SATELITE to dvd

[4king]

hi just captured a adult film from sat then saved it too pc .hd. but like to put it on dvd.... how too doo it..... coz i have know clue ........ film ie =1 hr 30mins long....... about 20gb size....... how to put it on dvd disc =4.7gb disc or what format to save it too the softwhere i use is pinnacle instant copy dvd is what i normaly i use to burn dvd s or nero too to multi copy!!!!!!

[fatbloke]

use something like tmpeg to convert the avi.

[gcutler]

hi just captured a adult film from sat then saved it too pc .hd. but like to put it on dvd.... how too doo it..... coz i have know clue ........ film ie =1 hr 30mins long....... about 20gb size....... how to put it on dvd disc =4.7gb disc

You need to encode the file (probably AVI) to MPEG-2 DVD compatible which will compress it down to around 4GB (depends on settings you pick).

TMPGEnc Plus (you can get a 14 day demo here), it is such an important tool, it is worth the purchase.
http://www.pegasys-inc.com/e_main.html

[spiderman2k1]

I like to capture MPEg 2 real time never avi take's for ever to encode. I use a Dazzle 2 there a good website www.dazzlegeek.com Pcr250 and 350 are good ati is oh ok if you find one cheep. I cap at 8000 CBR then when i have the mpeg 2 file it's over 4.3gig's I just make the vob file's then use DVD2one to make it fit on DVD-R very fast and look like im still watch ing satellite dish

[oldfart13]

How do you manage to cut commercials or do you just leave them in? Mpeg-2 cutting not as easy as cutting AVIs. Since you are using satellite TV as your source pic quality is probably adequate. Since I use VHS tapes for my source, I have to cap as AVI and then add filtering and edit the file. I can stand the encode time even though my computer is a slow PIII 1 GHz. The results are MUCH better that way. I tried using direct Mpeg-2 caps from VHS at 6 - 8 Mbps but the final output was always much worse than the AVI route...

[txpharoah]

I timeshift my sat movies to MPEG1 1856k DVD-complaint video with my ATi All In Wonder, and dump straight to disc. The MPEG1/low bitrate gives really good quality, yet can stick hours and hours on a single disc.

Real good for the DSS 3-hour porn ppvs.

Lower than perfect DVD? Yes, a little, but better than most VCD, and I'm not worried about perfection. I just want it for later casual viewing with the wife. Pixels are the least of my worries for those movies.

[TBoneit]

How do you manage to cut commercials or do you just leave them in? Mpeg-2 cutting not as easy as cutting AVIs. Since you are using satellite TV as your source pic quality is probably adequate. Since I use VHS tapes for my source, I have to cap as AVI and then add filtering and edit the file. I can stand the encode time even though my computer is a slow PIII 1 GHz. The results are MUCH better that way. I tried using direct Mpeg-2 caps from VHS at 6 - 8 Mbps but the final output was always much worse than the AVI route...

Hello

I've fouind that the Tmpgenc DVD authoring program, 30 day trial, cuts very well for me. I do all the cuts, then add chapters and it sdeems to be fine. I'll be doing more testing this weekend.

Cheers