first time you use it as the defaults just don't fly that well with .AVI files.
Anyway, if you post the info somebody might see something right off.
I've never used Avi2DVD but if this program allows you to reduce your bitrate or quality settings, you should end up with a smaller output file. Usually, when I convert .AVI files to mpeg or DVD format, the file size only doubles at most.
The other thing you can do is look around on www.free-codecs.com and see if there's any mention of an XviD fix. Sometimes programs will report outrageous play times for videos and it's some glitch in the header or something.
It's worth downloading TMPGEnc Plus trial version to see if that gives the same error. If 2 or 3 apps report the same wrong info it may be the input file or a bug in that type of file header or something there's a fix out there for(If I can end my sentence with "a preposition") :)
