Burning .avi to DVD/(S)VCD

[Franco]

I have a few .avi files which I would like to burn to a CD or DVD so I can play them on my DVD player.

The files I have are around 699MB and so I should be able to convert and burn then to a standard CD using Nero Express. However after converting the file. Nero tells me that the image is then too big to fit on the disc. Is this because whilst Nero sees the original .avi file as 699MB, in (Windows) reality, it shows up as 715908KB?

I wouldn't mind burning them to a DVD to play either but when I select Make DVD-Video in Nero Express, it will only let me select .ifo, .vob or .bup to add to the VIDEO_TS folder.

Does anyone know what my best bet is to get these .avi's to play on my DVD player?

and/or

Can anyone recommend some software to convert the .avi's to .ifo, .vob etc to burn to DVD?

[lcddream]

there are quite a few ways to do it.

check http://www.videohelp.com/

everything you'll ever need to know about video converting is there.

[TMS]

I usually use DVD Santa to convert avi to dvd format then burn in Nero

[Franco]

Thanks, DVD Santa works a treat!

[Harry Potter]

Ulead has some good software as well.