This quick guide is how to convert a DIVX file to a DVD. We will be using a simple but powerful tool called DVD Flick. DVD flick is is free and open source. I usually do this if I’m trying to catch up on a TV series and i want to watch it on my TV. I really don’t get fancy with the menus and I use rewritable DVD discs.

The first step is to download and install DVD Flick

Next click on the “Add Title” button to browse to your DIVX file.

Next are some optional steps to edit the title. I like to at least change the name to something I can read easily. You may need to change the target aspect ratio as well for your TV. You can also choose to add chapters if you’d like.

Next You may want to edit the menu settings for the DVD

Next you will want to open the project settings. I usually burn straight to disc. Place your blank DVD in your burner and select the burn speed. I selected 2X since I use rewritable DVD’s and mine are only 2.4x speed. All the other options can be left to their default settings.

Now select the “Burn DVD” button. Click through the confirmation screens. At this point it may take a while to convert the DIVX file to a DVD. The time depends on how powerful your computer processor is.

You can minimize the screen or click the “Entertain Me” button for some fun.

There isn’t a way to directly import a DVD into Windows Movie Maker. DVD usually contain two folders. AUDIO_TS and VIDEO_TS. Don’t worry about AUDIO_TS. All the files are in VIDEO_TS. Inside VIDEO_TS are VOB files. VOB files are essentially MPEG2 files. Sometimes you can just rename the extension to MPG and you can import them.
Most of the time it takes a few extra steps to import a DVD into movie maker.

There is a fre program called VOBTOMPG which can convert VOB to MPG files.

Once the VOBS are converted to MPG they can be imported into Windows Movie Maker

Most of the time you just can’t open 3G2 or 3GP in windows movie maker. The best thing to do is convert the 3G2 or 3GP files to something WMM does understand. I use Super to convert the files to WMV so Windows Movie Maker can understand it. If your going to be doing major editing you may want to convert the 3GP file to AVI.

You can download Super here. Look for the link at the bottom of the page.

Here is a screen shot of my settings in Super to convert to WMV.

Sometimes video files are sent having the RAR extension. RAR is not video format. It is a compression technology to shrink and archive files. If the file is very large it is sometimes broken up into multiple files which make up a multi-volume archive.

A multi-volume archive will come with extensions like .rar, .r00, .r01, .r02 etc.

To play the video files on your computer you will need to reconstruct the archive into one video file.

A popular choice to decompress RAR files is WinRAR. However I’m going to show you how to decompress RAR files with one of my favorite tools 7-Zip.

You can download and install 7-Zip from here. One thing I really like about 7-Zip is that’s it’s FREE and open source software. It is incredibly easy to use and handles just about any type of compressed files you can throw at it including ZIP, GZIP, TAR, RAR, CAB, ISO, ARJ, LZH, CHM, MSI, WIM, Z, CPIO, RPM, DEB and NSIS.

Locate the video files on your computer. In the case of multi-volume archive all you really care about is the file with the .rar extension.

Right click on the .rar file and select 7-zip\Extract Here. 7-Zip will begin to combine all of the smaller files into one large video file and place it into the current folder.

You can then play the video file with your favorite video player. if you’re having a problem playing the video, especially if you are using Windows media player you likely don’t have the right codecs installed on your computer. I recommend you download the VLC media player. It will play just about anything you throw at it.