Folder of AVIs to VIDEO_TS

[petew89]

Ok,

So here's my problem.

I've got a folder of 13 .avi files. Each is a 30minute TV episode and there are 2 seasons. 6 episodes and 7 episodes.

Unfortunately I can't fit each season to 1 dvd in toast, so i will have to use 3 dvds which is a waste of money and makes so sense.

I would like to have 1 season per dvd.

What is the best method to use to encode and compress these files in one go? (As opposed to encoding each individual file in ffmpegX).


Any help or suggestions will be greatly appreciated

[redwudz]

A bitrate calculator would be where to start. You plug in your total running time of all the videos combined and it tells you the bitrate to use to encode with to fill a DVD. If the bitrate is very low, say below about 3000kbps, then you might consider 1/2 D1 format to preserve the quality at lower bitrates, or even lower, you would look to VCD formats. VCD is set at 1150kbps, with a resulting fairly low quality. These formats are explained to the upper left in 'WHAT IS' DVD and 'VCD'. <<<<<<

All this holds true for Windows or Mac. Just the programs to accomplish it are different.

Once you get your calculated bitrate, then try a encode of some of the video, say about a ten minute clip of representative video. If you like what you see, or can tolerate it if it's low quality, then you sit back and encode the whole thing to MPEG standards, then author and burn it to DVD.

Example: You have six videos of 30 minutes each = 180 minutes or 3 hours. The VH bitrate calculator says a bitrate of 3159kbps to fill a DVD. A little low, but maybe acceptable. I would go for a 1/2 D1 format, though. That would be a framesize of 352 x 480 with the same bitrate. Full D1 is 720 x 480. Probably the 1/2 D1 will look better at that bitrate. Set your encoder to that and let it run. If your source video is TV, it should look fine.

[petew89]

Thanks

Ok..

So..

Its 6 episodes = 2hrs 53mins 29secs

With an audio bitrate of 128

Which BitrateCalc tells me is 3394 kbits/s


OR

Seeing as its a DVD.. with an audio bitrate of 448 its 3073 kbits/s



What do u recommend i do?

Is there a program I can use to encode all of them at once? Just put them all in and press 'encode'

[pixel zombie]

mpeg2works is great for such a task, but you will also need the quicktime mpeg 2 component...