3 Movies in one DVD

[macmel]

How to fit 3 avi's converted to mpeg (1.5 hours each) in one DVD.
Thanx for any help.
MaCMeL

[yoda313]

Hello,
Use tmpgenc or another video encoder. Also, use this bitrate calculator to determine bitrates.

https://www.videohelp.com/tools?tool=3#comments

[jimmalenko]

There are at least three ways I can think of, 1 being the best way IMO:

1. Go back to the original AVIs and encode to MPEG-2 using TMPGEnc Plus or similar MPEG-2 encoder.

2. Author your MPEGs as is and use a transcoder like DVDShrink to make the output fit on 1 DVD.

3. Re-encode your current MPEGs.


The bitrate and rate control method is going to depend on the running time of all of the movies, whether or not you want a menu, and the quality of the AVIs to begin with, just to name a few.

You can work out the required bitrate using the bitrate calculator here.

[yoda313]

Hello,

jimmalenko-1. Go back to the original AVIs and encode to MPEG-2 using TMPGEnc Plus or similar MPEG-2 encoder.

Excellent point. One other option, if available, is to use the original source and rerip or recapture (if analogue) to get a better file size.
Kevin
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[DVD_Ripper]

No doubt your going to want to encode at 1/2 D1 Video which is 352x480 and use MPEG1L2 audio... maybe at <2k bitrate you may just get those all on one DVD.

[julesh]

I've never put 4.5 hours on a single (4.7Gb) DVD, but I have put about 3.5 hours on one, and at that level I got better results using standard resolution than the lower one. But my source material was low bitrate MPEG4 (~1Mbps), which probably influenced that outcome somewhat.

[macmel]

Hi everyone,
Thanx a lot for the reply. I wanted to add another question to DVD_Ripper, what do you mean by "encode at 1/2 D1 Video which is 352x480 and use MPEG1L2 audio". How can I achieve that. Before i posted my original question, I came across also abou 1/2 D1 during my search but does not understand it. Hope you can give me some more insight.

Thanx to u all,
MaCMeL

[sacajaweeda]

Standard full resolution (D1) is 720x480 for NTSC. Half D1 is just cutting the horizontal by half. Still 480 vertical lines of resolution but you cut the horizontal (that gets stretched to fit on your TV display anyways) in half. This lets you get away using a significantly lower bitrate to encode to MPEG2 with. Think of it like this....say you have a gallon of paint. That gallon is your alloted bitrate. It's what you got to work with. You can either use that gallon of paint to cover a 10' x 20' area or you can only use it to cover just a 10' x 10' area. Which is going to look better?

Disclaimer: I have no ******* idea how much area a gallon of paint will actually cover.

[jimmalenko]

Disclaimer: I have no ******* idea how much area a gallon of paint will actually cover.