bit-torrent to DVD

[tollytuff]

hello all.

can anyone tell me how i get from downloading a bit-torrent to getting the actual (movie)file on my desktop as an .AVI format. (im ok up to this point) to putting the file on a blank DVD and then be able to watch the movie on TV through a DVD player...?

cheers

[_dobbo_]

Many new DVD players are DivX compliant - this means you can copy the avi file onto a DVD and just watch it like that.

Otherwise, you have to use something like Nero to re-encode the AVI file onto a "proper" DVD. My pc takes between 3 and 4 hours per DVD to do this... boooooooring. And my PC is pretty fast too, 3.8ghz and all that jazz.

I'm personally about to buy a DivX DVD player as I would rather fork out a few quid than keep messing around trying to do it properly!

[tollytuff]

cool, is 'nero' a 'dvd burning prog?

[iaint]

Nero is DVD burning software that comes in a 'lite' and full version. The lite version gets given away with DVD/CD burners and is limited in functionality, the full one less so.

There are a few free tools for converting file formats from one to another, might be worth googling for some.

[squirrelz]

.. and good luck with keeping the sound in sync with the video. Whenever I've tried this, its been way out.

[tollytuff]

cool.. thanks all

[mmm-five]

If you've got a Mac, then ffmpegx will do the conversion for you and create the video_ts folder that you burn to your DVD. Takes about 30 mins to re-encode a 2 hour movie on my Mac.

[tollytuff]

thanks mmm-five. i was just about to ask if nero was for the mac, and i dont think it is. ill have a look for that now. cheers