[Help] Exporting to DVD File/Video

[[Mike of the Desert]]

Hi Guys.

I'm having huge problems to show some Anime/AMV to my friends/parents.
All the files are .Avi (Xvid), but creating a DvD video not only takes 6-7 Hours of encoding, but in the end the video is blocky, and it often stops while the audio doesn't.

And -This is strange- when I do a DVD with the Files of these videos/episodes,
my Player doesn't read them and when another does, they're absolutely unacceptable (They're Blocky, distrupted and after some time they stop to be read).

Again I'm sorry for my english that yeah, it's hard to understand while talking of so "Technical" things,
but I hope you understood the problem.

Any Idea of what could I try? (If you can't understand something just notice me)

[Keeper of Hellfire]

To begin with, XviD encoded video isn't a good base for making a DVD. It's already hard compressed, so recompressing it to MPEG2 will result in a huge quality loss. I think that's the reason for the blockiness. In addition, it probably has to be resized, what's bad for the quality either. So the only advice - rise the bitrate as high as possible. Or in case the AMV's are from you, use the lossless master for the encode.

The other problem may be caused by the quality of the DVD. The only advice I can give you is trial and error. Reduce burning speed, try a different brand, if you did use +R try -R (or reverse).

[Lavisblade]

I LOVE ConvertXtoDVD for putting Xvid onto DVD. It's very user friendly and quality is great. It even supports AVS files so your able to put in blocks for television overscan so subtitles do not get cut off.

Other then that... like the previous person said. Burn at slow speeds whats the difference 20 min burn vs 10 min burn?

I dont agree with the Xvid to MPEG2 causing the blockiness I have burned a ton of Xvid to DVD and they really are DVD quality in standalone players. Thats assuming your Xvid source looks reasonable to begin with! -.- Oh btw DVD-R's are the best media to use when your trying to get stuff to play in DVD players.

[Scintilla]

Oh btw DVD-R's are the best media to use when your trying to get stuff to play in DVD players.

That depends entirely on the DVD player. I'm sure there are plenty still in use that will play DVD+Rs but not DVD-Rs.

[Shazzy]

Is there a way for you to hook up your computer to the TV using an AV cable? Most TVs have that capability; my TV is ten years old and it works great. You're looking for a white, red, and yellow pin cable that hooks into your computer's video port on one end and into 3 ports on the front or back of your TV.

That way you won't have to burn to DVD and the quality will be better.

[Lavisblade]

Oh btw DVD-R's are the best media to use when your trying to get stuff to play in DVD players.

That depends entirely on the DVD player. I'm sure there are plenty still in use that will play DVD+Rs but not DVD-Rs.

http://www.videohelp.com/dvdplayers

Then look up your DVD player... I will say however. DVD-R's are the majority leader when it comes to players.

DVD-R is a non-rewriteable format and it is compatible with about 93% of all DVD Players

[[Mike of the Desert]]

Is there a way for you to hook up your computer to the TV using an AV cable? Most TVs have that capability; my TV is ten years old and it works great. You're looking for a white, red, and yellow pin cable that hooks into your computer's video port on one end and into 3 ports on the front or back of your TV.

That way you won't have to burn to DVD and the quality will be better.

Yeah I know thanks. But sadly the Television is about one Floor and 15 Meters far from my PC. Anyway thanks to everyone for your suggestions, I'll see what can I do.