? about dvd burning

[Blacksmith]

I'm new so forgive my dumb questions.

I'm buying a DVD burner and was wondering about putting VCD's or Xvcd's on a dvd. How many min can I get on one dvd? And can I make more min with Xvcd's?

[ptmurphy]

It basically is dependent on the bit rate you choose, which translate to the quality of the material. If they are currently VCDs, you could probaly get 4+ hours at that low of a quality.

To get great quality, you can normally get between 1 and 2 hours of video on each DVD.

"And can I make more min with Xvcd's?"

I don't understand that part of the question.

[Blacksmith]

I should of explained that better.

With Xvcd's u can have more than 80 min on a standard cd just with a lower bit rate. I figure u can do the same with DVD's.

Thx for the answer.

[ptmurphy]

Your are correct in your assumption. You can have more video on a DVD by lowering the bitrate just as you would with you VCDs.

Take care.

[furball6969]

You should be able to get about 7.5 hours at Standard VCD bitrate of 1150000 BPS.

There's a link to my bitrate calculator in my Sig. use the Reverse Calc function; fill in the blanks and hit calculate.