Is there a way that ican copy 6 hours of video to dvd?

[bobby24601]

Hi i am a newbie here.
I was wondering is there a way that i can copy about 6 hours of video to a dvd? i have a capture card and the leads to connect to vcr, but i wanted to know if anyone knows of a program that i can compress video.

I would be very grateful if someone could give me this advice

thanks

[yoda313]

Hello,

There are MANY options. Bitrate is the first. The lower the bitrate the more time you can fit on the disc. But the lower the quality will be. 4 hours would probably be the most you'd want to fit to make it look decent - maybe 5.

But it depends on what looks good to YOU.

You can also record at a higher level. Then author the large file and shrink it with dvd shrink.

https://www.videohelp.com/capture

https://www.videohelp.com/convert

Those are two good links to read found in the HOW TO section on the left <------

Also experiment on your own. It's the best way to learn.

Kevin

[bobby24601]

Ok thanks will have a look.
Thanks for the very quick reply

[trickyman]

Along w/ decreasing bitrate, u can encode at 1/2 D1 resolution which will give u about vhs quality. I wouldnt recomend encoding and then shrinking w/ DVD Shrink, it's best just to encode at the right bitrate to get your target size...

[bobby24601]

which program do you recomend for the encoding and shrinking if you dont recommend dvd shrink?

[reboot]

The encoder does the shrinking. It's all dependant on bitrate. Lower bitrate=smaller file size.
What format are you capturing to (avi, mpeg1/2, DV)?

[Richard_G]

Capture the video at 352 x 288 (if PAL) or 352 x 240 (if NTSC) and encode to mpeg2 using a bitrate of 1500kbs. Use a bitrate of 128kbs for the audio. That should give you quality that looks no worse than your VHS source and will get around 6 hours on a DVDR disk. It may still be slightly too big, if so, open the files in DVDShrink and compress them so they will fit.

[trickyman]

which program do you recomend for the encoding and shrinking if you dont recommend dvd shrink?

I would recommend encoding w/ TMPGenc Plus at 1/2 D1 resolution using VBR. They have an integarated bitrate calculator co u can gague how large the resulting filw will be.

[jimmalenko]

Capture the video at 352 x 288 (if PAL) or 352 x 240 (if NTSC) and encode to mpeg2 using a bitrate of 1500kbs. Use a bitrate of 128kbs for the audio. That should give you quality that looks no worse than your VHS source and will get around 6 hours on a DVDR disk. It may still be slightly too big, if so, open the files in DVDShrink and compress them so they will fit.

I'm with him

[Nilfennasion]

I would recommend either using a DVD+R DL or two discs, since compressing six hours of video into 4.35 GB is going to produce hideous-looking results regardless of what resolution it is at. Of course, what the marketeers don't want you to know is that six-hour VHS tapes don't exactly have a great shelf-life, either.

Is it six hours of continuous footage, or is it segmented? If the latter, I would recommend separating the segments into smaller files and fitting them to discs according to space. Using half-D1 resolution is also a good idea since a VHS source won't have better resolution than that, anyway.

[bobby24601]

I would recommend encoding w/ TMPGenc Plus at 1/2 D1 resolution using VBR. They have an integarated bitrate calculator co u can gague how large the resulting filw will be.[/quote]

What is VBR? What is the best kinda file to capture in? mpeg? avi?

Thanks

[bobby24601]

I would recommend either using a DVD+R DL or two discs, since compressing six hours of video into 4.35 GB is going to produce hideous-looking results regardless of what resolution it is at. Of course, what the marketeers don't want you to know is that six-hour VHS tapes don't exactly have a great shelf-life, either.

Is it six hours of continuous footage, or is it segmented? If the latter, I would recommend separating the segments into smaller files and fitting them to discs according to space. Using half-D1 resolution is also a good idea since a VHS source won't have better resolution than that, anyway.

It is a 4 hour tape, but is on long play. It is off the tv so has ad breaks in it aswell.

[yoda313]

Hello,

VBR = variable bit rate.

If you want ease of use for immediate dvd creation go with mpeg.

If you want to edit it a lot go with avi. BUT you will still have to convert the avi to mpeg. EITHER by doing it seperately with a program like tmpgenc or a dvd authoring package that will accept your type of avi file.

Kevin

[bobby24601]

The encoder does the shrinking. It's all dependant on bitrate. Lower bitrate=smaller file size.
What format are you capturing to (avi, mpeg1/2, DV)?

Not sure what to capture in. I have dvd movie factory 2 , lets me capture in all those options. Which would be best?

[bobby24601]

Hello,

VBR = variable bit rate.

If you want ease of use for immediate dvd creation go with mpeg.

If you want to edit it a lot go with avi. BUT you will still have to convert the avi to mpeg. EITHER by doing it seperately with a program like tmpgenc or a dvd authoring package that will accept your type of avi file.

Kevin

I need to cut out ad breaks as off the tv to save some time

[Nilfennasion]

Your source is not going to produce very good quality (LP VHS tapes are absolutely gash at best), so I would even advise editing out all the commercials and splitting the result in half to spread over two discs. If your result is two hours a piece, then a 4.35GB DVD might just hold each segment without serious artefacting.

[bobby24601]

Ok thanks will try that