AVI vs MPEG-2?

Hi everyone,
Can anyone tell me which Container/Format(AVI or MPEG-2) gives better video and sound quality after it's converted (encoded) to watch on a regular standalone DVD player?
Rio.

AVI is a container format, and can contain any number of compression formats (mpeg, DivX, DV, etc). You can make an AVI file with mpeg2 compression should you choose.
However, the extension used for mpeg2 files when authoring a DVD is .m2v (audio should be separate AIFF or AAC file), and you should stick with that. It should also be noted that AVI is primarily a Windows format, and that OS X tends to use Quicktime for all its video needs.
As far as quality is concerned, that depends entirely on your compression settings for mpeg2.

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