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  • Playback guides

  • Copy DVD to DVDR

  • DVDR authoring and burning

  • Other video formats to DVDR

    • How to convert multiple formats to DVD with WinAVI
      This guide will demonstrate how to use WinAVI to convert several supported formats (including avi, asf, mov, rm, wmv, swf etc..) to DVD. WinAVI is a simple program to use and produces quite nice quality.
    • How to Convert DivX to DVDR with DVD2SVCD
      In this guide you will learn how to convert your DivX movies to DVD (DVDR, DVD-R, DVD+R etc.) (also works with XviD movies). We will use the standard methods with DVD2SVCD to do this. Don't let the name DVD2SVCD fool you, it is capable of handling a DivX
    • Complete Nero Vision 5 AVCHD Authoring Guide
      In this guide we will cover how to use Nero Vision 5 to author a custom AVCHD disc including chapters, menus, and other features. These discs can then be burnt to a DVD-R and played back on standalone Blu-ray players including the PlayStation 3.
    • How to convert AVI files (DivX, XviD etc.) to DVD with Avi2DVD
      Avi2DVD is a new GUI that uses freeware tools to perform conversions such as AVI to DVD, SVCD, VCD or DVD to DVD, SVCD or VCD. The program is still in beta phase so it's a little buggy. For example, I haven't managed to get it to work with CCE SP 2.50 yet
    • Convert MKV to DVD with freeware
      Convert MKV files to DVD and watch on any DVD player, using only freeware software, nothing at all has to be bought.
    • Convert a DivX or XviD AVI to DVD
      Notice! This guide is somewhat outdated, and easier methods to converting AVI (and other video formats) to DVD exist nowadays. Please check out our other guides and, for example, the Avi2DVD guide. ...
    • Deciphering CCE Basic
      A guide to opening and encoding files using CCE Basic
    • HC Encoder Settings
      A guide to the various settings available in HC
    • TMPGEnc 4 - MPEG-2 and MPEG-1 Video Settings
      Settings for MPEG-2 and MPEG-1 encoding with TMPGEnc Xpress 4
    • Digital Video Fundamentals - MPEG-2 Encoding
      A guide covering basic aspects of MPEG-2 encoding.
    • How to convert video files to DVD using VSO ConvertXtoDVD
      ConvertXtoDVD has the ability to convert multiple file types, including AVI files (DivX/XviD), Quicktime files (.mov), WMV files, etc to a standard DVD format. This guide covers on how to use the tool efficiently.
    • Convert YouTube, Google Video etc. to DVD
      This guide shows you how to rip videos from sites like YouTube, MySpace, Google Video, iFilm and Metacafe and convert them to DVD.
    • SVCD to DVD±R with DVD-Lab (From CD's)
      If you have just gotten a DVD Burner and still have SVCD's lying around, you probably thought already of putting those SVCD's on DVD but the thought of re-encoding might put you off. Well, thanks to DVD-Lab, you can now put SVCD on DVD without re-encoding
    • How to put multiple SVCD movies on one DVD±R
      This guide will show you how to put multiple SVCD movies on to one DVDR disc. Your SVCD's can be either already burned to CD's, CD Images (eg bin/cue) or MPEG files on your HDD. There will be no re-encoding of the video stream so technically this DVD wi
    • How to Convert DivX to DVDR with DVD2SVCD (D2SRoBa Method)
      In this guide you will learn how to convert your DivX movies to DVDR (also works with XviD movies). We will use the standard methods with DVD2SVCD to do this. Since DVD2SVCD we will be using CCE SP 2.50 as an external encoder. DVD2SVCD will do most of the
    • VSO DivxToDVD guide
      At the time of writing VSO Software are offering a free program called VSO DivxToDVD to quickly and easily encode files to DVD. DivxToDVD accepts many different formats including AVI (DivX/XviD), MPEG files, VOB files, MOV files AMV and DV files. The prog
    • How to Convert multiple files types to DVD with DVDSanta
      DVDSanta is a nice piece of software that allows you to complete various tasks. Firstly it allows you convert your video files to DVD. It supports many formats including AVI, WMV, MPG, ASF, RealVideo etc.. In just a few simple steps, you can convert your
    • How to put a Photo Slide Show on DVD with DVDSanta
      This is a very simple guide to using DVDSanta to put a Photo Slide Show on a DVD. DVDSanta will accept JPEG, BMP and PNG files. It will allow you to select the amount of time a photo will be displayed, an effect that will be on that photo (like a zoom) an
    • Burning movies to DVD, VCD, SVCD using AVS Video Converter
      AVS Video Converter enables you to burn a DVD movie to playback in your home DVD player from all modern video formats. The integrated DVD/VCD burning engine and the widest range of supported video formats make AVS Video Converter a perfect tool to creat
    • How to put VCDs on DVD
      This is very, very short guide on how to convert your VCD files into DVD-compliant format, so that you can author and burn them to DVD-R (or DVD-RW, DVD R, DVD RW). Luckily, the VCD resolution ...

