video editing of digicam avi files

["H.S." <hs.samix@gmail.com>]

Hello,

I am trying to find a method to make an mpeg movie from a number of avi
files captured from a digital camera (Canon A540). Any suggestions what
steps to follow? The original videos are at 15 fps and I am not too
concerned about the output fps. However, if I wanted a DVD from the avi
files, I suppose I would need to have either 24 or 30 fps.

Also, any idea how do I go about making short captions between two avi
files? Something like the titler in Kino.

thanks,
->HS