How can I fit 4 anime fansub episodes onto 1 4.7gig dvd+r?

[fazeshot]

I have a question I wanna burn 4 episodes of anime onto one disc each file is 170 megish .avi files if i reduce the quality to take up say.. 25% of the disc will the change in quality be drastically noticable? is there any other way?

Thanks for any help i can get!


Also I alwayts have a problem when burning fansubs.. the subtitles almost always seem to get cutt off the screen at times any way i can fix that?

[guns1inger]

1. Bitrate calculator - use it to determine the bitrate you need to encode at. 170MB would be around 30 minutes, x 4 = approx 2 hours running time. If so, this should fit comfortably. Work out the exact runtime, then use a bitrate calculator to work out the numbers for encoding.

2. Use FitCD to create an avisynth script that will reduce the size of the video, then add a border. This will force your subtitles back into the visible area. Use the avisynth script when encoding instead of the avi file. For more details, read this post -> https://forum.videohelp.com/viewtopic.php?t=302970

[fazeshot]

so i just calculate what bitrate i should encode at by doing RUNTIME X 4 ?

Ok the total runtime is 96minutes 36 seconds im using the videohelp bitrate calc.. i will be using 4.7gb dvd+rs please tell me how i calculate and encode at a certain bitrate I am HORRIBLE at math

[whitejremiah]

if they are "normal" 20-30 min anime episodes, yes, they should be able to fit reasonably easily, i will point you to one tool though, that is fitcd because you will need it to prevent the subtitles from dropping off the screen (just take my word on this)

[guns1inger]

OK. You click on the following link -> https://www.videohelp.com/calc.htm to load the Videohelp online bitrate calculator. Enter the running time in hours minutes and seconds, then look at the number at the bottom marked Calculated Bitrate. In your case, it will be around 5994 kbps, depending on what bitrate you use for your audio. If you have stereo mp3 audio on your avi files, 192 kbps is OK for your audio, and will give you more bitrate for video.

Use the calculated bitrate as the average bitrate in your encoder if you use VBR encoding, or as the bitrate if you use CBR. Personally, at this rate I would use 2-pass VBR.