How many mins. of VHS can you record on a CD-R? What file t

[14me]

I am thinking about getting a caprure card to transfer my VHS/Camcorder home movies to CD-R. How many minutes can I expect a CD-R to hold? And what is the best file type (SVCD, VCD, etc.)? In comparison how many minutes does a DVD-R hold? I realize that I will then need a DVD burner. Thanks in advance for your help.

[nvost361]

Typically about 74-80 mins of MPEG-1 on CDRW. The quality depends on your source and your capture tool. You DO NOT need a DVD burner to burn VCD's

[therick]

I get about 50 minutes of good quality video on a cd these days...but that is an xSVCD at 352x480 with multi-pass VBR...with the anti-noise maxed out in CCE...and I am just now happy with the quality. But then again, you might be happy with compilant streams...beauty is in the eye of the beholder...

[geniv]

it's a matter of quality vs. quantity. depending on what u want.

generally MPG1 is good.

but personally I use DivX since I don't plan to play it on my dvd player. I like divx because it offer better video quality at lower filesize than MPEG1.