hello! I am new to this dvd movies recorder and I would like to ask first, where can I get a free movie decoder for converting avi.files to mpeg. files. Second, if I convert those files, how can I put two mpeg. files on one dvd.

thank you

-- van (vanman_1000@yahoo.com), January 09, 2005

Answers

1) TMPGenc (http://www.tmpgenc.net) is free for converting to MPEG-1. It will do MPEG-2 conversions free for 30 days unless you buy it or find a cracked version that doesn't expire. 2) You will need a video editor of some kind. In theory, TMPGenc will do this too, but in reality TMPGenc's editor often causes audio synch problems. I recommend MPEG2VCR or MPEGVCR from http://www.womble.com. I think there is a free editor available, but I don't remember the name.

http://www.dvdrhelp.com and http://www.doom9.net might be of use to you in finding software, getting help, etc. to do what you propose.

-- Root (root@yahoo.moc), January 10, 2005.