6 hours 30min Widescreen Capture

[NiVZ]

Hi all,

OK with the new Star Wars Episodes 4, 5, & 6 DVD's out I want to go back and capture my original Widescreen VHS to DVD (I want the original non-Special Edition films)

I was going to try and put the three films onto a single DVD+R. But I wanted a little advice. I've done an anamorphic capture before (ie captured the widescreen movie WITHOUT the black bars and told the authoring prog it was 16:9) and I want to do this again. In my previous project I captured at 352x576 and authored as 16:9 and it worked fine (although I know this isn't a 100% compliant format).

This time I want to complicate matters further by squashing 6hrs 30mins onto the DVD.

So to the point. Can I just capture all three films (cropping out the black borders) at 352x576, tell the authoring software they are 16:9 and still get 6hrs 30mins on a single DVD?

Cheers,

NiVZ

[yoda313]

Hello,

You could capture at vcd and MAYBE get that high, but probably not. Use a bitrate calculator to determine what rate to use:

https://www.videohelp.com/tools?s=1#1

You could also look into kvcd/kdvd settings. These are special modifications to squeeze more video onto a disc. I don't remember the website but just do a net search. You'd be better off at capturing one per disc to get the best quality.

Kevin

[bugster]

according to the videohelp bitrate calculator here , 6hrs 30 mins would need an average bitrate of 1334kbit/s to fit on one DVDr.

So to answer your question, can it be done. Yes.

Would you want to watch it, quite possibly not.

[vico1]

You could also look into kvcd/kdvd settings. These are special modifications to squeeze more video onto a disc. I don't remember the website but just do a net search. You'd be better off at capturing one per disc to get the best quality.

KVCD/KDVD@

http://www.kvcd.net/forum/


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[NiVZ]

Thanks for the replys so far guys. I know the 6hours 30mins can be done, but I just wanted to check the anamorphic angle. I know the quality will be comparable to VCD.

Got to complicate matters slightly more tho as I just remembered the subtitles for Jabba are in the black area on the widescreen version of Return of the Jedi.

I was thinking of capturing the first two movies without the black areas and telling the authoring software these are 16:9, but now I'll need to capture ROTJ WITH the black borders (to get the subs) and tell the software it's not widescreen.

I think I remember seeing that this can be done as long as they are in they're own title sets. Is this correct? (I know DVDShrink can mix 4:3 and 16:9 titles on the same disc)

Cheers,

NiVZ

[yoda313]

Hello,

READ THIS

This thread has everything you could possibly want to know about converting the originals to dvd. (lots of reading!)

Kevin