Multiple VCD on one DVD

[TheLarch]

Right.

I got myself a DVD writer. Finally I won't have to split a movie over two or more CDs. That's nice.

Even nicer if it would be possible to put a couple of movies in VCD format after each other on one and the same DVD media.

Is this possible? How do I go about it? Has anyone done it before?

If there is a guide or a thread about this already I would be grateful if you could direct me there.

Thanks for the help.

TL.

[RabidDog]

I would have thought that you simply burn it as one giant movie (one small movie for mankind) and then treat each movie as an individual chapter as per a std Dvd. Obviously they would have to be all recorded at the same res+bitrate (probably).

[bugster]

Take a look here, its all explained:

http://www.vcdhelp.com/vcddvdr.htm

[tonyp12]

After audio-stripping a DVD rip with ifoedit so it will fit on
a DVDr without re-encoding.

If it does, use one dvdr for one movie.

It is not really worth it to put two movies on a DVD,
as you now would have to go through the long process
of re-encode it.

Disc cost between 1-3dollars, and the savings of putting two movies
on a dvdr is not worth it.

You get less quility as the bitrate have to be low.

[Greg12]

if u can get ahold of DVDIT PE, ur strait.

U can add each seperate movie to the project, u get the bennifits of AC3 Dolby Digital Audio.

If ur using Scenarist, for each MPG, make a new VTS directory.

[bigballer]

yes u can put 2 or 3 movies to a dvd-r in mpeg-1 format with ac3. i do all my dvd backup this way and the sound and pic. is that of vhs... it takes me 15-20 hrs. to do two movies to mv1. format. then i use spruceUP to add the menus and movies..

[scissors]

Yes you can get 2 or 3 movies on one disc. I'd suggest spruceup if you can find it.

I say this cause it will work on my lowly p500 with minimal free disc space (on the 4gig for the title set req).

It also supports all dvd video resolutions. THIS (imho) is the main criteria that will allow you to do 2+ films per dvdr.

If you are thrying to go back thru your collection of VCDs and put these onto dvdr, I suggest running them thru FLASK and re-encoding as mpeg2 SIF with 48KHz 128bit JS audio.

I do it this way as the odd VCD I've had has had wierd croma which resulted in macro blocks on my standalone but perfect playback on my PC - so this is the sure fire way.