Decent Free AVI Converter without a watermark?

I need to find a FREE converter that converts files to AVI so I can burn them to DVDs. Every one I find has a watermark on it ... like right in the CENTER of the screen... or it messes up the audio/video tracks and then the audio doesn't match up with the actor's lips. As usual I am dead broke and can't afford to just buy a frigging program and save the trouble... it would be worth it. But my hands are tied. Again. :cry

I have gone through so many programs already and it takes forever to convert the file only to find out it's crap or the watermark is obnoxious. I can deal with one in the corners if I have to but this dead in the center stuff is annoying and the audio not linking up with the video makes me insane. :banghead

I know there are a ton of them out there but I am hoping to save time by asking here cuz you all know so much more about this than I do. :major

 

Hi enchanted' take a looksee at this --> http://majorgeeks.com/Any_Video_Converter__d5692.html

That is freeware, however if/when you can aford to pay i recommend this --> http://www.winavi.com/avi-to-dvd.htm it is the fastest most reliable converter i have used and am more than happy with the £20 (ish) cost (even though it is called "avi 2 dvd" it converts to AVI and many other formats too)


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I am totally on my way to check those out now.:celebrate

THANK YOU!!!!


Major Geeks ROCKS!!!!!!:drool

 

Any Video Converter has a very misleading name.... it comverts DVD/AVI/MPEG and other formats to a format for iPods/iPhones and portable MP3/MP4 players. It does NOT create DVDs for playback on your home player. To create DVDs from AVI files (and MKV files and MPEG files and MP4 files and just about anything else) I strongly recommend using DVD Flick. It's free, and converts your file to standard DVD format and uses ImgBurn (which is built-in) to burn the movie. Just be sure you have a blank DVD in the drive before starting the process. It takes about 45-90min from AVI to finished DVD (it depends on your PC hardware specs), and if you use the PC while it's converting, it will take longer. The how-to guide for DVD Flick can be found here. Be sure to read the guide first, or else you may be a bit confused, but it really is pretty easy after the first few conversions.....
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[dlb]

(BTW- if you can pay for something, I recommend ConvertX. It's fast, and has better results than WinAVI in my opinion; WinAVI occasionally has problems with audio-sync, but WinAVI is also a bit faster than ConvertX, but if it's out-of-sync, it's time wasted)

 

WoW! Thank you for letting me know about this cuz I almost just spent a lot of time converting all these files for my dvd player and I would have been totally upset if I did that for nothing. All of you are always so awesome with this kind of info! That you ALL!! I would totally go insane if I didn't have you guys to help me figure this kind of stuff out ... thanks to you guys I've actually learned a lot more about computers than I ever would have before!!!

 

You are very welcome! We're always happy to help! I used DVD Flick for +/- 2 years before I finally bought a home DVD player that supports DivX/XViD playback, so I don't need to convert too many things to DVD format anymore. Every so often I do, but I have since decided to purchase ConvertX, mainly because it's so much faster when converting. ConvertX will burn too, but I prefer to burn with Nero. Anwyay- while I'm no expert, if you have any issues with DVD Flick or with the final result after converting, feel free to ask, and I/we will do our best!
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(here's a couple DVD Flick tips: be sure to set the PAL/NTSC setting to NTSC! It is set to PAL by default (I think). Also, if you have 'em, use DVDRW blanks for your first few conversions until you get the hang of it; it's not hard, but wasting a blank on a bad burn/conversion is a bummer; with RWs, you can erase and try again)

 

It's funny you say that dlb, i used to use DVDFlick myself, but ended up discovering Winavi due to having issues with out-of-sync audio in DVDFlick.

I have discovered a few quirks of winavi though! it hates making DVD's from .avi's that have been split and re-joined, and "quirk" is a nice way of putting it..

The other day it tried to spit out a 17MB ~ 2HR long .ISO :|

To get round it i just transcode to a new .avi file (doesnt seem to lose any quality) and then it will happily play ball with the file?!?


I'll be having a look at that convertX myself though, as i am a bit hooked on testing media converters of a late


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My experience is ConvertX is much faster but the quality is not as good as DVDFlick. But DVDFlick always takes longer than Dlb's 45-90 minutes (my machine is not the fastest, I'll admit). I only get that speed with ConvertX.

 

Hi, I'm new here in this forum, and saw your questions by chance via Google, cuz I'm looking for something out there. You mean that you need the software be free and do not have audio and video out of sync issues, if so, I'm afriad there are troubles. Since lots of freeware even shareware do not have the advanced tech to deal with audio and vieo sync problems, if you really want to solve this problem, suggest you have a try about Pavtube video converter, it can let audio and video match very well, also, it's affordable. Good luck.

 

LOL DVD Flick is good quality, no question there. With ConvertX, a full movie (approx100min) takes my PC a max of 30min to convert, usually closer to 25min. WinAVI does a full movie in about 22min, but IMO the quality is a bit lower, and I have sync issues more often with WinAVI than I do with ConvertX or DVD Flick. DVD Flick (the last time I used it) took about 50-60min if I remember correctly, and occasionally longer if the source file was MKV or RM/RMVB. I haven't used DVD Flick since I upgraded from a AMDX2 5400+ @ 2.80ghz. I now have a Phenom2 X4 955 @ 3.20ghz and the ConvertX times of 25-30min are with that quad-core CPU and 4gb DDR2-800. But like I said eariler, I don't do much AVI>DVD converting these days now that I have a home DVD player that has DivX/XViD playback.
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One thing i notice between DVDflick and Winavi is...

DVDFLick will use the full disc unless you tell it not to (ergo top quality for amount of space)

Winavi will give you an ISO of about 3GB for most full lenghth movies unless you tell it to use the whole disc.

Winavi also uses the "Speed" setting by default too, which gives noticably lower quality.
If you tweak it to max quality and using the whole 4.xGB of the disc, i find the quality indistinguishable from the source file, BUT it takes about 90 mins compared to the 30ish mins on the speed setting.

The main thing i liked was that even at the lowest qulaity on the fastest setting i didn't get the audio OOS issues i had with DVD flick (which i always had problems with on the fastest setting)



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What about me,for convert video to gif i use VidGIF.It’s tool can create animated gif. And also resize your animated.:cool

 

I've been using Any Video Convertor for a while, and it does what it says on the tin, but it won't compile dvd's for burning. Useful app though.