ok, wasnt sure where to post this.. tried finding a help desk (obviously failed at that)
but anywayz...
does anyone know any good programs that allows me to put avi files onto a dvd so that i am able to watch it on a dvd...?

Nero 6.

oki thanx... ill see if i can get that... thanx!

I guess it helped. But here is a link to a forum that talks about meshing subs with the .avi and then turning it into a .vob (DVD) file and burning it to a disk:
http://forums.anandtech.com/messageview.cfm?catid=31&threadid=1688103

Pesonally I like getting a DVD player that supports DivX playback (Most DivX players support XivD and other encoding formats). Just visit www.divx.com and search up on there hardware section. I was quite amazed when I fit all of anime series on one DVD and could watch it on my TV instead of the computer without having to convert it at all to DVD format (.vob). I mean I would take 7-8 DVD's to burn all of Tsubasa right now, but using this DVD player I managed to fit it all on one!

Wow, that's pretty awesome! Unfortunately, I lack a DVD burner =\

Pesonally I like getting a DVD player that supports DivX playback (Most DivX players support XivD and other encoding formats). Just visit www.divx.com and search up on there hardware section. I was quite amazed when I fit all of anime series on one DVD and could watch it on my TV instead of the computer without having to convert it at all to DVD format (.vob). I mean I would take 7-8 DVD's to burn all of Tsubasa right now, but using this DVD player I managed to fit it all on one!
At that point, it is no longer a DVD player, rather a MPEG-4 player.

....Eherm....... (_ _) I entirely left that out.............

wait.. there are dvd's that can play divx files...? ok, now i MUST find me one lol thanx!!

https://www2.setssl.com/~hivizone/dvdplayer/main_frame.htm

Kinda pointless, though, since we're at the interface between DivX/XviD and H.264, which is getting very good very quickly. It may become the mainstream choice in a year or so and replace DivX/XviD entirely.

the best program for converting files that i know of is switch. ^^

https://www2.setssl.com/~hivizone/dvdplayer/main_frame.htm

Kinda pointless, though, since we're at the interface between DivX/XviD and H.264, which is getting very good very quickly. It may become the mainstream choice in a year or so and replace DivX/XviD entirely.

I doubt that, DivX is a name after all, it sticks with people, unlike some number.

Being better doesn't mean being more popular, Video2000 was also better than (S)VHS but we all know who won that.

I doubt that, DivX is a name after all, it sticks with people, unlike some number.

Being better doesn't mean being more popular, Video2000 was also better than (S)VHS but we all know who won that.
In this case, though, it's not Joe Bloke who's going to decide who's going to come out on top. The popularity of VHS/VCC was decided by the mass market, because they can choose which format to adopt, and they're usually ignorant of the advantages offered by each format, rather sticking to the one that sounds familiar and is better marketed. This time, DivX won't win just because it "sticks" to the mind of the average user - it will be the encoders who will decide which method to adopt, and they generally have a rather good grasp of the advantages of H.264 over DivX, which include things like half the bitrate for the same quality. If the user wants to watch the latest DVD rip, he better adopt the format the encoders do.

OGM and MKV are superior to AVI in many ways, yet hardly anyone uses them. Why? Because the masses can't handle them. I doubt those masses would be able to install a H264 codec if they already have trouble installing a DivX one.

Nah, OGM and MKV are just containers that support multiple streams. AVI, on the other hand, only supports two streams. The biggest problem with decoding OGM and MKV files is the stream splitter not working properly. AVI is simpler to use because it only needs to deal with audio and video which are already interleaved together, so no splitting is necessary.

However, all this isn't applicable to H.264 vs. DivX at all. H.264 and DivX are video formats, not containers. They don't need to deal with multiple streams, you only need the video codec to decode them. So, if people could figure out DivX, they shouldn't have any problems with H.264 either. And if they can't deal with installing one codec, DivX wouldn't make things easier, either.