Burning low quality videos on DVD

[jbartosh]

Hello, I'm sure this has been covered before but I'm hoping someone will offer a brief explanation...
I have some videos at 512x384. DVD-lab only will accept "dvd quality" at 720x480. I can resize to the larger 720x480, but will not gain any quality of picture, and I will lose space. This there a way that I can get these videos burnt onto a DVD while keeping them at their current file size in order to cram as many as possible onto one disc? Please advise.

[ntscuser]

You can burn them as a "data dvd" but if you want to watch them on a standalone player you will need one which accepts data files.

[Midzuki]

Both DVDAuthor and DVD-lab PRO are able to author .m*v files with
non-compliant framesizes. Not all hardware-based players will accept
such discs, though.

[poisondeathray]

You can "cram" videos using programs such as convertxtodvd (trialware) or favc (free). They author, automate the process and even generate simple menus.

[guns1inger]

DVD Lab Pro will happily accept all valid, compliant resolutions, and can also be told to use non-compliant resolutions if you want to chance it.

Click on Project->Project Properties. On the Accept Movie Sizes drop-down you can select the range of DVD compliant resolutions you wish to include on your project. If you want to use non-DVD compliant resolutions, click on the Advanced tab of the Project Properties screen, and tick the box marked Accept Non-DVD Sizes. You can no use any old crap you want. Be aware that not all players will play non-compliant material once it is authored.

[edDV]

The key question is "do you expect this to play from a standard DVD player?"

If not you can burn a data DVD any resolution size you want, so long as you have a way to play it.

If it does need to play on a standard player, you need to convert to 704(720)x480i, 352x480i or 352x240p at 29.97 fps. Progressive 704(720)x480p @ 23.976 fps is also possible.

DVD players that accept Divx/Xvid may accept a wider range of raster sizes. Each player model needs testing.