.avi to dvd conversions

[sublimelax]

I've tried looking at the how-to's and still am confused.

I have a bunch of TV episodes that are ~130mb each that I want to put onto DVD. I'm using TMPGEnc Plus to convert them to mpeg-2. Some of the files end up being ~350mb, but some end up being over 1 gig. They are not the best quality, so I'm just using a 2000 bitrate.

The files that I can get down to ~350mb have an audio bitrate of 95kbps. The files that get to 1 gig have an audio bitrate of 125kbps. That is the only difference I can see.

Is there some way I can change the audio through TMPGEnc Plus so that the files are smaller? I've got like 60 episodes, so I want to fit more than 4 to a DVD.

Like I said, quality already is less than perfect, so I don't mind high compression. I burned one of the ~350mb files to DVD and it looked fine on my tv.

Thanks.

[ZippyP.]

The size of your files depends on 2 things: the total bitrate (video + audio) and the length in minutes. Since your video bitrate is 2000 kbps I hope you are using 352x480 resolution because that bitrate is far too low for full DVD. If you're not using that resolution, then I suggest that you do. If you really want to make it smaller then you can use 352x240 and then you can drop the video bitrate to 1100 or so.

[sublimelax]

I'm still playing around with the video bitrate for now. I really want to figure out how to change the audio bitrate, but I can't figure that out.

[sublimelax]

Can anyone help, or at lest point me to a specific how-to? Thanks.

[bugster]

You can change the audio bitrate in TmpGenc on the audio tab of the settings dialog.

[ricky1756]

if you have tv episodes that are 130mbs, the quality is not good to begin with. use tmpgenc to make them mpeg1, instead of mpeg 2. your just wasting time and space with mpeg2.

[sublimelax]

if you have tv episodes that are 130mbs, the quality is not good to begin with. use tmpgenc to make them mpeg1, instead of mpeg 2. your just wasting time and space with mpeg2.

Will mpeg1 work on DVD?

[ricky1756]

yes, you can make a dvd compliant mpeg1 with tmpgenc

[ZippyP.]

352x240 resolution is DVD compliant in either mpeg1 or mpeg2 format. They will look the same if encoded with the same settings.