Burned DVD bottom half green from .avi videos

Hi, I have Vista, Pavillion a1700n and use Windows Movie Maker and DVD Maker. No problems in the past but I now have a new video camera. These are .avi  files. Went through a whole lot with Microsoft and codecs to get them to work. Files play fine but when burned the bottom half is green. Old videos burn fine. I use DVD +R. Any help would be appreciated!

Hi,
Try downloading and installing Avi2Dvd.  This is a freeware application, but works very well for what you require.  If you have any questions regarding this, please let me know.
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