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I just started using Toast 7.1. Trying to write an avi movie file to a DVD+R. When I click on Record, it begins to encode. The process takes hours, and I end up with a file of Converted material. I'm really in the dark here. Converted to what? And why won't it write the .avi file to the DVD? Toast 7.1 works fine for data and music; I have a problem only with movie files.
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Encodes rather than writes
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Posted 28 August 2006 - 03:44 PM
Do you want to keep the AVI file as it is and just archive it or prepare it for use in a DivX compatible DVD player ?
If so, burn it as a data disc using the DVD-ROM (UDF) option.
If you want to make the content playable in all conventional DVD players then the only option is to convert it to MPEG2 which takes a long time as you have discovered.
If so, burn it as a data disc using the DVD-ROM (UDF) option.
If you want to make the content playable in all conventional DVD players then the only option is to convert it to MPEG2 which takes a long time as you have discovered.
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Posted 28 August 2006 - 03:46 PM
MacBarry, on Aug 28 2006, 04:12 PM, said:
I just started using Toast 7.1. Trying to write an avi movie file to a DVD+R. When I click on Record, it begins to encode. The process takes hours, and I end up with a file of Converted material. I'm really in the dark here. Converted to what? And why won't it write the .avi file to the DVD? Toast 7.1 works fine for data and music; I have a problem only with movie files.
Many AVI videos are encoded for playback on computers and not to the video DVD spec. In particular they may have some odd resolution setting. See this page for the resolutions supported for video DVD: What is DVD?
If the video is out of spec Toast must re-encode it to spec or it won't play in most DVD players.
I'm just a fellow Toast-user so please don't blame Roxio for any misguidance I may provide. And do let me know if your issue gets solved. Cheers from Eugene, Oregon!
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Posted 09 November 2006 - 05:10 PM
tsantee, on Aug 28 2006, 04:46 PM, said:
Many AVI videos are encoded for playback on computers and not to the video DVD spec. In particular they may have some odd resolution setting. See this page for the resolutions supported for video DVD: What is DVD?
If the video is out of spec Toast must re-encode it to spec or it won't play in most DVD players.
If the video is out of spec Toast must re-encode it to spec or it won't play in most DVD players.
My first AVI video file recorded just fine- a good clean copy- from a disc image. Now, I have two that just wont write. They only encode. They were saved as a disc image, like the first file. Do you think I'm out of luck here?
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