2hours of video on 1 4.7gb dvd

[peter811]

I have a 2 hour movie that I would like to put onto one single layer dvd disk.
Is there a piece of software that will allow me to do it.


Thanks Joe

[redwudz]

What format is it presently in?

You would normally encode it to MPEG-2 format, then author it to DVD.

If you look to the upper left for 'What is' DVD you will see the specifcations of the DVD format.

[Cunhambebe]

There are many things you can do to fit your movie on a single layer DVD. Here are some suggestions:
-You can render you movie (is it AVI uncompressed?) to MPEG2 using low (but acceptable) bitrates; a bitrate calculator would be great to help you do that;
-You can use DVD Shrink to help you fit your movie to a single layer disc (much compression may generate something like macroblocks). Usually, the compression should be at 20%, that means, 80% of the original size. Any value grater than this one, may generate side effects anyone can see on a big screen (plasma, LCD or on 29" 4:3 TVs);
-IF...IF you're authoring for yourself and IF your DVD player is compatible with Divx and Xvid, you could try to render your movie to Xvid (which is free) and burn a data DVD (no menus will be available - it'll be a "Movie DVD" - like a VHS tape. I'm sure this way your movie will fit easily on a single layer disc.

[Nelson37]

Probably.

That would depend on the file type of the movie, quality desired, subtitles included, source of the movie, playback device available, compatibility desired, and a whole bunch of other questions which can only be guessed at with the extremely minimal information currently available.

I have a truck. Will it haul 2 tons of gravel safely?

[peter811]

Here is the information I was able to get off the video.
Width 416Pixels
Height 320Pixels
Duration 2:11:34
Bit Rate 48 kbps
Audio Format MPEG layer-3
Video Compression Divx Codec

[redwudz]

Try DivxToDVD. There is a freeware version available if you follow the link. It should fit. If not, get back to us.

[whitejremiah]

and don't expect the output video to be very high quality......just looking at the input file specs makes me near want to choke................im not sure if dvd is a good format to try and convert to...you may be better off with svcd............or maybe even vcd.