Hello everyone I am not sure if this has been asked or if this is even the right place to ask this but here goes.

I have a good bit of fan subbed anime on my computer and I would like to start burning it to DvD+R discs (is that even the best disc to use?) so I can watch it on dvd players and bigger screen TVs then my dumb ole comp.

An issue I have come across is I have ".avi" and ".mkv" files. I recently burned both types to a "CR-R Music" disc. The dvd player I used could not even see the .mkv file and the .avi file skipped/paused (picture freeze sound keeps playing) alot while trying to view it.

Is this just an issue with the particular dvd player?

What type of file format .avi, .mkv, other is best for watching these on a stand alone dvd player/tv?

What software is the best at burning to dvd/cd?

Any and all help to these questions would be great, thanks.

Yes my spelling sucks please bare with me.

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As I had seen, the player have to be able to reproduce divx (divx compatible), and if it's avi files, then it will automatically load them. Dunno about the mkv format.

My brother used Nero and just burned it as a normal data DVD.

Not so knowledgeable about this, but hope it helps.

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Thanks I have heard good things about Nero from several people now.

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To make it work in every DVD player/computer, you should probably burn it as a video DVD, which would hold about maybe 2 hours of stuff? Don't burn it as a file disc.

DVD+R is the cheapest and probably the best. I'd recommend it. Just be patient when burning it though. For burning it, Windows DVD creator will probably work.

Don't know about .avi, but .mkv files can't be burned "As Video DVD" on Nero...

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To make it work in every DVD player/computer, you should probably burn it as a video DVD, which would hold about maybe 2 hours of stuff? Don't burn it as a file disc.

DVD+R is the cheapest and probably the best. I'd recommend it. Just be patient when burning it though. For burning it, Windows DVD creator will probably work.

That is an issue I think I have been having. The software I have is anceint and not up to date/snuff because I have had to clear out my desktop numerous time and lost alot of the programs. This software only ever has opitions for data files, cds, music cds. There is no option for dvd or dvd video. I guess I just need to upgrade the software and use a comp with a better dvd burner.

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You need to re-encode the .avi or .mkv files into DVD-compatible video files (which is usually .mpg or .mpeg). From there, you need to make an actual video DVD that has the 2 folders "AUDIO_TS" and "VIDEO_TS", which will be playable on every DVD player

Personally, I use TMPGEnc 4.0 XPress to do the first step and TMPGEnc DVD Author 3 to do the second step

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You need to re-encode the .avi or .mkv files into DVD-compatible video files (which is usually .mpg or .mpeg). From there, you need to make an actual video DVD that has the 2 folders "AUDIO_TS" and "VIDEO_TS", which will be playable on every DVD player

Personally, I use TMPGEnc 4.0 XPress to do the first step and TMPGEnc DVD Author 3 to do the second step

Well that pick up the sub titles, I remeber seeing somewhere that you need to get those added, if its a fan sub video.

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If the source file is an .avi file, then the subtitles are already hardcoded into the video (which means you have nothing to worry about~).

If the source file is .mkv and the subtitles are softcoded (not always, but most of the time...), then you'll need to somehow either add the subtitles as a real subtitle track on the DVD or hardcode the subtitles into the video. There are many ways of dealing with this...
For some guides, I recommend visiting
http://www.doom9.net/
http://www.dvd-guides.com/

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You are quite lucky to have a dvd player that can play DivX, however, you will find many avi's and everything else cannot play on it. And therefore we enter the

horrible horrible world of video conversion!

Well, anyway, here's the (free) solution I use for avis:

Almost all Avis already have their subtitles permanently stuck on the video itself and in general, Avis are fairly easy to deal with.

(1) Use a program called Avi2dvd to convert your Avis to a convenient ISO file (note the help menu for instructions on getting multiple episodes on single DVDs).
(2) Burn ISO file with any DVD burning program, you probably already have a program that can do this (if not, how about DVD Decrypter, or CDburner XP Pro)

MKVs, on the other hand, are generally unpredictable and uncompatible with most programs. While avis are almost always just audio + video, MKV could contain as much as: audio + video + non-permanent subtitles + a second set of non-permanent subtitles + a second audio track + chapters + a font or two... etc. Annoying little bastards. I'd almost give-up if you have to deal with MKVs because it just gets three times as complicated quite easily. (although I do have a solution for that too if you'd like to hear it)

Lamb's got some good sites there, I like http://www.videohelp.com/ personally.

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I recomend you using ConvertXtoDVD

You can convert from avi, mkv, wmv almost any video extension and its easy to use.

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For some guides, I recommend visiting
http://www.doom9.net/
http://www.dvd-guides.com/

Both sites are pretty helpful. (saves me from typing)

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I recomend you using ConvertXtoDVD

You can convert from avi, mkv, wmv almost any video extension and its easy to use.

Never used it personally, but I've heard good things.

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Thanks for the help guys, I well have to try those out when I get some time on my hands.

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What about quantity? How much can you fit in a DVD-R by using those methods mentioned versus Data-DVD burning?

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It all depends on the quality of the video/audio you want (which is determined by the source file and the encoding bitrate)

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