Can only fit one hour of Tivo'd shows DVD-R

[lened]

I transferred a few 30-minute programs from my Tivo to a computer via TivoDesktop.
Used DirectShow dump to convert into regular mpegs
Then used MyDVD9 (trial period) to put onto DVD-R's.

I was only able to put 2 shows (1 hour) on at "HQ (DVD-quality)" Is that normal?

When I tried using fit-to-DVD and put three on, it rendered for 2 hours than told me the disk was too small. It even said I had 30 minutes left on the disk. Am I doing something wrong, is this normal, or does this program have issues, like a lot of people here say?

Thanks,
L

[painkiller]

That software, if it is what I think it is (Sonic MyDVD), is not what I would recommend.

I had real problems with it, such as you are having now.

Use something else.

Perhaps VideoRedo. Sure it costs $50 - but it also has a trial period and will let you edit tivo files and convertt them to mpegs for dvd authoring.

[OldAmateur]

VideoRedo is a first-rate editor for MPG files, and it can take TiVo-format captures as input, doing the TiVo-to-MPEG format transfer when it outputs. It is my preferred tool for trimming TiVo captures and editing out commercials (VideRedo has a very useful ad-detector tool built in).

However, it doesn't do DVD authoring and is not what I would use to fit more than an hour of video onto a DVD. There are several authoring tools that will do that. My personal preference is TMPGEnc DVD Author Pro. It is quite straightforward to use and offers the option on output to fit the current project, whatever its size, onto a standard single-layer or double-layer DVD. Getting two hours of TV-quality onto a single DVD (without noticeable loss of quality) is very easy. Depending on the complexity of the images, up to four hours may be possible with acceptable quality. Above that, the image quality goes downhill rapidly.

[lened]

Let me change the subject a bit:

What I want to do (overall) with DVD creation is two things:
1) Make home movies (from a DV camera)
2) Transfer TiVo recordings

I'll start out simple, maybe cut out comercials from the TiVo stuff and cut out boring stretches of home movies, but I'd like the ability to maybe learn and try new stuff with time. Nothing too fancy. I'm looking to spend $100 or less on software to do this. I've used the following software to mixed results"

Roxio Easy Media Creator 7 (which was killed when I upgraded to IE7 and WMP10), but it came with the burner I bought and don't mourn its passing too much.

Roxio MyDVD9, which I am in the trial period now, and downloaded because there was a link to it from the Tivo website.

Reviews online (PCWorld, CNET) praise Adobe Premiere Elements, and Pinnacle Studio.

I'm in the process of getting a new computer that should be able to handle anything.

I have a feeling this is not an uncommon question (should it be a new topic?). New user, basic needs, budget software.

What are the suggestions, recommendations?

L

[Abond]

My suggestion
Dgindex to demux the tivo to video and audio.
Cuttermaran to cut out comercials
Muxman to author the DVD
Imgburn to burn it to disc.
Cost=0 (all are free sw)