HOW MANY MOVIES ??????

[mol3000]

me and some friends are wondering how many movies can you put on a dvd r ?????? we are thinking of buyin one and was wondering if its worth it...... can you put a whole video tape (6 hours) one one dvd ?????? i no each movie is like only one gig or one . five gigs

[blaster]

this is roughly what you can get on one dvdr but depends on quality ect

in dvd format mpeg 2 about 2 hours
in vcd mpeg 1 format about 6-7 hours
in svcd mpeg2 about 3.5 hours

[mol3000]

for svcd, if i burn it on dvd-r .... when i put it in the dvd will it come up and play if your dvd dont play svcd or vcd????? since it is on a dvd and mpeg2.

[Chaoji3791]

You can't burn an SVCD onto a DVD-R. When you put a DVD-R disc into your DVD player, your player will automatically look for either:

* MPEG-2 files in full DVD specs (720 x 576 for PAL, can't remember what Never Twice the Same Colour is)
* MPEG-2 files in half-D1 specs (352 x 576 for PAL)
* MPEG-1 files in VCD 2.0 specs

Most probably your player will refuse to read SVCD-compliant files (i.e. 480 x 576 PAL or 480 x 480 NTSC).

Check out www.dvddemystified.com for answers to all your questions, or get a hold of Jim Taylor's brilliant book if you can.

C h a o j i

[bugster]

You CAN put SVCD files onto DVD-r (sort of anyway) see the guides section for how to do this. However many players will refuse to play them in this format.

[Chaoji3791]

That was my point. Technically you can put whatever the hell you like on a DVD-R but SVCD-compliant files are not part of the official DVD specification and won't be played by about 99% of standalone players.

C h a o j i