does anyone know whats the best free avi decoder software out there

You have it already with any operating system and media player.
Maybe you meant something else. What do you want to do exactly?

Are you talking about avi codecs? If so then you can download it for free here. This codec is for Windows because I'm assuming that's the OS that you're using.

thanks for info cyber as it turns out my dvd player wont play avi movies lol welcome to my world

What type of burning program are you using? I use Nero StartSmart and it automatically converts .avi's, mpegs, etc. into DVD format.

I think maybe you want to convert AVI files to other format,eg.DVD,then you can burn and play it,right?
If this,i can tell you how I do this work.I usually convert avi to dvd first,then burn it to disc.So i can play it on my dvd player or pc.And i use winavi for conversion,nero for burn.If you like, you can try trial version first.
good luck

Or you can use http://www.dvdsanta.com that will convert your files and burn them within two easy steps...

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Ok, I am so confused. I'm new. I have Nero StartSmart and I downloaded an avi file. I tried to open it so I could burn it to a DVD and it wouldn't let me. Am I missing a step?

Did you select Make Your Own DVD-Video when you opened up Nero? Once you select that then you click on Add Video Files. Once you've done that just go through the next couple of steps and then you can burn your DVD.

Let me know if this helped any.

I did do that but it says that I need to upgrade my Nero. It brings up a buy it now screen or something like that. I have StartSmart. I believe it's Nero 6.