400 min on a dvd

[limstift]

hello i dont know antything about making dvds and stuff so i would be glad if someone could help me.
i would like to fit 400 min on a dvd (16 episodes) what is the easiest way to do that?
i dont care much about the quality, the source movies kass quality anyway.

[Marco33]

Well, let's break out the old bitrate calc.

hmm... 400 min on 1 DVD. 1301 bit's - average bit rate.

At that bit rate you are just better off looking at a brick wall.

[geek rock]

well, that's slightly better than VCD quality.

so, if you're happy with VCD quality, go ahead..

-Mark

[WeedVender]

You might want to make a CVD encode and burn it to a DVD.
the res of CVD is 352,480 and thats in the DVD spec.. Also it will look better than the DVD res. because you wont see as much noise and blocks

[limstift]

sure vcd quality is allright
i have decoded one clip to about 1300 kbit/s and it looks ok
but how should i get it all on one dvd if i want menus and stuffs too.

[limstift]

okay thanks but how do i make a cvd code..
and will it play on my dvd player so that i can watch it on the tv?

[Baldrick]

Yes, you can either use mpeg1 352x240/288(vcd) or mpeg2 352x480/576(cvd) on a dvd-video and it will be fully dvd compliant. But remember to use 48 khz audio.
www.dvdrhelp.com/dvd

[buzz86]

use the kdvd templates there is bound to be a template there for what you are doing
www.kvcd.net

[limstift]

okaj thank you very much guys.

[kwag]

i would like to fit 400 min on a dvd (16 episodes) what is the easiest way to do that?

http://www.kvcd.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=2073&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=540
That will give you ~6 hours Full D-1 720x480(576). If you are going to put TV episodes, I suggest you use KDVD Half D-1 352x480(576), which will let you put ~10+ hours on a DVD.
www.kvcd.net/dvdmodels

-kwag