AVI files and idvd

I have some AVI video files that I was hoping to be able to string together and burn onto a DVD.
Now, being a complete newcomer to iDVD I haven't a clue where to start. First of all, I need to know if it's even possible and secondly what I need to do.
The next thing I was wondering was whether in iDVD, all films have to be played on some sort of back ground or whether I could set it so it's the film on it's own without the... disctractions of a background.
If anyone could help I'd really appreciate it

The next thing I was wondering was whether in iDVD, all films have to be played on some sort of back ground or whether I could set it so it's the film on it's own without the... disctractions of a background.
This is a common misconception to iDVD newcomers. And the answer is an empahtic: NO, you do not play your file as part of the background.
The backgrounds you speak of, called "themes" in iDVD, are there for you to create a customized menu for the DVD -- NOT to play your movie. You CAN drop a movie into the drop-zones of themes that support them in order to customize the menu with your own movie shorts -- but this is not the way to show your feature movies. Again, this is there for you to create customized DVD menus.
When dropping your feature movie onto the iDVD window be sure to avoid the drop-zones (despite the "drop movie here" wording). If you do it correctly, you will get a thumbnail button or text button (depending upon the theme settings) rather than adding it to the theme background.

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AVI is a legacy file container originated by Microsoft back in 1992 and which has not been officially supported for more than a decade. Like the container, many of the codecs commonly used to create AVI content are also "legacy" compression formats most often supported on PC/Windows platforms. In fact, some codecs have never been transcoded for Mac use. Of those that have, many never made the transition to Mac OS X or the transition to Intel-based platforms. Those codecs that are still supported on the Mac can normally be found in the free Perian codec component package available as an online download. While some common AVI compression formats may be supported by the QT X Player app, QT 7 currently provides a more compatible AVI playback environment for most "legacy" compression formats. If the codec(s) used in your AVI files are not supported by the Perian package for QT use, you can try the VLC media player which may still support more esoteric compression formats. If VLC does not support the files, the normal approach is to discover which specific audio and/or video codecs were used to create the file and perform an Internet search to see if a compatible Mac component is available for download.

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