I'm on a Macbook with 1 gb ram and using IDVD to make dvd's from avi files. They take nearly 2 hours to burn, however, and I was wondering if there was a faster way of doing it. maybe a third-party program or converting the .avi before burning? thanks
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I use handbrake and it works well!
you could also try www.versiontracker.com or www.macupdate.com
both will have tons just search "burn" and read the reviews to make sure you are not downloading junk.
you could also try www.versiontracker.com or www.macupdate.com
both will have tons just search "burn" and read the reviews to make sure you are not downloading junk.
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all the programs will take around the same amount of time.. If you want it to be faster you need to upgrade your computer or buy a new one.
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I do find that iDVD is quite slow when converting. It also has a massive verification step that takes as long as the original burn. Unfortunately, the only other free program I have found is CLI only (dvdauthor, the one I use when I'm on my Linux boxes).
I usually 'burn' to a disk image and then write that to an actual disk separately, but the encoding process is still slower than other programs on the same machine. For instance, if I convert the file with AVIDemux (an X11 program, and very ugly, but works) it's loads faster than iDVD.
I usually 'burn' to a disk image and then write that to an actual disk separately, but the encoding process is still slower than other programs on the same machine. For instance, if I convert the file with AVIDemux (an X11 program, and very ugly, but works) it's loads faster than iDVD.
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