If your video is 16:9 (widescreen - has black borders on top and bottom during playback), then select 16/9, otherwise choose 4/3 for Full Screen mode. Declare the language of this audio stream as whatever it is, so your DVD player can identify it. Notice that you have an option to "Choose Audio Stream" and "Choose Audio Language" with AVI files there will only be one audio stream 9 times out of 10. IFO file when you tried to load a file, it is already in AVI Mode. Firstly, as mentioned in the previous paragraph, the program has to be in AVI Mode. In the screenshot above, I have marked out areas to pay attention to for now. AVI Input Settings With an AVI file loaded, the Step 1 Input tab displays information. For example, video_cd1.srt and video_cd2.srt. Additionally, if you have subtitle files ( SRT etc.) that are associated with the videos, name them the exact same filenames and they can also be included in the same manner. If you do this, then you will not need to merge the AVI files together. So for example, video_cd1.avi and video_cd2.avi.
Note: If you have a movie in two halves, then change the filenames of both to be the exact same except they include CD1, CD2 etc. First however, you must click the Load File button and locate the AVI file you wish to convert to DVD. The program will also be on the Step 1 Input tab by default, and this is exactly where we will start. In DVD Mode, it will read directly from a DVD-Video compilation on your hard disk drive.
avi files, or Matroska video files, or OGM video files in this mode. The program is not as complicated as it might first appear in fact you really should only have to read over this guide one time and after that you will have the whole process down. As we progress through the guide, we will change tabs. Introducing Avi2DVD Avi2DVD has five main tabs in the program, separated into steps Step 1 Input, Step 2 Output, Step 3 Encoders, Step 4 Subtitles and Step 5 DVD Menu. Also, it is worth mentioning that Avi2DVD will allow you to add subs (.srt or. There will also be some temporary files taking up some space. When Avi2DVD is done you will have a VIDEO_TS folder with your DVD files.
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Choose all of the available install options to maximize compatibility.
Avi2DVD is completely free and comes fully loaded to do the job with just some input settings from you.įollow the Guide Author on Twitter: & RequirementsĪvi2DVD Required: You must download and install the Avi2DVD package (30MB). In this guide, we look at using a simple piece of sofware called Avi2DVD to convert AVI files to DVD-Video, so that we can watch it on any DVD player.