Noobie help

[Pj10]

I was wondering what the best way to create a disc of episodes would be.
I am wanting to take a 70 episode series and put it on 2-3 dvd's.
Can you set up a vcd and burn it on to a dvd?
Quality isn't a huge deal so what would be the best option.
I prefer to use nero.

[yoda313]

Yes you can set vcd as dvd.

[jimmalenko]

1. I'd recommend you don't use Nero for the encoding side of things.

2. http://members.dodo.net.au/~jimmalenko/AVI2DVD.htm and https://www.videohelp.com/calc.htm - your friends here, big time.

3. Single Layer DVDRs, or Dual Layer ?

4. Running time (approx) of each episode ?

[Pj10]

single layered for right now.
24 mins per episode.

[jimmalenko]

single layered for right now.
24 mins per episode.

OK, so 70 eps x 24 min = 1680 min / 3 DVDs = 560 min per DVD.



Gonna be sub-VCD quality

[ZippyP.]

Using a bitrate calculator, audio set at 160 kbps gives a video bitrate of 925 kbps. Using VCD resolution and 2-pass VBR it should be watchable.

[rkr1958]

I'd recommend using 4 DVDs. That would result in 420-minutes (or 7-hours) per DVD and allow you to encode at VCD quality bit rates (video at 1150 kbps & audio at 224 kpbs) and leave you with a margin of 240-MB per DVD.