This article contains a list of best free video to DVD converter software for Windows. These free software are used to convert common video files such as MP4, AVI, MOV, WMV, FLV, etc. to DVD format which can be burned to DVD discs. Using these, you can create compliant MPEG files, disc structure, DVD ISO image file, or convert and burn videos to DVD disc directly.
All essential as well as advanced options are provided in these. You can select a DVD standard i.e. NTSC or PAL, create and customize DVD menu (titles, font, size, background image, etc.), etc. Most of these let you add custom subtitles to output DVD files too. Additionally, you can customize video profile (encoder, aspect ratio, resolution, frame rate, bit rate, etc.), audio settings (bit rate, volume percentage, etc.), subtitle settings, etc. too.
Some of these are common video converters which support conversion between common video file formats.
My Favorite Free Video To DVD Converter Software For Windows:
WinX DVD Author is a complete DVD authoring software which lets you convert videos to VOB files, create DVD menu, and then burn project to DVD disc. DeVeDe is also good as it provides a lot of options to customize output video profile.
WinX DVD Author
WinX DVD Author is a free video to DVD converter for Windows. This software provides step by step process to create DVD disc from video files. There are mainly three sections provided to burn video to DVD disc, which are discussed as below.
How to convert video to DVD using this free software:
- Convert Video to Vob: From here, you can first convert a video file to VOB format. It lets you add multiple video files and preview them one by one. Before conversion, you can trim video, select Standard TV or Widescreen TV aspect ratio, enable Auto Add Letter Box option, and select DVD5 or DVD9 disc. Next, you can choose Output format as NTSC or PAL and then start the conversion.
- Vob to DVD Compiler: Second, you can create DVD menu with multiple VOB video files, chapter menu, background music, background image, etc. You can also select an output aspect ratio from 4:3 and 16:9. After that, you can burn content to DVD disc.
- DVD Disc Burner: From here, you can directly burn VOB files to DVD disc.
Some default parameter settings can be tweaked from the main interface, such as subtitle settings (font, language, size, etc.), video format, DVD menu duration, burner option (transport property), etc. In my opinion, WinX DVD Author is one of the best free video to DVD converter software.
DeVeDe
DeVeDe is another free video to DVD converter software for Windows. You can also create video CD, super video CD, China video disc, and DivX files using it.
How to convert video to DVD in this free software:
- From its interface, select Create DVD option. A new window will open where you can carry on video to DVD conversion.
- First, in the Titles section, you can add titles to create DVD menu. Using menu options, you can customize title font, size, background, position, etc.
- Now, from the Files section, you can add video files to each title in one by one manner. While adding a video file, you can view file information. You can select output video format (NTSC or PAL), volume percentage, etc. It provides advanced options to customize, such as video bit rate, audio bit rate, aspect ratio, final size, video rotation, mirror video, quality, deinterlacing, two pass encoding, and many more. You can also add subtitles to the video. It provides a preview option, but it didn’t work fine for me.
- Now, you can select whether you want to create compliant MPEG files, or a disc structure, or an ISO or BIN/CUE image ready to burn to disc. Lastly, click on Forward button and specify output location to save output DVD file.
General preferences like erase temporary files, use optimizations for multicore CPUs, burn after conversion, etc. can be customized.
DVD Flick
DVD Flick is another dedicated video to DVD creator software for Windows. You can add multiple videos to it and convert them to a DVD video. To customize output, you can configure various settings which are:
- You can select target size accordingly from predefined ones including DVD, DVD DL, DVD RAM, Mini DVD, and Mini DVD DL, or you can specify any custom DVD size.
- It lets you select output DVD format from NTSC, PAL, NTSC- film, and Mixed.
- You can customize the target bitrate too.
- It lets you make modifications to audio volume, channel count, and audio bitrate.
- From its Project Settings > Burning section, you can create an ISO image or directly burn the project to disc.
It displays the running process information on its main interface. You can select process priority to speed up the conversion rate.
Free Video to DVD Converter
Free Video to DVD Converter, as the name suggests, is a dedicated video to DVD converter for Windows. In it, you can input any common video file and convert it to a DVD format. As output, you can select a format NTSC or PAL. It also provides different output quality to choose from, such as Standard Quality, Widescreen High Quality, Economy Quality, Long Play, etc.
The process of conversion is straightforward. First, add video files in any supported formats like MP4, AVI, WMV, FLV, MOV, MKV, WEBM, etc. Next, specify output folder, format, and hit the Create DVD button. That’s it. You can convert multiple videos to DVD at once in this software.
AVStoDVD
AVStoDVD is a free open source video to DVD converter software for Windows. In this freeware, you need to simply add multiple video files to its interface, select DVD size, choose output format (Elementary MPEG2 Streams, Muxed MPEG2 File, DVD Folder Structure), and hit the Start button to start conversion. From preferences button, you can select DVD video standard as NTSC or PAL, customize lower average bitrate, higher average bitrate, etc. From here, you can also customize DVD Authoring/Burning preferences like audio language, subtitles language, subtitles font, chapter interval, DVD burning speed, etc.
It lets you edit various settings which include video settings (encoder, aspect ratio, resolution, etc.), audio settings, subtitle settings, etc. You can also create and customize DVD menu in it.
QtlMovie
QtlMovie is another free video to DVD converter software for Windows. It can convert one video file to DVD format at once in normal mode. If you want to convert multiple videos to DVD at once, switch to batch conversion mode from Tools menu. You can create a DVD MPEG file or a DVD ISO image file in it. If you want, you can add subtitles (SRT, SSA, ASS) to the video as well. It also provides an option to force a custom display aspect ratio to the output video file.
It provides some additional tools to:
- transcode input video files
- extract content of copy-protected DVD’s
- view detailed input file properties
- test audio
Hamster Free Video Converter
Hamster Free Video Converter is a batch video converter for Windows. Using it, you can batch convert videos to DVD. Simply add multiple video files and then from Format and Devices section, select DVD format as output. Lastly, press the Convert button and select output location to initiate the conversion process. It also provides a Merge option to merge added videos into one DVD file.
Other than common video files and DVD format, it supports device specific formats as well, such as Sony, Nokia, HTC, Microsoft, Apple, etc.
Avi to Dvd free converter
Avi to Dvd free converter is one more video to DVD converter software for Windows. In its free version, you can convert one video file to DVD at a time. You can also convert and burn videos to DVD disc in this software. After loading a video file, you can preview video in Video Files tab.
Here are some of the key features of this free video to DVD converter:
- You can load subtitle files to add to the video. It provides an option which lets you search for specific subtitles from some online sources.
- From File > Preferences option, you can customize several output settings. You can select DVD format (NTSC, PAL), video bitrate, DVD recordable disc format (single layer, double layer), subtitle font, etc. You can also customize DVD menu by customizing font, size, background image, etc.
- You can view process log file too.
Video to Video
Video to Video, as the name suggests, is a free video converter software which supports tons of video formats. It also lets you convert video to DVD format. As you add videos to this software, it asks you to choose an output video profile. From given output profiles, select either DVD NTSC or DVD PAL profile to convert video to DVD. You can view and customize profile options like video frame rate, video size, video bitrate, subtitles, audio options, etc. You can also add a new subtitle file to the video. Some advanced options like target file size, filters, rotate, flip, deinterlace, etc. can be configured too. After setting up all these parameters, you can select an output folder and then hit the Convert button.