help with making a video DVD from an avi file
 

i have edited together this months board breaking from my school and i normally use nero under windows to create a video DVD. i noticed that K3B has this option as well, but it fails when i load in a very small (less then 5min) avi file.

error = can not calculate size...

so what does linux use to create a viewable DVD from avi or other files that can be played by a set top player?

I haven't played with video conversions for over a year now, but one tool i have come across is Avidemux:
http://avidemux.sourceforge.net/

It might be able to convert the video to the proper format for DVD. There are lots of tools around for this sort of work. K3b probably don't support a lot of conversions directly.

DeVeDe may be of help:

http://www.rastersoft.com/programas/devede.html

cheers,

just FYI, i found tovid and it seems to be doing a bang up job

DVDStyler, ManDVD, and QDVDAuthor are a few other options.

nice ill be checking this all out this weekend after testing. ill edit the film down and try to use linux this time to make the DVD for the school.