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i was wondering if toast can burn .avi files to DVD. everytime i drag and drop an .avi file into it, it always comes up as encoding error. am i setting Toast up correctly to burn .avi, or is there a step i'm missing??
 
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avi's can be tricky as they depend on the way they were encoded... Certain types encoded with Windows Media Player 10 can't currently be played at all AFAIK.

I'd try converting it to something else, such as .mov and see if that'll work better for you...

Try FFmpegX to convert the file...
 
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.mov's realign the audio and video, correct?? and i think they increase the file size if i'm not mistaken. should i just convert them to .avi or .avi DiVX??
 
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You can try Divx Doctor II, just be sure you check "Decompress Audio".
Yes , the resulting .mov will be bigger, but you can export it to whatever format DVD uses from Quicktime and that will knock it down some.
 

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