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Creating VOB's/Authoring DVD's

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Hi all

I seem to be having a problem authoring my finished product to DVD.

I have my final exported video file as an .avi.

I want to author this .avi to a dual layer DVD but Nero Express (the program I use) doesn't seem to like encoding to big (ie dual layer) file sizes (it pops up at the final step saying problems may occur encoding at this level).

Nero Express appears to work fine for single layer authoring but not for dual layer.....anyway.....

So I'm wondering, can anyone recommend any other freeware programs that can adequately encode .avi's to VOB's (dual layer) for burning? (The option of creating chapters is also necessary too).

Thanks in advance all.
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Creating a DVD from your raw AVI file requires two distinct stages:

1. Encode video and audio into a format compliant with the DVD specs; i.e. MPEG-2 video and PCM/AC3/MP2 audio. The encoded files are sometimes called "assets".

2. Use the assets to author a DVD. This involves multiplexing video and audio together, adding menus, subtitles and chapter points.

Freeware tools for MPEG-2 video encoding include HC Encoder and QuEnc, and Aften is a free tool for encoding AC3 audio.

Free tools for authoring include DVDAuthorGUI and Muxman.

VSO ConvertXtoDVD is a (shareware?) all-in-one solution that has had good user comments.

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