There\'s a program called TMPGEnc that will let you convert mp4 files to MPEG. There\'s a trial version someplace on the web. After a certain period of time the free version will only let you convert to MPEG-1 at 352x240, but during the trial period I believe it lets you convert to MPEG-2.
I use the trial (free
) version and wanted better than 352x240, so I then converted the file to MPEG-2 at 720x480 in a program called CyberLink PowerDirector that came with my USB capture device. The quality converting twice came out pretty good, better than I was expecting. Time consuming, but good quality.
Then I read on here you can burn directly in Nero, which I have. I get a message \"AVC demo version expired. Due to patent restrictions AVC encoding is no longer available, you have to buy an upgrade.\" (I guess I\'m just using a trial version of an upgrade I downloaded someplace on the net.)*
I ignored the warning and burned in Nero anyway. It let me burn the DVD, but I actually think the quality is better converting the file twice using TMPGEnc and PowerDirector.
* Okay, yes I use the free versions of both, but it seems every time you need to get another program for video or audio files they want you to pay for it. It gets expensive trying to keep up with all the new programs coming out all the time - so I use the free version whenever I can.