dvd burning

[sirchin]

I have a collection of dvds of the 3 stooges, most of them contain 3 to 6 short episodes, is there any way I can burn all of these onto 1 dvd? If so, is there also anyway that after doing this, that when watching them they will each play in succession without having to choose an episode. In other words I just pop in the dvd and that's it, they all play one after the other.

[Supreme2k]

Check the guides in the left menu. There are many ways to do what you are asking. Look for topics about episodic DVDs.

This question has been answered at least 20 times. A little research goes a long way.

[redwudz]

Yes, but if you try to put all of them on one DVD, the quality may really be bad. Best DVD quality is with about 1 to 1 1/2 hours video. What is the total running time of all the video you want to put on the DVD? (Very important!)

You can increase the amount of video by using 1/2 D1 format. (A regular DVD is full D1.) You may be able to get four hours or more at a reduced resolution onto the DVD with 1/2 D1. And it should still be playable on most set top DVD players. How it looks depends on the original format. The old Three Stooges movies are fairly low quality, so it may work.

You would need to re-encode them all. Burning the video is the easiest part.

You can set the playback order in a authoring program. You can also set them to play in sequence.

And welcome to our forums.

[sirchin]

Thanks guys I'll try your methods. BTW I had no idea a dvd could produce only about 1 to 1 1/2 hrs. of quality video. Do they make a dvd with more capacity?, like the old 6 hrs vhs videotapes. I mean with the technology we have today I would think that would be possible, plus I'm sure I'm not the first person wanting an extended dvd.

[redwudz]

You can use a DL DVD if you need more capacity. They are about 7.95GB compared to a DVD-5 which is about 4.37GB. The sizes of DVDs don't vary much, but what you put on them does. You can put 8 hours or more on a DVD-5, but it will be crappy quality. 1/2 D1 will be a bit better than VCD quality, but four or so hours may look good enough, again depending on your source quality. A VHS tape is fixed by the recording formats as to how much video you can put on it. SP, LP, etc. With a DVD, you can choose whatever length of video you want to put on it. But the more you put on it, the lower the quality.

It's simple enough to figure out. Take the total running times of all your videos. Then use a bitrate calculator to find the required bitrate for your filesize/DVD size. Adjust your encoder to that bitrate and encode. One bitrate calculator: https://www.videohelp.com/tools/VideoHelp_Bitrate_calculator

I would try a short encode with a representative clip and see how it looks. 1/2 D1 uses a lower resolution, so you can get a lot more on a DVD, albeit at a lower quality and it may make better use of the bitrate you have available. Only you are the judge on what quality you can tolerate or want. Full D1 will give you good quality up to about 2 hours, again depending on the source quality. One hour would be the best quality most times. The amount of motion in the video makes a big difference also, along with the noise present, and a few more factors. More noise or fast action requires more bitrate to achieve a decent quality. Bitrate mostly determines quality.

Full D1 (A regular DVD) uses about 8000 - 10000Kbps bitrate. When you get below about 3000 - 4000Kbps, 1/2 DI may be a better choice. But try some test encodes of maybe a ten minute representative clip to see how it looks. All this only applies to MPG-2, the normal DVD format. Divx and other formats use different bitrate settings.

For more information about the DVD format, specification and structure, look to: 'WHAT IS' DVD to the upper left on this page.

[Supreme2k]

Thanks guys I'll try your methods. BTW I had no idea a dvd could produce only about 1 to 1 1/2 hrs. of quality video. Do they make a dvd with more capacity?, like the old 6 hrs vhs videotapes.

