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    Hi,

    I'm pretty sure it's possible to fit at least 6 hours of realmedia content on one DVD because I've seen one before with no problems before.

    However, I'm trying to create one now and I was wondering what would be the best way to do so? For example, what software, etc.?

    If anymore information is needed, please feel free to ask.

    Otherwise, thanks for the help in advance.
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    You could try RealAnime or RealProducer. The problem with RM is it's a very proprietary format and very few programs are made to encode it, outside of the ones produced by Real. Basically, if you want more video on a DVD, you lower the bitrate. (And the quality.) How much is up to you. Try a test encode of a short clip to see how it looks.

    And this isn't DVD authoring. Moving you.

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    Thanks for the quick reply. The thing is that I'm trying to fit several real media files on one DVD without having to convert from real media to avi first.
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    As long as you are only planning to view them on your computer, just burn them as a DVD data disc. I assumed they were too big to fit. If so, you would have to re-encode them to RMVB with a lower bitrate to make them smaller if you wanted to keep them in the RMVB format.
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    I believe you are confusing your terms. If you are burning files (avi, rm, mov, etc.) to dvd for use on your computer, then time has not relevance, you are only concerned with size (SL is approx. 4.3gb) and burn them as data. If you are wanting to burn files to dvd for play on a standalone, then you are concerned with time and you burn as dvd video. A standard SL dvd holds approx. 2 hours of dvd quality video. Of course you can fit more than 2 hours by reducing the quality.
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    I think I need to clarify. The source files are in .rmvb format. I have about 6-7 hours of this, separated in several files.

    What I'm looking to do is to fit them onto one DVD, viewable in a standard DVD player.

    I'm trying WinAVI right now to basically merge about 6 rmvb files into one DVD but it doesn't seem to be working...something about msvcrt.dll, which I can't figure out how to replace after finding an older version from WinAVI's website.

    Anyhow, does anyone know any other software that's capable of doing this? if not, perhaps something that can simply batch convert from rmvb to a format that can be then converted to DVD video.

    If there are any more questions, please feel free to ask.

    Thanks for any help in advance!
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    Try SUPER for one. I have also used EO Video in the past, but SUPER is freeware. RMVB is one of the harder formats to convert, partly because of Real and partly because of the variable audio/video bitrates. Sync problems can be the worst of it.

    To get that much on a 4.37GB DVD, you would need a fairly low MPEG-2 bitrate. The quality compared to the original RMVB may not be too good. But give it a try. You can use a bitrate calculator from our 'Tools'. Put the total running time in there and see what bitrate is suggested. You might have to go with 1/2 D1: 352 x 480 pixels MPEG2 (Called Half-D1, same as the CVD Standard) It will work better at lower bitrates. Take a look at 'WHAT IS' DVD to the upper left for information.
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    If you can convert it to MPEG-1, the VCD format can fit over 7 hours on one DVD-R. This would be your best option if you just want to view them on your PC. Some stand-alone DVD players can also accomodate the format as well.

    Its resolution is at 352x240 and its bitrate is at 1150kbps with mp2 audio.

    Yeah, it fits alright, but like the other posts said, if you squeeze it to that level, don't expect great quality.
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