Can someone please show me a link on dvd r lengths

[MIKEMAN]

hi can someone show me link that shows how to make 2-6 hour dvd-r?
my program (neodvdplus) doesnt seem to want to let me burn over an hour.
thx!

[daamon]

Hi MIKEMAN,

Before I, or anyone, can have a stab at helping, there's a few things we need to know:

1. What's your source material? i.e. What are you wanting to put 2 - 6 of onto DVD-R? (Is it home shot footage, backing up DVDs etc.)

2. What format is it in? AVI, MPEG, MOV etc. These formats come in different "flavours", so use AVICodec on the files to get more info and post that.

3. How concerned are you about quality? Because, if Hollywood can't get a whole load of stuff on a dual layer DVD (called DVD9 holding around 8Gb) then you, as a member of Jo Public, certainly are likely to gonna have to compromise on quality to get 6 hours on one DVD.

4. State which guides / info / threads you've read and are having trouble with - you're more likely to get help if you demonstrate that you've tried to help yourself by doing a whole load of reading before posting.

[jimmalenko]

All you really need is a bitrate calculator. You can fit almost any length you want onto a DVDR, but the deciding factor will be quality. I have found the easiest way is to stick to standard conventions such as VCD (352X288 @ 1150kbps with 224kbps audio) as a pretty good guide. At VCD specs, you can fit around 7 hours onto a DVD.

Check out What is DVDR to see the standard specs for DVD.

[MIKEMAN]

awesome!!
thx a lot guys, i usually download concerts in vcd , so ill just load it up as vcd and wont try to encode a vcd to dvd format.
thx

[jimmalenko]

I should point out that if you wish for a DVD Player to play DVDRs, you will need to upsample the audio to 48KHz instead of 44.1KHz.

[DJ5A]

Hello Everybody:

I'm a new guy that's been reading a lot of good info for a while here & I'm learning a lot!

If I follow jimmalenko's instructions...

I have found the easiest way is to stick to standard conventions such as VCD (352X288 @ 1150kbps with 224kbps audio) as a pretty good guide. At VCD specs, you can fit around 7 hours onto a DVD.

Can I convert this using "Ulead DVD Movie Factory 2.5SE" Defaults to a Temp folder & then use DVD Shrink burning it through Nero? As you can tell I'm trying to figure out a way to cram 4 hours plus on a DVD, while trying to keep the video pretty decent!

If it matters any I'm Capturing TV through WinFast 2K XP Expert Tuner card, using the Default Templet "VCD NTSC" because it's the same exact settings as jimmalenko mentioned above.

Am I doing the above correct?

[jimmalenko]

I think you might have a few concepts muddied, but that's OK.

For NTSC on DVD, you must use any of the following:
720 X 480, 352 X 480, or 352 X 240.

For any DVD the audo must be 48KHz.

If I understand you correctly, you are capturing to MPEG-1 352 X 240 1150kbps, 44.1KHz 224kbps audio ? It would be preferred if you could capture to 48KHz and then we wouldn't need to upsample the audio.

If you use TMPGEnc DVD Author, you can capture at 44.1Khz and it will upsample for you.