Hi, I thought i\'d post my issue here. I\'ve been interested in WinAVI for a while because of it\'s speed. I only burn onto RW discs when I want to watch a video downstairs on the real home theatre. WinAVI\'s speed really impressed me, but there still seemed to be a lot of bugs to work out, so I\'m holding off on purchasing it yet.

Okay, onto the issues.

I converted an xvid/lamemp3 avi to DVD format with the software and it was FAST. Twice the actual frame-rate. Quality not the *best*, but acceptable and I need speed more than uber-quality right now.

Then I tried to burn it with the program and immediately after clicking on the \"Burn\" button to begin burning, the screen slides into \"burn-mode\" and I get a \"Zero Exception\" error. That\'s the only error I\'ve gotten in the program so far.

So I switched to Nero and copied the files in the video directory in a blank \"New DVD Video\" disc created by Nero\'s new disc wizard. Burning went okay but there were 2 problems with it, one more serious than the other.

#1. (less serious) Above the 16:9 frame of video on the TV, there are grey bars. Not a big issue, but distracted and strange.

#2. (more serious) Slowly, as the movie plays, the audio starts lagging behind the video more and more. For example, if a hammer hits, the sound of the hammer comes after.

Of course, I can\'t be sure if this is a WinAVI problem or Nero problem. I wonder if the 1st is Nero and the 2nd WinAVI? If I could burn with WinAVI I could be sure...

Or, does anybody know of another program that will take WinAVI output and burn it to a playable DVD so I can test that?

Thanks,

Arlo

Details: BenQ DW822A, Memorex DVD+RW media, WinAVI, Nero, xvid/lamemp3 avi, Sony DVD Player

I was hopeful about this, because I did leave everything on \"auto\", so I checked.

Gspot says that the video is 23.976 and since I had WinAVI on auto, the closest selection is 23.976. I could try to force it, but I don\'t think that would really do anything. The lag is SLIGHT. I\'m talking like 1/2 a second over the course of an hour. So like a frame every 3-5 minutes or whatever. Earlier than halfway through a typical movie is starts to become noticable though.

Hoped it was something simple... darn :/

I\'m glad to see that the other problem with audio (broken up sounds, like it was \"mis-burned\" to the disc) with the regular 5.7 download on the website WAS fixed though.

Here\'s hoping that beta 6 will do the trick...  :wink:

Yeah, odd how one person can have a complete different problem than anybody else.

Guess I\'ll wait for 5.8 and then see how it goes.

Thanks!