Re: Advice on burning TV show files to DVD ?

On Thu, 29 Sep 2005 12:33:33 -0400, noydb <noydb@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>Looking for advice on burning DVD?s which will then be played on a
>standard DVD player (on TV?)
>
>I've been downloading tv shows with bit torrent, and successfully
>watching them on the computer, but I can't find a way to burn them to
>a dvd which will play on my standard dvd player (television).
>
>Most of these files are windows media files (the exact extension is
>conspicuously unavailable...I think they're mpeg-3's...)
>
>The most prized files are .MKV files (matroska), but from what I've
>been able to gather, these files are particularly difficult to
>convert. I've been able to find guides which suggest downloading 3 or
>4 programs which will eventually convert the file from MKV to
>AVI...but then I'm back at square one.
>
>I have Nero Express 6 software (it came with the computer).
>It has the most USELESS help guides I've ever seen.
>I'm open to suggestions for alternatives, but I would much rather
>freeware.
>
>Any assistance would be greatly appreciated.
>Even if just a point to a comprehensive site...
>I've been searching in vain, finding only BS sites which appear
>designed to confuse rather than inform.

I'm far from an expert on this but the program TMPGEnc has always
accomplished what I need. Have you tried it?
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