How to burn AVI to DVD on Windows

AVI is video format which is very common and popular and a huge amount of movies and even video recording come in AVI format. The thing is, AVI videos cannot be directly played on a DVD player because the DVD Players cannot recognize this format. In order to view the videos on DVD Player and TV, you must first convert AVI into DVD to make it playable.

AVI video format can be converted to DVD by the help of many DVD burning software both on Windows and Mac. Software named Wondershare DVD Creator is one of the best tools in the market for this purpose. The quality of the output video on DVD is very crisp and wonderful. You can download it easily from the internet for both Windows and Mac. In this article, we are going to discuss how to burn AVI to DVD on Windows. So here is the step by step guide to burn AVI to DVD on Windows. Follow the instructions carefully and you will have a nice copy of DVD in your hand.

Step by Step Procedure for Burning AVI to DVD on Windows

Step 1: Load AVI Videos from Hard Drive to DVD burning tool

After you are done with the installation of Wondershare DVD Creator on your computer, open it from the desktop icon or the Start Menu. When the program is loaded, click on the “Import” button and select the source AVI video which you want to convert into DVD. You can also drag the AVI videos and drop them in the window area of the DVD burning tool. Apart from AVI videos, slideshows and pictures can also be imported into this program to burn on DVDs. You will now see your selected video in the window.

Step 2: Making Menus and Editing Video

Wondershare DVD Creator has this awesome feature of editing the videos liking clipping, cropping and adding text etc. So you don’t have to use any extra software for making small changes in the videos. You will see a pencil mark with each video clip loaded. Hit that icon and a new editing window will open allowing you to edit the video in the same software. Some of the editing tools and features are adding watermarks and text, video effects, cropping, trimming, rotating video and much more.
To create a Menu for you video, go to “Menu” tab to design a menu which suits your needs. You will see a wide variety of menu frames, menu templates and button designs, choose whichever you feel to be best. You can also add background music and text to the “Main Menu” of the DVD. Finally after you are done with all the editing and Menu creation process, preview your final product before burning it on a disc. Make sure that the Menu is working properly and links to the correct locations in the video.

Step 3: Burn AVI to DVD

The final step is to burn the loaded AVI video in DVD. Click on the “Burn” button and choose the TV standard according to your region. DVD players of different regions have different standards like NTSC and PAL. The can find the supported format of video on your DVD Player. Once the right standard is selected, click on “Burn”Now and the rest will be done by the disc burning software. The time to burn a video on DVD depends on the quality and size of the video.