burning 1 hour of raw footage onto DVD

[sfischer]

I am having trouble compressing 36 hours of raw footage onto regular DVD-Rs. Was wondering if anyone has ever done this successfully with one hour of raw footage and how long it took. I am trying to get as many one hour tapes of raw interview footage onto a DVD as I can (image quality isn't too much of a concern; it doesn't have to look pristine, just viewable for archival sake).

What's the best compression to use to reduce this much raw footage onto a DVD?

Thanks!

Steve

[aedipuss]

it's a bit per seconds question. dvd is mpeg-2 and basically anything under 3000 bit per second or about 180 min with 192kbps audio is unwatchable. use this bitrate calculator to do the math.

http://dvd-hq.info/Calculator.html#Calculator

[guns1inger]

If you are happy to get down to VCD resolution then you can get up to 8 hours on a single layer disc. The quality will be VHS or less.

If it doesn't have to be a DVD Video disc then Xvid or Divx encoded material, playable on many standalones, will allow you to get 12 hours of pretty good quality on a single layer disc.