Right, I know the square-root of ****-all about this ****, so assume
you're talking to an idiot[1].

I have some .avi files[2] that I'd like to watch on my telly. I have a
DVD player. Is there a way to do that which doesn't involve a lifestyle
change?

Thanks most awfully.


[1] We'll take that response as read, OK?
[2] Oddly enough, not porn.
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To suffocate our children" - Frankie Boyle.

On Tue, 23 Feb 2010 22:45:59 +0000 in uk.rec.motorcycles, Wicked Uncle
Nigel says:

>Right, I know the square-root of ****-all about this ****, so assume
>you're talking to an idiot[1].
>
>I have some .avi files[2] that I'd like to watch on my telly. I have a
>DVD player. Is there a way to do that which doesn't involve a lifestyle
>change?


Nero will do it. Have a look at http://www.doom9.org/ see if there's
anything there. Personally I got fed up with the faff and bought DVD
players that understand MPEG4. Available from Ebuyer ~£30.

--
Ian
"Bother!" said Pooh as he looked at his genealogy

Wicked Uncle Nigel wrote:
> Right, I know the square-root of ****-all about this ****, so assume
> you're talking to an idiot[1].
>
> I have some .avi files[2] that I'd like to watch on my telly. I have a
> DVD player. Is there a way to do that which doesn't involve a lifestyle
> change?

I used Nero for that very purpose yesterday.
Don't know if you can download a demo version but my official copy
satisfies all my CD and DVD writing needs.

--
Eiron.

Using the patented Mavis Beacon "Hunt&Peck" Technique, Eiron
<(E-Mail Removed)> typed
>Wicked Uncle Nigel wrote:
>> Right, I know the square-root of ****-all about this ****, so assume
>>you're talking to an idiot[1].
>> I have some .avi files[2] that I'd like to watch on my telly. I have
>>a DVD player. Is there a way to do that which doesn't involve a
>>lifestyle change?
>
>I used Nero for that very purpose yesterday.
>Don't know if you can download a demo version but my official copy
>satisfies all my CD and DVD writing needs.

Okey-doke, two votes for Nero. Trial version downloading as I type.

Thanks folks!

--
Wicked Uncle Nigel - "He's hopeless, but he's honest"

"Environmentally, it is our duty to re-use our plastic bags.
To suffocate our children" - Frankie Boyle.

On 2010-02-24 00:02:56 +0100, Wicked Uncle Nigel
<(E-Mail Removed)> said:

>>> Right, I know the square-root of ****-all about this ****, so assume
>>> you're talking to an idiot[1].
>>> I have some .avi files[2] that I'd like to watch on my telly. I have a
>>> DVD player. Is there a way to do that which doesn't involve a
>>> lifestyle change?
>>
>> I used Nero for that very purpose yesterday.
>> Don't know if you can download a demo version but my official copy
>> satisfies all my CD and DVD writing needs.
>
> Okey-doke, two votes for Nero. Trial version downloading as I type.
>
> Thanks folks!

Once you've got it downloaded, there's two ways to do it.

a) burn the avi files as avi files - this is quick, but requires your
DVD player to be able to read and play them.

b) set Nero to convert the avi files to dvd format - so essentially you
end up with a proper dvd. Depending on the size of the data and the
size of your processor(s), this could take quite some time. Hours in
fact.


--
Dnc

Using the patented Mavis Beacon "Hunt&Peck" Technique,
doetnietcomputeren <(E-Mail Removed)> typed
>On 2010-02-24 00:02:56 +0100, Wicked Uncle Nigel
><(E-Mail Removed)> said:
>
>>>> Right, I know the square-root of ****-all about this ****, so
>>>>assume you're talking to an idiot[1].
>>>> I have some .avi files[2] that I'd like to watch on my telly. I
>>>>have a DVD player. Is there a way to do that which doesn't involve
>>>>a lifestyle change?
>>> I used Nero for that very purpose yesterday.
>>> Don't know if you can download a demo version but my official copy
>>> satisfies all my CD and DVD writing needs.
>> Okey-doke, two votes for Nero. Trial version downloading as I type.
>> Thanks folks!
>
>Once you've got it downloaded, there's two ways to do it.
>
>a) burn the avi files as avi files - this is quick, but requires your
>DVD player to be able to read and play them.
>
>b) set Nero to convert the avi files to dvd format - so essentially you
>end up with a proper dvd. Depending on the size of the data and the
>size of your processor(s), this could take quite some time. Hours in
>fact.

Well, ****!

The trial version of Nero 9 appears to decline to do this.

