Please help.. burning .avi files
 

I did a search on this, and it did return some advice that I followed, and still I'm having trouble.

The advice was to use Super Converter which I dowloaded. I am getting error messages every time when I try to convert. The error messages are not giving me specific reasons, rather several possible scenarios. It's saying I don't have enough disc space, which I have a ton, or the file is incomplete, it's also saying to uncheck Use Direct Show, then when I do that it says to check Direct Show. I'm sure I have all the codecs.

What I was doing before was using Windows Movie Maker to covert the format and then using Sonic to burn the dvd. The end result is very poor quality with the audio not matching the video.

The files I'm starting with are perfect dvd rips.

What is the best method for doing all this?

Any help would be greatly appreciated. :)

I've found Nero7 to work for all files that I've desired to burn to a DVD...as long as the file is not so big as it requires compression to fit on a single DVD, things turn out just marvelous

So you don't have to convert from avi format to burn from Nero?

Nero does the conversion internally...simple as pie actually, which is why I've been using it...I find it such a PITA to have to do the conversion, then creation of VOB files, then burning...Nero7 has made it soooooooo simple...well worth the i.nvestment, just wait until its on super sale for under $50 US...

My computer came with Sonic DVD Plus, so I use that. Works well. Check if yours came with something

Okay, just a bit more confusion.

I have Nero 7 now. I've used it to burn avi movies to DVD's three times.
One time the video worked in my DVD player and it looked excellent. The other two times, I got an error message on my DVD player saying that this disc might not have a playback option.

I did all three exactly the same way, and they were all avi files.

Now I'm gonna pull my hair out!!:mad:

I had very similar problems when I started out... I use Nero 6 and I was having playback problems (such as it jumping all over the place, read errors,etc)... the best solution I found wasn't with my software but with my DVD player.
If you can, the best ********** you can make is to get a DVD player with DivX and MPeg4 features. I got a recordable one for £100 which was pretty good considering it plays absolutely everything I chuck at it. I was advised this by someone on here a while ago, and its really paid off.
If you check the playback of your burned DVD's on your computer and they play fine but not in your stand alone DVD player, then maybe you should consider this option... its well worth it.

Also, if you get one with DivX on it you don't even have to bother transcoding your DVD's... you can just burn your DVD's as a Data disc which takes a couple of minutes, and they play great and you can fit loads on one disc.

:( Thanks everyone. My dvd player is new but not an expensive one.

Should I try to reformat all the avi files into something else just to be safe? And should I use Super to do that?

You can use SUPER to do that... it is supposed to be the best solution for many users, although I haven't tried it myself.
But i've been told off another member to bear in mind that you will still have to run it through Nero again, which will transcode it again... it is time consuming but apparantly its supposed to work.