Help VHS to DVD

[Bitthick]

All I want to do is put my VHS movies onto DVD. I have managed to put any movie under 2hrs onto Dvd, but anything over that splits into 2 files and then im stuck.
I have my VCR conected to my pc, I have a wintv capture card, I put the movie in the video and record it in DVD standard mode, then burn to DVD with nero. But I need to know how to do movies over 2 hrs, in dead plain simple english
My name will explain volumes, ty in advance
Bitthick

[pixel]

I think your problem may be your OS. If you are using windows 98 the maximum file size is 4gig and I don't think there is any way round this unless you upgrade to a newer OS or in your capture program there may be a setting for maximum file size.

[mkelley]

It sounds like you are capturing in MPEG -- if so, then your capture rate determines how much you can fit on a single DVD. You say you are capturing "in standard DVD mode" -- this must be some kind of preset on your card's software that allows you to fit 2 hours on a DVD (which some consider "standard"). To get more time on any DVD you need to capture at a smaller rate, so you'll need to explore your capture software presets to see if there is something like "substandard" or "long play" mode <g>.

Most people in your situation capture to DV-AVI and encode themselves using a separate program (like TMPGEnc, cheap, slow but good, or CCE and MainConcept, fast, good but not cheap). These programs offer a wide range of settings to allow you to fit material on a DVD ranging from 1 hour to many hours, although the smaller the encoding rate the less good the material will be. Personally I wouldn't try to encode more than 2 hours on any DVD, but that's just me.

If your card allows it you might try capturing to DV-AVI (the files will be pretty big before encoding, around 1gb per 5 minutes or so) and experiment with different encoding rates in TMPGEnc to see if you can end up with something that gives you the quality you want with the time you need.

[mkelley]

Pixel,

You beat me to the punch -- and after reading your reply, I'm inclined to agree. But, just to keep it simple for him, we should explain that even if he solves the 4gb limit he still won't be able to fit more than that (or so) on a DVD, so my advice still holds.

[Bitthick]

Ty for the help, will try wot u suggest. Oh and he's a she lol

[Bitthick]

mkelly Hi. I am capturing in mpeg and i got xp, so will try cap avi and convert with tmpeg Ty again

[mkelley]

Ty for the help, will try wot u suggest. Oh and he's a she lol

So very sorry, miss. In these days of nicks it's easy to assume things.

(Electronically doffing his cap).