How to Burn AVI to DVD

If you regularly watch movies on the computer, by now you must have realized the importance of movie formats when it comes to picture quality. The kind of movie format you opt for, decides the file size of the video or movie, and also decides the amount of encoded information which it contains inside. If you are watching movies on the computer, you can have the video files copied to your hard drive and simply play them using any good movie player software. However, if you plan to watch it on a DVD player, it is necessary that the file be burned on a DVD first.

There may be various reason why you may need to know how to burn AVI files to a DVD. One of them might be to unload them from your hard drive and free up much-needed space. Another reason might be that you simply want to watch the movies on your home theater's DVD player.

Whatever be the reason, let me tell you that the procedure of how to burn a DVD is extremely simple, because of programs like Nero, that have been developed especially for the purpose. Let us see how to burn AVI files to a DVD using Nero 9. Use a video converter software like Handbrake, if you want to convert the files in AVI format to MPEG2, before burning them to a DVD.

How to Burn AVI Files to DVD Using Nero

I assume that you have a DVD reader writer installed on your desktop or laptop computer. For Windows users, the best software to do the job of burning AVI files to DVD is Nero. First thing to do is buy and install the Nero DVD burner software on your computer. You will need blank DVDs. Then collect the AVI files which you wish to burn to the DVD into a single file. Insert the blank disk in your DVD RW tray and close it. Double click on the Nero icon and open the DVD burner software.

Select the type of disc that you wish to burn, which in this case would be a DVD. A window will open, with the facility to add the AVI video files which you wish to burn. Click on the add icon and select the AVI files, which you wish to burn on your DVD.

Then check the size of the files added to the DVD, which will show in the window. Ensure that you do not add more 4.4 GB of files as the standard DVD disks, cannot hold more than that. Once you are done adding the files, go ahead and select whether you want to choose a multisession disk. If you do not want to add more data to the disk later, don't select the multisession option. Click on the 'Burn' button to get the AVI files burned to DVD.

If you are wondering how to copy AVI files to a DVD on a Mac, then know that Nero won't work there. You will need to download and install DVD2OneX or DVDRemaster, which works the same way as Nero.

All you need is a good DVD burner software like Nero. I am personally a Nero fan, as the software has always worked well for me. Whenever you think that your hard drive is full with AVI movie files, get some DVDs and burn them on the disks. Not only do you make more space on your hard drive, you also create a backup for your precious movie collection.