*UPDATE* Need to add menus now

[MetaPhaze]

Hello again,

I have some 45 minute videos several in fact I want to put on a DVD. I am just wondering how many I should put on one DVD disc?

When I use Avi2Dvd as long as I do a 2 pass encoding and force them to fit on a 800MB CD in SVCD format the quality is about the same as the Xvid file.

Here are the stats on the typical Xvid I am converting.

File : 350 MB (350 MB), duration: 0:46:41, type: AVI, 1 audio stream(s), quality: 43 %
Video : 306 MB, 916 Kbps, 23.976 fps, 512*384 (4:3), XVID = XVID Mpeg-4, Supported
Audio : 43 MB, 131 Kbps, 48000 Hz, 2 channels, 0x55 = MPEG Layer-3, Supported

Thanks in advance for the help!

[redwudz]

You need to become familiar with bitrate calculators. There are several available in 'Tools' to the left. On average, a Xvid grows to about 1.5 times the size when converted to MPEG-2. The bitrate calculator would tell you how many would fit on a standard DVD.

Unless the Xvids are very good quality, 1/2 D1 would probably be sufficient. You can look into TMPGEnc encoder for a fairly simple conversion, along with some adjustments for fine tuning to get the best quality/vs size. If you use TMPGEnc encoder, you will also need an authoring program to convert the MPEGs to the DVD format.

If you want quick and easy, at a lower quality, DivxToDVD is a good tool. A freeware version is available.

[guns1inger]

As a guide, most commercial releases will put 4 45 minute episodes to a dual-layer disc. With that res you could follow RedWudz advice and go for half-D1. That would allow 6 - 8 episodes fit. I think 1.5 x is too low for full D1. I would expect to see the file grow by 3 - 4 times. 1.5 might suffice for half-D1 though.

[lordsmurf]

Do no more than 3 hours on homemade single-layer discs. Do no more than 5½ hours on homemade dual-layer discs.

Then again, you're starting from XVID files, so a lot of your quality is already gone.

[jaxxboss]

put about 13 of them on ur dvd, but kep em as xvid, then just buy a divx/xvid dvd player. Works for me..

[MetaPhaze]

Need some more help again.

I went ahead and did 3hrs 54minutes of video.

The sizes appear to be fine and quality looks fine. However I would like to make a menu so I can find the beggining of each video. However at this point I have a complete DVD video file assortment ready to burn (Not ISO).

How would I go about edditing it so I can put menus in it without having to re-encode the whole compilation?

[Baldrick]

tmpgenc dvd author, add dvd video.