Convert avi files to something that plays on VCD/DVD player

**Hampsha** · 07-03-2012, 08:57 AM

Does anyone have a fast, free and easy-to-use program that will convert .avi movies to something that is playable on a regular DVD player? I have some kids cartoons that I want to get on disks so that the kids can watch them by themselves on the family tv. As it is, .avi won't play on our dvd player.

Thanks for any responses.

**Happy As Larry** · 07-03-2012, 09:24 AM

I use "ConvertXToDVD" and it works fine.
It is free

**Hampsha** · 07-03-2012, 09:45 AM

Thanks for the idea. I just searched that and found its not freeware. It's 49 bucks.

**mellow** · 07-03-2012, 09:59 AM

AVI2DVD is free, but takes a long time.

**peterpan** · 07-03-2012, 10:06 AM

far easier to buy a media player that plays all the files you want, I fcked around for a long time trying to convert files, doable but waste of time.

**Spin** · 07-03-2012, 10:26 AM

Odd as is sounds, those shitty brands of dvd player in tesco's like "family" and "aj" play virtually anything you throw at them including avi's.
Burn a few of your movies to cd/dvd as avi and take the dics to big c / tesco and get them to see if they play before you buy. These players cost about 900 baht and great for a kids room as it doesn't matter if they destroy it

Myself I use one of these but I bought in the UK, not seen them in Thailand.

The western Digital company have a media player "live tv" or something like that, it does the same thing.

**adzt1** · 07-03-2012, 10:48 AM

^ that's the best idear . I brought one over that I bought at Mapplin . I did buy one at carrefour last year , it said on the box that it plays avi but didn't so id take a did with avi files on it and test the player before u buy.

the other bonus of an avi player is u can fit say 6 movies on 1 dvd .

also converting takes ages and fuks up a lot. as an avi file is compressed and to convert to dvd it needs to fill / uncompress the blank spots.

**Butterfly** · 07-03-2012, 10:55 AM

Originally Posted by Spin

Odd as is sounds, those shitty brands of dvd player in tesco's like "family" and "aj" play virtually anything you throw at them including avi's.

yep, they will pay all kind of codecs, better than "mainstream" brands, probably because "codecs" license, if any, weren't paid

**Happy As Larry** · 07-03-2012, 12:02 PM

Originally Posted by Butterfly

Originally Posted by Spin

Odd as is sounds, those shitty brands of dvd player in tesco's like "family" and "aj" play virtually anything you throw at them including avi's.

yep, they will pay all kind of codecs, better than "mainstream" brands, probably because "codecs" license, if any, weren't paid

Possibly but I haven't found one yet to play mkv files and I have tried several of the Tesco/Big C brands.
Several up market brands advertise that they play mkv but I am not prepared to pay the price they want. I would rather convert those files.

Can you suggest one of the "shitty brands of dvd player in tesco's like "family" and "aj" " that might be suitable?

**harrybarracuda** · 07-03-2012, 12:29 PM

If your player has a "DivX" logo on it (normally where the Dolby and other logos are), then use DivX Converter. It even puts a simple menu on the disc.

**Butterfly** · 07-03-2012, 01:14 PM

Originally Posted by Happy As Larry

Possibly but I haven't found one yet to play mkv files and I have tried several of the Tesco/Big C brands.

for that you would need the "high end" players, my Samsung DVD BR will actually play those, but not all of them as sometimes the encoding is shit and there is some strange interlace

some cheap "Media players" will also play them, but the "digital" audio encoding sometimes doesn't get through

**harrybarracuda** · 07-03-2012, 01:54 PM

The most comprehensive video converter I've found is "Super Video Converter" from erightsoft (Free).

But take a look in this thread and look at the Brite-view.

I have disks and DNLA/UPNP servers all over the house, this finds them all and streams from them without difficulty (well, once I upgraded the Home WLAN!).

Plays a 20Gb Bluray movie ripped onto MKV, and that's probably the hardest test I could give it.

**Kwang** · 07-03-2012, 02:25 PM

Most of the TV sets in Tesco Lotus have USB sockets nowadays.

Convert X to DVD is OK, but takes an hour to convert. You can get it for free off The Pirate Bay

**boatboy** · 07-03-2012, 02:34 PM

$5 HDMI plug from ebay
Plug the computer in to TV
Play with VLC

**harrybarracuda** · 07-03-2012, 06:29 PM

Originally Posted by boatboy

$5 HDMI plug from ebay
Plug the computer in to TV
Play with VLC

I think he wants the computer for himself, hence the topic: "Convert avi files to something that plays on VCD/DVD player"

**Hampsha** · 10-03-2012, 08:12 AM

You're right harry. I checked out the stuff you recommended. Eset found a virus of something in the download and terminated the connection. I looked for the brightview link but couldn't find one. The pic you posted was form ebay. What is that device called?

**harrybarracuda** · 10-03-2012, 01:02 PM

I have two of these, one for the Projector and one for the LCD in the bedroom.

Best I've found.

Amazon.com: New Arrival! brite-View "CinemaTube Mini (BV-5005HD Mini CT)" 3-in-1 1080p Full HD Networking Multimedia Player/Streamer/Torrent Downloader, Black (HDMI cable INCLUDED): Electronics

**Butterfly** · 12-03-2012, 09:41 AM

^ you are probably missing a DIVX player in the toilet

**harrybarracuda** · 12-03-2012, 05:34 PM

Originally Posted by Butterfly

^ you are probably missing a DIVX player in the toilet

As usual, you're talking gibberish, you retard.

Try and be at least a little bit amusing, eh?

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