Video Compression help? or toast?

I have a video file thats about 800mb and am trying to burn it to dvd to watch on my home tv. When I try and burn it with Toast 6 Titanium it says there is not enough free space on the disk **(it is blank by the way)** So can anyone recommend me a different program for burning video files, or something to compress it with?

Try using HandBrake to compress the file

http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/macosx/21117

It's free and Universal Binary

everytime i tried to open my file (which is .avi by the way) it woudldn't do it. Something about invalid file. Any other suggestions?

What did you use to rip the video? I use MacTheRipper, then compress it more with HandBrake. After ripping you should have a folder on your Hard Drive containing 2 folders; video_ts & audio_ts

Its not in video/audio format its in AVI, and i downloaded the video so no ripping was necessary, does anyone have any suggestions on a better burner then the highly over-rated toast or a compressor?

try using mactheripper to backup your own dvd then use popcorn to compress and burn it

jeffreyz said:

try using mactheripper to backup your own dvd then use popcorn to compress and burn it

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Its not a dvd, its AVI. . . .its times like these i wish i was using a pc. there are hundereds of burning programs for pc but it seems as if Toast and Idvd are the only 2 for mac.

Use ffmpegX to convert it to dvd format. Then burn it. Simple.