movie factory 2?

[joehank]

I am trying to burn .AVI files to DVD-R, and this program isn't co-operating. Idownloaded everything that the ulead site had to offer and it still did not work. I end up getting crappy quality and out of sync audio( that's if the program will even accept my .AVI file!). What is all the converting going on right before the actual burning? It takes way to long(8 hours) , and there has to be a better way. I even tried to load an .AVI file that I converted to MPEG2 first, and it still wants to convert it to who knows what before it will burn. Before you tell me, I've been to the VCDHELP site and I found out alot of useful info, but still can't get a good disc burned. I have all of the following programs; WinMPG Plus, TMPGEncPlus, TMPGEnc DVD Author, VirtualDub, MF2, RecordnowMaxv4.5, Sonic MyDVD, Showbiz.(I also have the tooLAME audio encoder plugin for TMPGE to take care of the sync issues.) I have Nero 6 also. You would think that I would be able to get something right with all of these programs? HA! Am I expecting too much or no matter what I do am I going to have to keep converting files all the time? My computer is only a 1.2g, but I have a new 40gb harddrive with plenty of room(7200rpm). Should it take all day to make a DVD_R? Finally, is there a way to get the VIDEO_TS folder from an .AVI movie? This seems to be the easiest way to burn a disc. Thanks in advance for the help.