putting tv shows on dvd question....

[pablo70]

Hey everyone,
I am trying to move all my Babylon 5 tv shows to dvd since my collection takes up so much space on my hard drive. The question I have is this...some of the files are .avi and some are different forms of divx and I want to put as many of the episodes on one dvd as I can is this possible?...any thoughts?

[Quigonsean]

Convert them to mpeg1 vcd resolution, but with 48000 sound. On a DVD you get like 450 minutes or so with mpeg1. Quality ain't the best, but then again neither is the source in this case if they are divx that were capped from the tv.
Just my 2cents

Sean

[Vejita-sama]

I'll 2nd that. Convert your files to 352x240 MPEG1 files with either mp2 or AC3 audio at 48khz. Keep the audio bitrate low (say ~128kbit/s) and set the video bitrate to what ever you can live with to stuff as many eps on each disc as possible without losing quaility.

Take a look at the bitrate calcultors under tools. I wouldn't let the bitrate drop below 1600kbit/s myself. But that gives you ~5:50 of video per DVDR. Might want to use multipass VBR when you encode thou

[pablo70]

thanks for the info and yeah the tv captures are not that great so at least I will have them on dvd. By the way what program should i use? I have tmpgenc or should i use dvd movie factory 2? Thanks again

[Quigonsean]

You need a proggie to convert them to an mpeg1, then you can properly encode that mpeg with Tmpegenc, then author with DVDMovie factory. I don't know off the top of my head what prog will convert divx to mpeg but there are lots of guides here, and at www.doom9.org that not only walk you through it, as well as tell you and link to the proggies needed for the conversion process.

Sean

[spiderman2k1]

I really do not think it's worht encoding the B5 to a DVD format. What I would do is mod a X-BOX or PS2 install a mod chip to play divx file's and just burn the B5 as Data. I bought the fist season of B5 on DVD. You might want to get the real DVD's there very goos for a TV show

[pablo70]

thats true if you have a xbox or playstation but since i have neither it makes no sense to buy one just for that purpose. I also have all the espisodes from the beginning to the end including the movies. How long do you think it will take them to do that to dvd?

[acid512]

You mentioned you were transfering to DVD because of harddrive space.
You could just burn the Avi's etc to a DVD, and play them as you do now on your pc. Very quick to do, and would not need as many DVD-r's.

[frogster]

Why not use mpeg2 instead of mpeg1? the only time i ever use mpeg1 is when i want to make a VCD.
set the average bitrate at 1600, use a noise filter, and stick a ton on a single DVD.

just keep in mind that it will take a ton of time to convert all of those episodes. at $10/hour, you'd be better off buying a PS2 and modding it.

[housepig]

just keep in mind that it will take a ton of time to convert all of those episodes. at $10/hour, you'd be better off buying a PS2 and modding it

wow... you know someone that will pay me $10 an hour to batch-convert files while I sleep?

sweet - sign me up.

:P

- housepig