To add to what redwudz posted, those 6 hr tapes were total crap. It's pretty much the same (or was pretty much the same with VHS), themore you put on the disc, the crappier it looks

[orsetto]

The difference with 6-hr VHS is even though it was pretty bad, being analog it was able to conceal a lot of crap. The image was as soft as butter, with not much detail, but on the CRT televisions of the time it was passable for the majority of consumers who, lets face it, just don't give a sh*t (if they cared at all, they wouldn't be writing into forums asking how they can shoehorn the entire output of the Three Stooges career onto a single 20-cent DVD-R). sirchin, for you to even ask about doing this, you can't possibly give a flying pigs ass about how its going to look. That being the case, do whatever the hell you want. You won't be able to tell Moe from Larry or Curly but hey, you got 50 hours on one disc. Have a blast. When you get back from the eye surgeon after having your crossed eyes reset from watching that, join us in the real world where three hours per DVD is the outer limit and four hour LP might just barely pass for archiving worn-out B/W Stooges shorts. DVD is digital, digital is not forgiving of flaws, and DVDs that run more than three hours show all kinds of weird artifacts that don't occur with long-play analog (background scenery flickers, faces lose expression, movement breaks up).

I'm sorry, I'm really not trying to be nasty, it just boggles my mind that otherwise intelligent people just cannot live unless they stuff everything they own onto a single DVD. What is with that? Blank DVDs are practically free and hold nearly three hours at better-than-VHS-SP quality. A dozen DVD-Rs holding 36 full hours of great-quality video cost less than a single VHS and take up less space than a single VHS. Am I the only consumer in the world that thinks thats a big enough miracle?

[sirchin]

Your so way off base jackass it isn't funny. I don't want 50 ******* hours of video on one disk! 1.5 to 2 hours is more than enough to do what I want. Do you know how many shorts can be put on that much space? Obviously NOT! I was just surprised at how little could be put on a disk and still have quality which I DO give a damn about. I so wish I could kick your arrogant ass for being so cocky about something your just assuming. Your probably just some ******* jackass that doesn't even know how to answer my question, or just doesn't give a shit about helping someone, which brings me to question why the **** your even at this forum. So you my friend can go straight to hell!

[Supreme2k]

sirchin,
Iin the future, you may not want to "fight fire with fire" as it makes you look like just as big an ass as the other person. orsetto may just be having a bad day, as this question gets asked a lot, with what he posted being the usual scenario. Many people new to these boards really don't give a crap, or they are trying to pack their pirated material into as little (and cheap) a space as possible.


That being said, many of the "classic"' series of discs are very poorly produced. I have a Little Rascals/Our Gang 6-disc set where each disc has 4 ten minute episodes. I managed to slim the set down to 2 discs, with even better menus.

[sirchin]

Listen where I come from, the way I was raised, you don't go off on someone because your having a bad day. " Oh poor feller, he's having a bad day so we should be easy on him". That's bullshit thinking. That so " New Age " crap. This kind of thinking is why there are so many ******** in the world getting away with shit when what they need is their ass kicked one good time to put him in his place since either their parents didn't teach them any manners or when they were they weren't listening when they were. As for me looking like an ass as well, you are correct about that but since I'm nowhere near him to kick his ass it was the only way I could respond. I am not a mean or violent person but when someone pushes me I PUSH BACK! So I won't be coming back to your stupid ass forum if this is the way you let you members talk to the people who are needing the help, and then chastise the newbie for retaliating. Oh so stupid way to run a site. So long!

[Supreme2k]

Listen, Tough Guy, be a newbie and an *******, and see where it gets you. You'll get banned pretty quickly if you go threatening every person who posts something a little negative about you (you may be on the short list now).

I wasn't saying to "go easy on him", but rather don't go at him at all.

Friendly advise isn't "chastising". Simply put, if someone is an *******, being a bigger ******* isn't going to "kick his ass" through a message board. Just as he could be a fat nerd in his basement, he could just as well be a giant 'roided out beast.

I guess that you completely missed the other part of my post where i completely defended you.

If you decide to leave for good over one silly post, then don't let the door hit ya where the good Lord split ya.

[lordsmurf]

Forget what you knew about VHS recording, it no longer applies.

