How to create DVD-Video disc

[Igor]

How to create DVD-Video disc

Using newest PicturesToExe v4.20 you are able to produce AVI video file which can be easily burned as DVD-Video disc with help of any special software (read below). Even it is possible to create SVCD disc on usual CD-R disc with high quality of image and sound (almost as DVD-Video). PicturesToExe provides fast and lossless transferring of video and audio for converting into DVD-Video format. This allows to keep excellent quality of your presentations and very smooth transition effects.

We highly recommend to use EXE files for playing on PC, and DVD-Video disc for playing on DVD players.

1) Preparing of AVI file file in PicturesToExe:

Start PicturesToExe; open your project; and then call AVI video output dialog ("AVI button in the main window of PicturesToExe").

Choose "NTSC" TV system, if you live in United States, Canada, Japan, Taiwan or South Korea.

Choose "PAL/SECAM" TV system you live in Europe, Australia, Africa, or in any other country.

Select "DVD-Video disc", if you have DVD-Writer or "SVCD disc" if you have usual CD-R/RW drive.

"Interlaced for TV" option is highly recommended to get excellent quality and smoothness of transitions on TV.

You can click "Preview" button to immediately see the resulting presentation playing as video file.

In this mode, please ignore that transitions may be shown not so smooth. But on burned DVD-Video disc all transition effects will play excellent as in usual EXE file.

Also we recommend to make sure that text fonts are enough large to be readable on the screen of TV.

Now click the "Create AVI file" button and PicturesToExe will produce video file within 10-30 seconds.

Important note: Please don't click "Finish" button until you didn't fully burn the DVD-Video disc.

2) Converting and burning AVI video file into DVD-Video disc:

PicturesToExe can not burn DVD-Video, so you need to make use of any special software which can convert produced AVI video file into DVD-Video format and burn the disc.

We recommend you to use Ulead DVD MovieFactory2 http://www.ulead.com/store/dmf/runme.htm which can do it. Also you will able to make simple DVD menu.

(In this program, please don't forget to choose NTSC or PAL/SECAM in the Preferences window. To call this window, press F6 key).

Please click the "Finish" button in PicturesToExe when the disc will be fully written.

(Temporary AVI video file will be automatically deleted, because it is intended only for converting into DVD-Video format.)

Enjoy with your recorded DVD-Video or SVCD discs!

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Note: Advanced users can use "Create custom AVI video file" option for various purposes. This allows to produce AVI video file with necessary audio and video codecs (MPEG4, MJPEG, etc).

[Truelight]

Are there any free tools which will accomplish what you're suggesting we use the Ulead product to do? Other alternatives? For instance, Nero will burn an SVCD disc, but not from an .avi file, one must have an .mpg file for this purpose. So, if it were easy to convert the .avi file to .mpg, this might be possible.

I tested a demo version of AVI-to-MPG converter

AVI-to-MPG Converter

and it would not read the .AVI file produced by PTE. (For that matter, when I select Custom, VCD, SVCD, or DVD-Video Disc, they all create an .AVI file... what's the difference between them??).

I guess the bottom line is what other alternatives do I have other than Ulead DVD Movie Factory? Are there other ways / tools for getting a PTE-generated .AVI to disc?

Thanks...