BooZker 0 Report post Posted June 17, 2006 I have looked all over the far corners of the internet for a video converter. No, not a .mov to .wmv or anything like that. I want ANYTHING to a DVD. No VCDs or anything like that. I want this because i make movies for my site http://forums.xisto.com/no_longer_exists/ (no, nothing illegal going on here) and i would like to put them on DVDs, but they are in .wmv and .avi and others and i can't find any free software that is any good without watermarks or time limits on the internet. I was thinking about buying the program from Roxio, but its like $80+ and i want to make sure there is no free software like that. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
fffanatics 0 Report post Posted June 17, 2006 I dont know of anything free to do this since i use CCE which def isnt free. I know Nero Vision transcodes anything to DVDs because it is what i used to use. You can try that. There also is TMPGEnc and Sonic which both have conversion software. I am not sure if either are free but i know that TMPGEnc is a very good piece of software. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rvalkass 5 Report post Posted June 17, 2006 I advise you read this guide. It explains everything pretty clearly and suggests software to use throughout. There's also a massive list of all sorts of DVD tutorials from simply burning your movie to adding a complex menu system here. This section specifically contains information about creating DVD Mpeg videos and converting other formats to them. I don't know of any software that will convert anything to a DVD Mpeg 2 file, but there are lots of pieces of freeware that will convert one file type to a DVD. The best places to look are in the tutorials listed above or Sourceforge. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
moldboy 0 Report post Posted June 17, 2006 You could try TMPGEnc, it's not my favourite program but lots of people seem to like it it will make a mpg-2 stream for later burning to DVD, free trial of that feature.http://www.tmpgenc.net/ Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BooZker 0 Report post Posted June 17, 2006 OK thanks. Yah i dont want any menu features or anything, just straight burning to a dvd and watch it on a dvd player. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ngjeffy 0 Report post Posted June 26, 2006 you can try mediacodar.. it is open source !!! heee. try it! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BooZker 0 Report post Posted June 27, 2006 mediacodar... hmmm i'll try it out. Have you used it before? If you have is it any good. Is it fast? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
brautigam 0 Report post Posted June 30, 2006 I would say that WinAVI is the best thing that you are looking for. It converts anything to DVD as you asked and it also converts DVD to anything. Some of the supported extensions are .avi, .mpg, .mpeg, .mp4, .mov, .wmv.WinAVI is probably the best all around video converter based on user reviews on the internet. I have been using it for about two years and it has never failed me. It has always worked perfectly and I have been able to burn the DVD file it made right onto a DVD with any DVD burning program. In fact, WinAVI actually has a program inside it to burn directly to a DVD but I would recommend using your own designated program for doing so. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
