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I was wondering if anyone knows how to burn movie files (.avi for example) onto a dvd so that it would function and play on a normal dvd player. Thank you for all your help.
 
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Roxio's Toast does that sort of thing on-the-fly.
 
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You can get toast for free. Or you can get a program called Prism (for free), which converts .avi into other formats like .mov or mpeg-4 and other formats.
I use toast-start with .avi file, then choose 'DVD-video' and burn on a cd-plays in my DVD players.
 
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Jade B said:
You can get toast for free. Or you can get a program called Prism (for free), which converts .avi into other formats like .mov or mpeg-4 and other formats.
I use toast-start with .avi file, then choose 'DVD-video' and burn on a cd-plays in my DVD players.
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Toast is a pay-for, commercial product. If you're referring to pirated software, be aware that we don't permit discussion of illegal activity on this forum.
 
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No i said free, not illegal. If there are none for free that are legit, then forget it.
 
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Burn is free and should do the job. Give it a try as the price is right.
 
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Wait a tic, i had burn but every time i try to convert the file top VCD format for instance, it would quit unexpectedly and show that pop up. It made me angry lol.
 
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Another user here on the forums had issues going to DVD format. I tried to duplicate it but it worked for me every time.
 
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I tried converting to every format, divx dvd, vcd, and etc. but it kept on closing still.
 
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My testing was done on a G5 Power PC machine. I will later when I get back home try Burn on my Intel Mac and see if I run into the problems you are having and get back to you.
 

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