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Erica was advertising in todays Sun for those interested

DVD Santa is another good program though it is not free. but if you know where to look you should be able to find it. Here is a link for DVDSanta there is a trial version for it there though it does leave a watermark on the movie till you buy it.

http://www.dvdsanta.com/

I do use Magix Movie edit Pro 15 for some DivX, avi and H264 video downloads and is fairly easy to use but will set you back about $90. Though if you keep an eye out at Future Shop and Best Buy you can get it on sale for about $60. This program does allot more than just convert and burn movies. With a bit of practice tou can clean up both video and audio for a crisper clearer movie. There are plenty of quick tutorials to help you learn how to use it.

http://www.bestbuy.ca/catalog/proddetail.asp?logon=&langid=EN&sku_id=0926INGFS10122140&catid=21212

Keep in mind that no program will work for every type of video clip ...... there are too many.

Here is a great site where you can find anything and everything about burning movies .........

http://forums.afterdawn.com/

When it comes to DVD's ...... I use DVD+R disks because you can bitset ..... or booktype the +R disks to DVD-ROM for greater compatability ..... this only aplies to movies burnt in DVD format not XVID type disk.

Not all burners support this so being able to do this is dependent on your Burner. I know BENQ, Sony (IDE Type not the new SATA drives), Samsung and some Plextors do support this. As for disk brands I burn Taiyo-Yuden, Sony or Rytek / Ridata disk's. There are many cheaper brands but thier quality and life span sucks.

Software ..... Nero is about the best though there are many and many different opinions on this. If your downloads are in DVD format a nice little free program is IMGBURN ..... http://www.imgburn.com/