**** it. Too hard. I shall watch the series on my PC.

--
Wicked Uncle Nigel - "He's hopeless, but he's honest"

"Environmentally, it is our duty to re-use our plastic bags.
To suffocate our children" - Frankie Boyle.

On Tue, 23 Feb 2010 23:49:02 +0000, Wicked Uncle Nigel
<(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>Using the patented Mavis Beacon "Hunt&Peck" Technique,
>doetnietcomputeren <(E-Mail Removed)> typed
>>On 2010-02-24 00:02:56 +0100, Wicked Uncle Nigel
>><(E-Mail Removed)> said:
>>
>>>>> Right, I know the square-root of ****-all about this ****, so
>>>>>assume you're talking to an idiot[1].
>>>>> I have some .avi files[2] that I'd like to watch on my telly. I
>>>>>have a DVD player. Is there a way to do that which doesn't involve
>>>>>a lifestyle change?
>>>> I used Nero for that very purpose yesterday.
>>>> Don't know if you can download a demo version but my official copy
>>>> satisfies all my CD and DVD writing needs.
>>> Okey-doke, two votes for Nero. Trial version downloading as I type.
>>> Thanks folks!
>>
>>Once you've got it downloaded, there's two ways to do it.
>>
>>a) burn the avi files as avi files - this is quick, but requires your
>>DVD player to be able to read and play them.
>>
>>b) set Nero to convert the avi files to dvd format - so essentially you
>>end up with a proper dvd. Depending on the size of the data and the
>>size of your processor(s), this could take quite some time. Hours in
>>fact.
>
>Well, ****!
>
>The trial version of Nero 9 appears to decline to do this.
>
>**** it. Too hard. I shall watch the series on my PC.

If you want to give it another go, head to www.tmpgenc.net

Use that to encode to Mpeg2 which will should then be accepted by
Nero. TMPGEnc encodes very quickly, but you are still going to have
fun sorting out resolutions and interlacing and stuff.

IMHO DVD is a ****ed format. It's caused me more grief than any high
end broadcast format that I work with all the time. OK, it's intended
as a delivery format, but it isn't a very good one.

Kev

Wicked Uncle Nigel <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
> Right, I know the square-root of ****-all about this ****, so assume
> you're talking to an idiot[1].
>
> I have some .avi files[2] that I'd like to watch on my telly. I have a
> DVD player. Is there a way to do that which doesn't involve a lifestyle
> change?
>
> Thanks most awfully.

Give devede a go. It's so easy even I can use it.

A windows version of it can be found here:
http://www.majorsilence.com/devede

--
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We were somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the
drugs began to take hold. I remember Wicked Uncle Nigel
<(E-Mail Removed)> saying something like:

>I have some .avi files[2] that I'd like to watch on my telly. I have a
>DVD player. Is there a way to do that which doesn't involve a lifestyle
>change?

If you have a DVD player made any time in the past few years, it will
probably play them fine. Just burn as a data disc and pop it in.

On Tue, 23 Feb 2010 23:49:02 +0000, Wicked Uncle Nigel
<(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>Using the patented Mavis Beacon "Hunt&Peck" Technique,
>doetnietcomputeren <(E-Mail Removed)> typed
>>On 2010-02-24 00:02:56 +0100, Wicked Uncle Nigel
>><(E-Mail Removed)> said:
>>
>>>>> Right, I know the square-root of ****-all about this ****, so
>>>>>assume you're talking to an idiot[1].
>>>>> I have some .avi files[2] that I'd like to watch on my telly. I
>>>>>have a DVD player. Is there a way to do that which doesn't involve
>>>>>a lifestyle change?
>>>> I used Nero for that very purpose yesterday.
>>>> Don't know if you can download a demo version but my official copy
>>>> satisfies all my CD and DVD writing needs.
>>> Okey-doke, two votes for Nero. Trial version downloading as I type.
>>> Thanks folks!
>>
>>Once you've got it downloaded, there's two ways to do it.
>>
>>a) burn the avi files as avi files - this is quick, but requires your
>>DVD player to be able to read and play them.
>>
>>b) set Nero to convert the avi files to dvd format - so essentially you
>>end up with a proper dvd. Depending on the size of the data and the
>>size of your processor(s), this could take quite some time. Hours in
>>fact.
>
>Well, ****!
>
>The trial version of Nero 9 appears to decline to do this.
>
>**** it. Too hard. I shall watch the series on my PC.

I always used AVI2DVD before I went to the HTPC method.

http://www.trustfm.net/divx/SoftwareAvi2Dvd.php

How big are the avi files? Some kind soul around here may be able to
convert them for you.
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