With a professional DVD Maker for Mac, burning AVI to DVD on Mac is easy as abc now. Doremisoft DVD Maker for Mac is an ideal DVD burning software that allows you to convert AVI to DVD with ease and with stunning DVD menu. Besides AVI, you can also burn a DVD from iMovie, iPhoto slideshow, as well as burn other video formats into DVD, such as MP4, WMV, MKV, FLV, etc.

This article will guide you how to convert and save AVI videos to DVD on Mac step by step with Doremisoft DVD Maker for Mac.

Step 1. Import files into the AVI to DVD Mac burnner

To add AVI files to the DVD burning tool, click the “Add File”  button to do so. For this part, you can merge two or more AVI video files into one for making your DVD experience more enjoyable.

Step 2. Edit AVI files and DVD menu (Optional)

After you load AVI files to the DVD Creator for Mac, you can personalize your videos by trimming them to segments and choosing the best part for burning. You can also crop the video frame size to get rid of black boarders as well as change video effects. In addition, to make your videos more stylish, you could adopt the free stylish DVD menu template and add text and background music to the videos.

Step 3.Start AVI to DVD Conversion on Mac

Hit the “BURN” button and burn AVI to DVD on Mac. The burning process might take a while depending on the size of your AVI files. You can just let this AVI to DVD Mac creator do the rest for you in the background. When it’s done, you can enjoy your media files more conveniently and cozily. Have fun!

What is AVI?

AVI stands for Audio Video Interleave. It is a special case of the RIFF (Resource Interchange File Format). Defined by Microsoft, AVI files, short for Audio Video Interleaved, are a common format for compressed video clips. Files downloaded from the internet often use this format.

Note: AVI files are often containers containing audio/video compressed which use varying different codecs. Most AVI files use Xvid, DivX or 3ivX compression codecs.

Question 1: Now I have an iMovie project I want to burn to DVD. Is there any other way to do it without iDVD, or do I need to now purchase that program?

Question 2: I just discovered that iDVD does not come with iLife ’11 as part of the 10.7 OS. The option to “share” as a DVD is still part of iMovie 9.0.4, but the process never completes because iDVD is not there. Is there a work around? Apple suggested using third-party software, but I don’t know which software would work with iMovie.

Question 3: I did buy a burner program that cost me 44.00, but it wont reconize imovie file. Any one help me with a good program that will work and burn dvd from iMovie?

How do i burn an imovie file to dvd that will play on a regular dvd player? If you have iDVD on your Mac, you could refer to this “burning iMovie movie in iDVD” guide (support.apple.com/kb/HT1095). If iDVD is not working or not available on your Mac, this Doremisoft iMovie to DVD burner would be of great help. Here are the simple steps to export iMovie project to videos and then burn iMovie to DVD using this professional Lion DVD Burner:

Part 1: Export iMovie project to video in iMovie 09 and iMovie 11

To burning iMovie to DVD, you need first export iMovie project to videos. So when an iMovie project is completed, select it and click “Share” at the top of the window in the Menu bar. And on the following list, choose “Export Movie…”.

A small window will show up and let you choose where to store the videos, and what format to save iMovie project to. Here you are suggested to choose Large or HD 720p to save iMovie project to high quality video for burning to DVD. The default output folder is Movies. Then, follow the guide below to burn the exported iMovie movie files to DVD.

Part 2: Burn Exported iMovie Files to DVD without iDVD on Lion

Step 1: Download, install and run Doremisoft DVD Maker for Mac

Once the iMovie project has exported out, download and install Doremisoft DVD Creator for Mac, which allows you to burn iMovie to DVD with good video quality and fast burning speed.

Step 2: Load iMovie project and select DVD menu

click ‘Add File’ button on top to add iMovie videos. Next, choose and customize a DVD menu. It is worth mentioning that, lots of free and fabulous DVD menu templates are provided for professional DVD authoring.

Step 3: Start to burn iMovie video to DVD

Hit the “Burn” button to do the final burning settings and then click “Apply” to burn iMovie to DVD. That’s all.