text: The 3 best places to go for what you're looking for are here:\n\nhttp://www.afterdawn.com/guides/\n\nhttp://www.videohelp.com/tools?tool=QuEnc\n\nhttp://www.doom9.org/  \n\n www.doom9.org is actually for making and encoding into DVDs. They also talk about avi to vcd conversion.\n\nJust go through the list to find what you like to use on each site. Most of the programs on them are freeware, but some highly popular recommended programs are shareware.