  • VCD and SVCD

    • Convert DVD to VideoCD with permanent subtitles
      Just wanted to produce a short guide that allows all of you, who require subtitles in your movies (and IMHO, even English speaking guys need them with movies like Croughing Tiger -- dubbing can be considered as the eight deadly sin..), to convert DVD movi
    • Convert DVDs to SVCD or CVD using DVD2SVCD
      Converting your DVD movies into a standard compliant CVD or SVCD can be both easy and fun. So why bother converting your movies to MPEG-4 when you can use a format that's already compatible with your current DVD-player! Learn how using DVD2SVCD.
    • Burning (Super) VideoCDs with VCDGear and BurnAtOnce
      The idea and motivation for this guide is to introduce an efficient, easy and file error tolerant way of burning (S)VCDs. In this guide we are using only freeware tools for the job. In this guide we presume that the MPEG video files, or BIN/CUE CD image f
    • Joining mpeg files in Womble MPEG-VCR v3.14
      This guide describes how to join MPEG videos that have been cut into smaller segments. The guide assumes that there are two segments, and the segments do not overlap. If there are more segments, some of the files might need trimming. You can also use Womb
    • Convert SVCD to VCD with TMPGEnc (From CDs)
      Some DVD Players will not play SVCD correctly but will play VCD perfectly, so if you've got an SVCD and unfortunately, one of these DVD players, then this guide is for you. This guide assumes that the SVCD is just one movie, and its on multiple CD's. If i
    • Convert SVCD to VCD with TMPGEnc (From CD-Images or MPEG files(s))
      Some DVD Players will not play SVCD correctly but will play VCD perfectly, so if you've got an SVCD and unfortunately, one of these DVD players, then this guide is for you. This guide assumes that the SVCD is just one movie, and its on multiple CD Images
    • TMPGEnc Basic Guide
      There are many guides on AfterDawn and other DV sites that use TMPGEnc, but there is a lack of guides to just using the program itself. This basic guide is an introduction to the freeware version of the program for new users. It covers installation, how t
    • TMPGEnc XPress Basic Guide
      This is a guide to using TMPGEnc XPress 3.0 to quickly encode to MPEG files. TMPGEnc XPress makes it easy to encode to VCD/SVCD/DVD compliant files. It uses a very simple but powerful wizard to complete these tasks. In this guide we will use the example o
    • Advanced TMPGEnc XPress Guide
      This is a guide to using TMPGEnc XPress 3.0 to quickly encode to MPEG files. TMPGEnc XPress makes it easy to encode to VCD/SVCD/DVD compliant files. It uses a very simple but powerful wizard to complete these tasks. In this guide we will use the example o
    • Advanced TMPGEnc Guide
      This is an Advanced guide to using TMPGEnc. With this guide you will learn how to use the main area's of the program and useful features that have been added to it that can come in handy sometimes. Along with just being able to encode to MPEG files (VCD/S
    • DVD to SVCD with TMPGEnc
      After our extremely successful DVD to VCD guide, we finally decided to create a similiar guide for converting DVD to SVCD . This guide tries to be as easy as possible whilst still maintaining the high quality and trying to avoid all the major issues caus
    • Repair non-compilant VCD MPEG-videos
      Every now and then you find one of those MPEG-1 files that is otherwise OK -- resolution, bitrate, etc match to the VCD specs -- but your VCD authoring tool (whether its Nero or VCDEasy) complains ...
    • Convert DivX to VCD with subtitles
      Ok, many users who have a habit of downloading movies from the Net prefer to use subtitles with those clips due various reasons (obviously most of the world's population don't speak English, ...
    • Compile (Super)VideoCDs using VCDEasy
      VCDEasy is a freeware frontend to the GNU VCD tools package. Using VCDEasy you can easily create standard compilant VCDs that both look good and are easy to use. This guide goes through a simple ...
    • Merging MPEG-1/2 videos with DV-Tool
      Merging several videos to one is rather trivial, when you have the right tools. We're going to use the excellent DV-Tool, which, among other features, has an "MPEG aware" cut & merge tool. ...
    • Splitting MPEG-1/2 videos with DV-Tool
      At times you find that the MPEG video file you have is just too big to be practically burned as a VideoCD or Super VideoCD. It might be that the video just won't fit on one CD, or you might ...
    • Convert DivX video to VideoCD format with VobSub subtitles
      Ok, most of you already know at least one method how to convert DivX clips to VideoCD format and that's why we decided to add an additional twist to our guide. With this guide you can convert ...
    • DVD to VCD with DVD2AVI and TMPGEnc
      Ok, most common questions what we receive are related to so-called "DVD ripping", which basically means taking a legal backup of your own DVD movie using your computer's DVD-ROM drive. There ...

