AVI to DVD Program?

[boombots]

I just dled a torrent for a TV show which plays in AVI format, I would like to burn that show onto a DVD. Does anyone know of any free programs that convert the files? Or know of any other ways to do this?
Thanx

[Mommadeez4u]

check http://www.afterdawn.com/guides/

[SOS]

http://www.videohelp.com/
http://www.videohelp.com/convert

You can burn AVIs to CDs as VCDs. You don't necessarily have to waste a DVD but make sure the applicance that you own can play VCDs or SVCDs.

PS2 can't play VCDs; only plays DVDs.

[Coffee Diva]

I know it's not what you're looking for, but I've been much happier since I got a DVD player that plays AVIs (and a zillion other formats). No more converting. Download it, burn it to a CD-R (or, even better, a CD-RW; you can rewrite those buggers hundreds of times each), shove it in the player, done.

This is the one I bought; it was $49.99 at the time, but now Amazon wants $57 for it:

Philips DVP642 DivX-Certified Progressive-Scan DVD Player (http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000204SWE/)

* PAL-to-NTSC format conversion--great for viewing non-region-encoded European discs
* Measures 17.1 x 1.7 x 9.3 inches (W x H x D)
* Plays DVD-Video, video CD, audio CD, JPEG image CD, and CDs loaded with MP3, MPEG-4, or DivX 3.11/4.x/5.x files
* Progressive-scan output for seamless, flicker-free images on HD-ready TVs; SmartPicture and 4x video upsampling enhance all outputs
* Optical and coaxial digital-audio terminals pass Dolby Digital and DTS surround signals

Also, you can turn off region coding and Macrovision within 15 seconds of plugging it in.

[Farm Flufer]

I know it's not what you're looking for, but I've been much happier since I got a DVD player that plays AVIs (and a zillion other formats). No more converting. Download it, burn it to a CD-R (or, even better, a CD-RW; you can rewrite those buggers hundreds of times each), shove it in the player, done.

This is the one I bought; it was $49.99 at the time, but now Amazon wants $57 for it:

Philips DVP642 DivX-Certified Progressive-Scan DVD Player (http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000204SWE/)

* PAL-to-NTSC format conversion--great for viewing non-region-encoded European discs
* Measures 17.1 x 1.7 x 9.3 inches (W x H x D)
* Plays DVD-Video, video CD, audio CD, JPEG image CD, and CDs loaded with MP3, MPEG-4, or DivX 3.11/4.x/5.x files
* Progressive-scan output for seamless, flicker-free images on HD-ready TVs; SmartPicture and 4x video upsampling enhance all outputs
* Optical and coaxial digital-audio terminals pass Dolby Digital and DTS surround signals

Also, you can turn off region coding and Macrovision within 15 seconds of plugging it in.

I have the same player. It is the best $60 I have spent.

Only cons: Recently , some Xvid files I have run through it do not play right, and it does not support multi-session DVDs.

[sherwood]

DVD Santa is a pretty good program, if you can find a serial or it then you wont have to deal with the "demo version" thing on the bottom of the screen...