There are many different types of video file out there and conversion so that they’ll play on your DVD player is extremely hard.
ConvertXtoDVD is video converter software to convert and burn your videos to DVD. With ConvertXtoDVD and a few clicks you can backup your movies to DVD playable on any home DVD player. ConvertX to DVD really does need just 1 or 2 clicks to get going or you can change the menu etc as you so desire except that the free version only has the makers trademark and also there is a watermark with the makers name. To remove this a small fee is payable and when you see the results you may even think that the fee is too small! (Well maybe!)

ConvertXtoDVD supports most popular formats such as AVI to DVD; Mpeg, Mpeg, Mpeg4, MP4, VOB, WMV, DV and stream formats to DVD. It converts your files into a compliant DVD Video set of files and burns it on DVD media. The ConvertXtoDvd does not need an external AVI codec download, It uses its own AVI codecs.

To get good results there are a few things you may need to do-

  • Close down all programs, processes or screensavers or start in safe mode.
  • Upgrade the firmware of your DVD burner see here
  • Buy good blank discs, Taiyo Yuden are excellent and SVP are cheap

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If your interested here is some detailed info-

  • Supported video formats: Convert AVI, Mpeg, Mpeg4, DivX, Xvid, MOV, WMV, WMV HD, DV, MKV, DVD to DVD and more…
  • Supported sources: existing files from digital camcorders, TV/Sat, capture cards
  • Can merge up to 4 hours of material from several movies or episodes
  • Supported audio formats: AC3, DTS, PCM, OGG, MP3, and more…
  • Handles subtitles files (.SRT .SUB/IDX .SSA) with color and font selection, and supports tags (italic, bold)
  • Video format choice: NTSC, PAL, or automatic and PULL-DOWN
  • Picture output: Widescreen, Fullscreen, or automatic
  • Create Automatic chapters or edit your own
  • Fast preview mode to check if the source is loaded correctly
  • Save the DVD structure on hard drive or burn it to a blank DVD
  • Reliable burn engine integrated (supports all DVD formats)
  • Fast and quality encoder (typically less than 1 hour for converting 1 movie)
  • Variable options and settings for advanced users
  • Control of the conversion speed vs quality
  • DVD Menu control (auto-start, loop etc)
  • DVD Menu edition (background, font, color)
  • Customizable interface (themes, dockable windows)
  • Multilingual support
  • Optimized for Windows 2000 / XP / Vista