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PHoynak · Apr 26, 2005, 01:21 PM

I am trying to burn DVD's from AVI files of a TV show (Dr Who) but I am having a bear of a time. When I drug the file into iDVD it burned but the screen was all white with no sound. When I try to use Toast Titanium it changes the video format to PAL on me each time.

Do I need to convert the AVI file to something else before I can burn the DVD? What software do I need?

Thanks

von Wrangell · Apr 26, 2005, 01:32 PM

Originally Posted by PHoynak

I am trying to burn DVD's from AVI files of a TV show (Dr Who) but I am having a bear of a time. When I drug the file into iDVD it burned but the screen was all white with no sound. When I try to use Toast Titanium it changes the video format to PAL on me each time.

Do I need to convert the AVI file to something else before I can burn the DVD? What software do I need?

Thanks

Try not to drug it.

Anyone seen my coat?

Jacke · Apr 26, 2005, 02:00 PM

Does the file play in Quicktime? iDVD uses Quicktime for importing (afaik)...

You can also try converting the file to MPEG-2 first, using something like ffmpegX (I think it has a quick setting for DVD-video) and then burning that with Toast as a regular UDF.

Edit: A tip if you don't want to waste a DVD with Toast: you can choose to save as a disc image to your harddrive that you can mount with Toast and see if it plays with the Apple DVD-player.

And I agree with von Wrangell about the drugs.

SLam · Apr 26, 2005, 02:05 PM

Originally Posted by PHoynak

I am trying to burn DVD's from AVI files of a TV show (Dr Who) but I am having a bear of a time. When I drug the file into iDVD it burned but the screen was all white with no sound. When I try to use Toast Titanium it changes the video format to PAL on me each time.

Do I need to convert the AVI file to something else before I can burn the DVD? What software do I need?

Thanks

The AVI is probably in some form of MPEG4 (DivX or XviD, etc) and will need to be converted. Here's a guide on how to convert it to a SVCD.

Spliff · Apr 26, 2005, 02:47 PM

ffmpegX is an absolutely superb application. Just make sure you have installed the following Quicktime codecs before using ffmpegX:

DivX
3ivX
AC3 (just in case)

Jacke · Apr 26, 2005, 02:50 PM

Originally Posted by Spliff

ffmpegX is an absolutely superb application. Just make sure you have installed the following Quicktime codecs before using ffmpegX:

Doesn't ffmpegX use ffmpeg for decoding video and audio? Meaning it shouldn't matter when he's converting to MPEG-2..?

Spliff · Apr 26, 2005, 03:10 PM

Originally Posted by Jacke

Doesn't ffmpegX use ffmpeg for decoding video and audio? Meaning it shouldn't matter when he's converting to MPEG-2..?

Major, the dude that develops ffmpegX, says you should have those codecs installed when using ffmpegX for maximum compatibility. I'm just reiterating what he said so the parent of this thread doesn't run into any problems when using ffmpegX.

Jacke · Apr 26, 2005, 03:18 PM

Originally Posted by Spliff

Major, the dude that develops ffmpegX, says you should have those codecs installed when using ffmpegX for maximum compatibility.

Ok, not arguing with the advice as it's the same that I'd give if the answer to the "does it play in Quicktime"-question would've been "no".

PHoynak · Apr 26, 2005, 04:48 PM

Here is another question....will Quicktime 7 kill this when I install the new OS on Friday?

Spliff · Apr 26, 2005, 04:58 PM

Originally Posted by PHoynak

Here is another question....will Quicktime 7 kill this when I install the new OS on Friday?

ffmpegX is broken under 10.4. There will be a compatible version released either on the 27th or 29th (I can't remember).

Thinine · Apr 26, 2005, 06:02 PM

The issue you describe means that QT had no way of interpreting the video part of the file, so when it exported the file to MPEG-2, all you got was a white screen. So just get one of the afore mentioned codecs so QT can play the video, and then iDVD exporting should work just fine.