الأربعاء، 11 مارس 2009

How to convert all video formats to DVD using ConvertXToDVD


The top program in our downloads database,
based in number of times downloaded, is no
other than DivXToDVD. Now you may ask why I
mention that in this guide! Well the reason
is no other than the fact that

ConvertXToDVD
is VSO Software's premium
conversion software, replacing DivXToDVD
which has ceased development.

What does it
offer? Improved speed, support of dozens of
formats (including avi, mpg, mov, wmv, mkv,
ogm and more!), menu and subtitles support,
build-in DVD burner, DVD to DVD copy, DV
(digital camera format) to DVD conversion,
both NTSC and PAL formats and conversion
between them. And all these in a
user-friendly yet powerful enviroment we
will clarify in this guide. Before you ask,
yes I do believe its the best all-to-DVD
converter out there, and I've tried many,
from the freeware to the most expensive one.


 





 












This is the main ConvertXToDVD
windows. May seem a little too basic
now but you'll soon see how
efficient it can be. For the
beginning lets go to Settings ->
General.





 













What we will set here is the working
folder, which is the folder that
ConvertXToDVD will save the DVD
files before burning them to a DVD.
Make sure that the drive that the
folder is in has at least 5GB free
and set the working folder. (1)
We will set the rest of the settings
in the next steps, so for now click
OK. (2)





 













We are back to the main windows and
its time to add some file to our
DVD. Click the add button and select
the file or files you want to
convert.



 





 















The files are now added as you
see, however we will deal with
their settings later. First
comes the DVD's menu. Click the
little cross (1) to
reveal all options for the Menu
item. Lets see the options one
by one. First you can set the
DVD title that will appear on
the top of the menu by
double-clicking on it (2)
and setting the name (3).
Next, you can set the background
image by double clicking on
Background
and select the
image you want to use (there are
many nice one in ConvertXToDVD's
folder and you can use any of
your own pictures you want).


Auto start playback
will auto-begin playing the
first video when you enter the
DVD in the player instead of
showing the menu, Loop
playback
can be used if you
want the DVD to repeat playback
indefinitely by default and
Sequential playback
will
play all videos in a row instead
of returning back in the menu.
The two font settings can be
used to set the font and size of
the menu's Title and Items.







 













Right next comes the video
properties. First you can see that
the audio of each video has been
automatically imported (1)
as ConvertXToDVD supports almost all
formats. But you can also add you
own audio (for example commentary)
by right-clicking on Audio and
selecting Add Audio Channel. You can
also click on each audio channel and
set the language. Then we move to
the subtitle settings. Right click
on 0 Subtitle Stream and select
Add Subtitle Channel (2)
in
order to add as many subtitle
streams as you like. After you add
them you can set the language and
font size settings. Please note that
if the subtitles are in the same
desktop and have the same filename
as the video they'll be
automatically added. Finally you can
review the Chapters and add
more if you like as well as change
the Menu text which is what
will appear in the main menu as the
title of this video. Follow the same
steps to configure all your videos
and move to th next step.

 






 













We are finally ready to convert. You
may want of course to preview your
DVD before you start converting. To
do that click the Preview button
(1)
and you can take a look at
the whole DVD, including the menus.
When you decide you are satisfied
with the result click Convert
(2)
to start the converting
process! Make sure you put an empty
DVD in your DVD burner drive as
well.





 













When the conversion has finished a
window like this will pop-up where
you can select some settings about
the burning (1) and change the
volume name (2). When you are done
click Burn (3). Keep in
mind that this window will only be
open for about 30secs since the
conversion finishes and if you are
not around it will start burning the
DVD automatically so you don't
really have to worry about this step
as the default settings are fine.





 













Finally burning finishes and your
new DVD is ready for your player!

 

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