[sirchin]

Thanks lordsmurf. So what I'm asking isn't possible? Say I have two dvds say about 1 hr long each and I want to combine them on 1 dvd and still maintain quality is that possible? And if so, How? I have Roxio dvd creator that came with my computer I'm not to familiar with it but I'm sure I can learn if it's possible.

[freebird73717]

simple way
rip to hard drive with dvdfabhddecrypter
combine both dvd's by using dvdshrink in reauthor mode.

You will lose menus but this is the easiest way to get multiple dvd's to one.

[sirchin]

Thanks free bird, and I don't mind losing the menus, in fact that's even better. Question though, as the dvds are now, the menu screen is the first thing to appear of course, this is where you choose which episode you want to watch. Without the menus what happens?, does the video just start playing when you pop it in starting with the first episode then play on in order with the rest?

[freebird73717]

Question though, as the dvds are now, the menu screen is the first thing to appear of course, this is where you choose which episode you want to watch. Without the menus what happens?, does the video just start playing when you pop it in starting with the first episode then play on in order with the rest?

Exactly.

[sirchin]

Thanks again but I can't figure out how to operate the downloads. I'm not sure if I downloaded from the correct place, I'll try again, maybe I can can find some instruction that go along with them.

[freebird73717]

Dvdfabhddecrypter guide

http://www.dvdshrink.info/re-author.php

[sirchin]

Thanks again those would have taken me a long time to find. maybe I'll get it now. BTW Great screen name. Love that song, I'm from the south.

[sirchin]

It didn't work. what I did was burn a dvd to my hard drive using dvdfabhddecripter, it said it was successful, then I closed that and opened dvdshrink but couldn't find the file, it keeps asking me to insert a disk. I tried finding a file where the dvd is burnt but I'm having no luck.

[freebird73717]

edit
DVDshrink
Click file->open then choose the video ts where you ripped the dvd to teh disc.

[sirchin]

Okay found it now how do I burn this to a bland dvdr? I didn't see this in any of the manuals.

[redwudz]

Try ImgBurn. You can use the ISO image or the VIDEO_TS folder. ImgBurn is free and one of the best burning programs available.

[sirchin]

I don't get it, can't I do this with what I already have? I didn't know I had to download three different things, or will ImgBurn replace one of them? I appreciate everyone's help. Thanks, I'll check back later to see if theres any answer to my questions.

[redwudz]

If you are referring to DVDShrink, it doesn't have a included burning program. It uses an external program. ImgBurn is always a good choice. ImgBurn is by the same author as DVDDecrypter, but much updated and is just the burning program. If you need a DVD decrypter, then DVDFab HD Decrypter is free and works well.

[freebird73717]

Sorry friend but to do what you want there is no one click wonder program. But the programs that have been suggested to you are considered among the best at what they do.

[lordsmurf]

I don't get it, can't I do this with what I already have? I didn't know I had to download three different things, or will ImgBurn replace one of them? I appreciate everyone's help. Thanks, I'll check back later to see if theres any answer to my questions.

Would you want a chef to tune up your car?
Would you want a mechanic to perform open-heart surgery?

One person can't do everything.

No more than on piece of software can do everything.

Pick the tool for the task.

[sirchin]

If you are referring to DVDShrink, it doesn't have a included burning program. It uses an external program. ImgBurn is always a good choice. ImgBurn is by the same author as DVDDecrypter, but much updated and is just the burning program. If you need a DVD decrypter, then DVDFab HD Decrypter is free and works well.

I was referring to DVDFab. I thought that is what it did burn to hard drive, then burn to disk. But I never found the option to burn to disk. I will download ImgBurn and try that, BTW will it do both of those things or do I need to keep DVDFab. Thanks again.

[Supreme2k]

I'm just wondering when it's going to come to the point where one of you hand-holders is going to make a trip to this guy's house and do it for him

[freebird73717]

Guess I'm just in an extra helpful mood today!

Yep you need to keep all the above mentioned programs. Each one serves a specific purpose.