AVI to DVD?

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NGC
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AVI to DVD?

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In the past I have always made .m2v files before burning my DVD with MovieFactory. Can MovieFactory handle compressing a large avi (which is less than one hour long) directly to DVD?
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Probably...

AVI is not a single format, but rather a "container" or "wrapper" format, and it can contain video with any type of compression.

Since you said the file is large, it's probably AVI/DV (13GB per hour) or uncompressed AVI (65GB per hour). AVI/DV is generally the most trouble-free format. However, more compressed formats like AVI/DivX or AVI/Xvid can sometimes be difficult.
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