What is the recommended kbs for a dvd movie in 352x480??

[jere777]

I am using nero 6 ultra (nero vision express 2) to turn several avi files into dvd. I am using some ogm files that I took apart and made them have an mp2 audio and a avi file, i synced them perfectly. Now i am using nero to make them into a dvd movie. I am trying to put as many as i can on with the best possble quality. I am thinking of trying 4 anime eps, in 352x480 with 4735 kbit/s. Any suggestions would be great. If there are any programs that can do a better job let me know. Thanks

Jeremiah

[mats.hogberg]

There are many better apps than Nero!
Encode your AVI to m2v with TMPGEnc or MainConcept or other mp2 encoder. Bit rate depends on what's in the movies, but I think 4635 kbps at 352*480 is overkill. I'd suggest you try 3000 kbps and compare it to your 4635 encode and see if you can spot any difference. So, after this, you have a mp2 audio and m2v video - all that's left is to author to DVD and burn.
The free way to author this to DVD is DVDAuthor GUI or GUI for DVDAutor. Commercial apps: TMPGEnc DVD Author, DVD Lab...
Some of these include burning too, but if not, make DVD image with imgtools classic (free) and burn with DVDDecrypter (also free).

/Mats

[jere777]

Does 352x480 give out a good quality picture? i have yet to try one at those measurements. I would like to know the recommended measurments for an anime ep, that is about 23 minutes long, and is a dvd rip. Thanks for your help

jeremiah

[mats.hogberg]

Dest resolution depends on source resolution. There's nothing gained in enlarging...

/Mats

[energy80s]

For 352x576 use a variable bitrate of between 2Mbps and 4Mbps. As this is half D1 resolution, you should use half the D1 bitrate (but remember that MPEG2 looks bad below 2Mbps).

[FulciLives]

In my opinion Half D1 doesn't MAX out the bitrate until about 5000kbps but 4735kbps is really close to that so I would just do a CBR with that particular value.

Should turn out most excellent.

- John "FulciLives" Coleman