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bigj0110 · May 3, 2011, 04:18 AM

1st off i just want to say hi as i am new to the site. so this is the problem i am trying to burn a avi file i have to dvd so i can play it on my ps3 and on any dvd player. but here is the catch i do not want to lose the quality of the avi, because when i watch it on my mac its crystal clear. but when i burn it it goes from being crystal clear to very low quality and pixelated. the second thing is i want to burn it fast because when i burn it with lets say idvd it takes 7 and a half hours and thats the fastest i seen yet. can any one recommend what to do or what program to get so i can burn in as little time as possible and keeping the quality as close as possible to the original or possibly 100% same quality as the original?

ibook_steve · May 3, 2011, 12:20 PM

How long is the video and what is the file size (in MB or GB)?

Steve

cgc · May 3, 2011, 05:44 PM

I bet it's converting your avi to an mpeg2 dvd that you can play in any dvd player. If your PS3 can play the avi I'd insert a blank dvd, drag the avi onto the dvd icon on your desktop, then click the burn button in the window that opens when you double-click the dvd icon on your desktop.

I use AShampoo's Free Burning Suite in Windows (using VMWare Fusion) to make discs.

anthology123 · May 3, 2011, 05:51 PM

if you mentioned iDVD, I will guess you have a Mac, so if you get Roxio Toast, you can do either option, burn the AVI faster to DVD-video or burn the AVI directly to a DVD-ROM if your players support avi files.
I have Roxio toast and I can do either option, and it will not take 7 hours.

bigj0110 · 03:01 PM

Originally Posted by anthology123

if you mentioned iDVD, I will guess you have a Mac, so if you get Roxio Toast, you can do either option, burn the AVI faster to DVD-video or burn the AVI directly to a DVD-ROM if your players support avi files.
I have Roxio toast and I can do either option, and it will not take 7 hours.

i already have toast 11 HD & tried it also takes hours around 6-7 hours also and it does the same thing make it pixelated and low quality

bigj0110 · May 7, 2011, 02:56 PM

Originally Posted by ibook_steve

How long is the video and what is the file size (in MB or GB)?

Steve

some of them are in the 700 mb lane and some of them are in the 1gb lane like 1.92 gb

Cold Warrior · May 7, 2011, 03:00 PM

The problem is you're trying to burn a DVD, which to these programs means mpeg2. Toast and iDVD convert it to mpeg2.

You need to insert a blank DVD and drag-drop your avi onto it in your Mac. Or if you use Toast, it needs to be as a data disc, not DVD.

bigj0110 · 03:49 PM

Originally Posted by Cold Warrior

The problem is you're trying to burn a DVD, which to these programs means mpeg2. Toast and iDVD convert it to mpeg2.

You need to insert a blank DVD and drag-drop your avi onto it in your Mac. Or if you use Toast, it needs to be as a data disc, not DVD.

i got that and i know that already, but that is only for the ps3. lets say i want to make it work on any standalone dvd player how can i do that with leaving the quality the same or damn near close? i know it can be done one way or another. i have seen it done be for. its like if you know some one who sells bootleg dvds and dvd quality screeners and be for they burn it to the blank dvd its dvd quality so once i buy the movie for 5 bucks i go home pop it in my ps3, regular dvd play, etc etc and it works and it is still dvd quality and looks 99.9%-100% the same as be for they burned it, well thats what i am trying to do but not with major motion pictures.

bigj0110 · May 7, 2011, 04:00 PM

Originally Posted by cgc

I bet it's converting your avi to an mpeg2 dvd that you can play in any dvd player. If your PS3 can play the avi I'd insert a blank dvd, drag the avi onto the dvd icon on your desktop, then click the burn button in the window that opens when you double-click the dvd icon on your desktop.

I use AShampoo's Free Burning Suite in Windows (using VMWare Fusion) to make discs.

can you or any one please tell me that there is something out there for mac because i know when he does that its its still the same quality

cgc · May 8, 2011, 02:01 PM

Originally Posted by bigj0110

can you or any one please tell me that there is something out there for mac because i know when he does that its its still the same quality

Who is this "he" you referred to? Why not ask him? If you can find the place where the quality drops and the video looks pixelated and go to the "original" .avi, is the quality the same or does the .avi look better? When you say the video looks crystal clear, are you watching it full size on your monitor or does your video player pop it up in a small window? If it's full size what size is your monitor and what size is your TV? Finally, what are the specs on your computer, converting video takes a long time. On my quad-core MacPro it takes anywhere from 1 hour to 2 hours to transcode a video but I'm usually ripping and not burning. If you have an older Mac it may take awhile. Also, if you have to burn a dual-layer DVD it will take much longer.

I think we just need more information. Toast should do the trick but we're all making guesses on half of the story...hard to read your mind or know all the details unless you fill us in.

bigj0110 · May 9, 2011, 06:42 AM

Originally Posted by cgc

Who is this "he" you referred to? Why not ask him? If you can find the place where the quality drops and the video looks pixelated and go to the "original" .avi, is the quality the same or does the .avi look better? When you say the video looks crystal clear, are you watching it full size on your monitor or does your video player pop it up in a small window? If it's full size what size is your monitor and what size is your TV? Finally, what are the specs on your computer, converting video takes a long time. On my quad-core MacPro it takes anywhere from 1 hour to 2 hours to transcode a video but I'm usually ripping and not burning. If you have an older Mac it may take awhile. Also, if you have to burn a dual-layer DVD it will take much longer.

I think we just need more information. Toast should do the trick but we're all making guesses on half of the story...hard to read your mind or know all the details unless you fill us in.

1st off my mac is less then a year old. second if i play it on my mac full screen or burn it out to a data dvd and play it on a 50in samsung flatscreen full hd tv via ps3 its "crystal clear" meaning the best and clearest quality a avi can get. but if i use any program like idvd, toast 11 etc etc and burn it as a dvd video so any dvd & blue ray player etc etc can play it the hole movie is pixelated and almost unwatchable.

cgc · May 9, 2011, 05:35 PM

It doesn't make sense. If you burn a video DVD to play in your DVD player I can see it looking a little less clear than the original .avi but not "...pixelated and almost unwatchable." It looks this way on your Mac and your TV? I had some issues playing burnt movies but my problem seemed more related to bad media where the video got blocky and it skipped a little. Can you try a different brand of DVD to burn to?

Toast should work just fine, no problems with it other than it being the StuffIt of the DVD burning bunch, maybe an odd reference but someone will get it.

If you can, just burn the .avi to disk as a data file and not a video file. This will work fine if your DVD/Blue ray player can do Divx files (which means it plays data disks).