How many minutes of burned MPEG-2 can CD and DVD disks hold?

[joeAgain------]

I need to decide on whether to trade in my CD-RW for a DVD-RW before the DELL parts return policy time limit very soon.

How many minute of Very clear video can I get on a DVD, as opposed to a CD?

thanks

[QwSxCV]

depends, i normally fit 2 movies on a dvd-r, (10 - 12 20min episodes like friends or 5 or so 40 min episodes like startrek) this is very good quality mpeg 2 as well using 2-pass on tmpg.
If the quality of the movie is very good like a dvd-rip then id use mpeg1 and get 3 or 4 movies on a disc
Tis well worth it.

[Digifreak]

Too vague (very clear?). In my opinion, SVCD 480x480 2000 Mbps avg. is "very clear" in standard resolution television standards. If burned in SVCD format, 1 CD will hold 50 minutes (you can squeeze 60 but quality loss starts to become noticeable on standard TV), the DVD-RW should hold over 5 times that in the same quality. SVCD however is not standard for DVD, so look at the guides for how to put SVCD on DVD.

[joeAgain------]

The quality of the stuff I'll copy ranges from really good to fair, and is family VHS video that I will be capturing from our VCR with Dazzle Digital Video Creator II.

How many minutes of very good reproduction of that would go on a CD....and on a DVD?

[Digifreak]

For what you describe, SVCD is more than adequate, and my previous post describes what to expect. DVD resolution would be overkill. But again, SVCD is NOT a standard for DVD so if you encoded to DVD standards and burn as a standard DVD I think you will be able to fit about 3.5 times in length of DVD format on DVD as SVCD format on CD.

[MOVIEGEEK]

joeAgain,
The time limit of a CD is what is listed on the label(74,80,90,99min.)the framerate determines the size of your mpeg-2. A DVD disk can hold 2 hours (4.7GB) of high quality video(9000kbps).

[joeAgain------]

Paul777 here says that if he records his VHS as just raw data on a CD, it will record and play 14 minutes of his home movies.

Does that mean that VCD to last 90 minutes is about a 6 to 1 compression?

[jowel13]

How many minutes of MPEG-1 Video (recorded from Old VHS tapes) can you fit on one DVD? Can I fit a whole 8 Hour tape on a DVD? Will the quality be the same? (I am not increasing the quality, I just want the exact image on my DVD instead). Also, for capturing is this card any good...

Dazzle DM7000 DVC2

or should I get an ATI All In Wonder Radeon 7500 or 8500DV?

Thanks!!