AVI to DVD

[Mike Smith]

You’re checking the DVD+Rs with windows explorer, right ..?

[Charisse]

Yes.

I did manage to burn one DVD, using ImToo DVD burner, but the quality is not nearly good enough.

Is there a way to just save AVIs as they are….other than an external hard drive?

[Mike Smith]

Sure.

Your ordinary DVD / CD writing software – Nero, Gear, Roxio whatever, *should* let you set up a DVD ROM data disc, and copy files exactly as they are from your hard disc to the DVD.

What you don’t want is a “smart” DVD copying programme recompressing your video files for you.

I don’t know Sateira, but from what you’re saying it’s recompressing your images before burning? The Avis are good before burning, but are less good / smaller files on DVD ? I would think there would be a way – maybe not using the drag and drop facility, but maybe starting a DVD session – where you could get it just to give you an exact copy of your files. But I don’t know what it is with Sateira …

[Daniel Son]

Greetings my fellow creative one,

From what I understand from your original post you want to export an edited film footage in its native avi form to give to another editor for further work?

If this is the case, what you need to do is export the edited footage from premiere’s timeline as a DV AVI file. Doing this preserves the quality of the file in its native avi form. (there is no such thing as uncompressed dv. its a myth.)
Beware as the exported file may be larger tha 4.7Gb – single layered dvd disc depending on the length of the edited film.

Once exported use nero or any dvd burning software to burn the file as a dvd data disc.

Regards

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[Charisse]

Thanks to Mike and Dirtygeezer (very polite for a dirty old guy!).
In the end I forked out the cash for yet another external drive and that’s worked beeeeeeautifully.
AVIs look crystal and I’m so relieved to be sending this off to Dubai via Pakistan from Kabul …it’s a small world after all!

Love the forum.
Keep up the good advice everyone.

[Daniel Son]

Greetings my fellow creative,

From what I understand from your original post you want to export an edited film in its native avi form to give to another editor for further work?

If this is the case what you need to do is export the edited footage from premiere’s timeline as a DV AVI file. Doing this keeps the edited footage in its native avi file thus preserving the original quality as it is. Beware though, the file size may be larger than 4.7G – single sided dvd disc depending on the length of your edited film.

When this is done, use nero or any dvd burning software to burn your exported dv avi file as a dvd data disc.

Regards

dirtygeeza.com
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