How to properly download and burn a movie to a DVD?

[BandwidthMonkey]

Hi,

I have downloaded movies many times and burned them to a DVD before. Usually I get about a 700mb file to burn to a 4.7gig DVD and no matter what I do, it never seems to be all that great of quality. Can someone explain to me in detail the best way to look for a high quality Dvdrip (specs and things to look for such as size) and what software to use as well as settings, instructions to make as good of quality burn as I can? Thank you. As I said I have done it before but I am sure there are better ways to do it.

[Whappo]

The easiest way is to get a stand alone player that supports avi (Xvid/DivX), no conversion. You are not going to get much quality from 700MB avi no matter what software/settings you use. The best option – buy the movie.

[Kerry56]

You should be aware that discussions of copyright protected material that is downloaded without permission of the copyright holder are not permitted on these forums.

This reminder is posted prominently here in the Newbie forum: http://club.myce.com/f34/reminder-rules-newbies-183408/

And these are the set of rules for the forums: http://club.myce.com/f34/announcement-rules-forum-some-tips-guidelines.html

You mentioned dvdrips. Those available for download, especially in the form of avi files, are rarely legal.