av1 - mpeg 2

just got my dvd burner i wanted to try get the logisitc lotr 3 onto to cdr discs in svcd mode, i donwloaded the avi version though i know the out come is over 3gb but my dvd writer supports hd-burn, nero doesnt i havent got the full version of nero so whats the suggestions for a tool to convert to svcd to i can slap it on the discs??