  • P2P

    • Using and Maxing Out Speeds With uTorrent
      This is an extensive, but simple to follow guide, for using uTorrent (aka µTorrent) , a very powerful BitTorrent client. By following each of the steps in this guide, you will be able to max out downloading speeds for your connection.
    • Guide to using Vuze (Azureus 3.0) (BitTorrent Client)
      This is a guide to using Azureus a BT client. If you are not familiar with Bit Torrent, don't worry the first part of this guide explains it. This guide will teach you how to use Azureus to download files and will show you some of the features the client
    • Little eMule Tutorial
      Like the previous versions of this guide, the aim is to get you setup and using eMule as best you can, in other words, you'll understand the Network and most of the features of eMule. The eMule developers are amazing, in fact, sometimes too amazing and it
    • Guide to using BitTornado (BitTorrent Client)
      This is a guide to using the BitTornado BT client. BitTornado looks a lot like the official BT client by Bram Cohen but has a few extra features that come in useful. It is one of the most used BT clients today and in my experience it's very fast and relia
    • Guide to using ABC (Another BitTorrent Client)
      ABC stands for another BitTorrent client, and rightly so as there are a lot of BT clients floating around now. ABC is based on BitTornado. It has the features you would come to expect from a BT client and in my experience is very fast and reliable. In thi
    • Guide to using G3 Torrent (BitTorrent Client)
      This is a guide to using G3 Torrent. This is one of a lot of new clients that have come out based on the main BitTorrent client by Bram Cohen. In this guide we will cover the basics of BitTorrent, an introduction to G3 and downloading with G3. Also there
    • Guide to using BitComet (BitTorrent Client)
      This is a basic guide to using BitComet, a BT client. If you are not familiar with Bit Torrent, do not worry as this guide gives a basic introduction to it. This guide will show you how to setup your BitComet client to download and share files using torre
    • BitTorrent FAQ
      This small FAQ explains some of the questions rised by BitTorrent -- the P2P content distribution system.

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