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.avi to DVD....AAAAHHHHHHHH

Discussion in 'Technology Forum' started by Freakshow, Jul 17, 2006.

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  1. Jul 17, 2006 at 9:25 PM #1
    Freakshow

    Freakshow Fuck you guys.

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    OK. I admit. I've downloaded some movies from some bit torrent sites. Hell, one was Peter Pan for my kids.

    I bought an external DVD burner (LG) at Best Buy yesterday...tried to burn the movie...NOPE! Then I tried some TV shows...sorry.

    Apparently a lot of this stuff is in .avi format...what the hell do I do? Any freeware out there??? Is it always this tough?
     
  2. Jul 17, 2006 at 9:33 PM #2
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    Nero. I got it free off Limewire or somewhere. Can't remember.
     
  3. Jul 18, 2006 at 7:42 PM #3
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    too bad you have a pc....iDVD comes standard on a mac


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  4. Jul 18, 2006 at 9:10 PM #4
    Bootay

    Bootay Poppycock

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    And Windows Movie Maker comes free on a PC... granted it doesn't burn DVDs, but DVD burners weren't in the consumer space when XP was made. Vista will have it native.

    To burn DVD's that are playable on a standard DVD player, starting from generic video files, I use Nero. It costs, but it's worth it. It's SUPER easy.
     
  5. Jul 18, 2006 at 9:15 PM #5
    y2b

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    so you're saying when pc's catch up, it'll be standard too
     
  6. Jul 18, 2006 at 9:24 PM #6
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    Maybe, but MS was more worried about making money than appeasing the multimedia geek.
     
  7. Jul 18, 2006 at 9:35 PM #7
    y2b

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    making home movies into playable dvd's and organizing photos & music while being able to do all the same home computer stuff pc's can do makes someone a multimedia geek? whatelse is a home computer for outside of surfing the net and writing word files? the way ipods and digital cameras have taken over, i really don't see your point...pc's have been selling multimedia pc's for years and they're still behind
     
  8. Jul 18, 2006 at 9:51 PM #8
    mathmajors

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    I mean they made geared their software towards businesses, where MOST people don't need a DVD burner to do their jobs.
     
  9. Jul 18, 2006 at 10:15 PM #9
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    My Alienware came with a DVD burner and sotware for free.



    For me at least.
     
  10. Jul 18, 2006 at 10:19 PM #10
    mathmajors

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    I wish everything Windows before Vista had come with integrated DVD. But I gotta eat, and picking that over everything else I needed wasn't going to get it.
     
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