[X-Newbies] avi to DVD

[Charles Howse]

> 
> On Nov 3, 2005, at 6:51 AM, Charles Howse wrote:
> 
>> I have since learned how to split, join, adjust brightness,
>> preview, and
>> troubleshoot problems.  It's no big deal...just like it says on the
>> main
>> window of ffmpegX...1. Drop file, 2. Select a target format, 3.
>> Encode.
> 
> That interface addition has made a world of difference IMO. I had
> tried ffmpegX on and off for a long time, but more often than not I
> ended up with error messages and problems. About the time they made
> that drag-and-drop interface addition, they seemed to dramatically
> improve transcoding. IIRC, if you do as suggested above and choose
> one of the DVD options from the drop-down menu, it will do an "Author
> as DVD (Video_TS) as the default (under the options pane). That means
> all that's left is to burn it to DVD. For complete instructions see
> <http://homepage.mac.com/major4/dvd_sub.html>
> 
> So, IMO, (once installed) its no longer any more difficult (even
> easier) than the drag to iMovie, transfer to iDVD route. The down
> side is that it doesn't give you the pretty menus, etc. doing it this
> way (though it can be done). The other nice thing is you can fit any
> length movie on a DVD using this method. Plus it works with some
> movie formats (some avi's) that iMovie and QT Pro won't work with.
> 
> Really though, its great to have good, quality options available at
> little or no cost. Go Mac!

Slick, isn't it?
The only problem I've ever had with ffmpegX is choppy audio after encoding.
I solved that by un-checking "Normalize Audio" in the Audio tab.
BTW, I burn with Popcorn.  Don't have to do *anything* except select the
source folder, and click burn.  ;-)