Maximum Bitrate to use when encoding a file for DVD?

[pochrist]

Here's what I'm working with:
DV-AVI files edited with Adobe Premiere
Cimema Craft plugin for encoding
Apex AD 1500 DVD Player for viewing the final product

I just picked up an LG 4040B(I) DVD writer so now I'm going to take all those home movies and Put them on DVD's.
After all the reading I've been doing I have to ask / make a guess and need verification on my assumption.

Encoding at a High Bitrate will in increase quality, right?

Encoding at a High Bitrate will in increase size, right?

Well for me most my home movies are on the short side, so I'd rather try to get them as high in quality as possible (so I won't trying to cram them all on one dvd)

Is there a limitation that I should be aware of on the Bitrate factor (other then size). Like Will my DVD player have problem playing the DVD if the Bitrate is too high. (I had see something about 8,000-9,000 for XVCD on my Apex) But I'm using a DVD so now I'm confused.

Any help would be apprceciated (if it helps I'll using NTSC format)

[BJ_M]

Encoding at a High Bitrate will in increase quality, right?

yes - generally

Encoding at a High Bitrate will in increase size, right?

always

NTSC (NTSC Film)



Video:
Up to 9.8 Mbit/sec MPEG2 or up to 1.856 MBit/sec MPEG1 video
720 x 480 pixels MPEG2
704 x 480 pixels MPEG2
352 x 480 pixels MPEG2 (Same as the CVD Standard)
352 x 240 pixels MPEG2
352 x 240 pixels MPEG1 (Same as the VCD Standard)
29,97 fps (frames/second)
23,976 fps with 2:3 pulldown (NTSC Film, this is only supported by MPEG2 video)


Audio:
Up to 8 audio tracks containing DD (Dolby Digital/AC3), DTS, PCM(uncompressed audio), MPEG-1 Layer2. One audio track must have DD or PCM Audio.

https://www.videohelp.com/dvd

[SLK001]

Encoding at a High Bitrate will in increase quality, right?

You won't see any INCREASE in quality, but your quality loss will be less (MPEG encoding is a lossy conversion).

Encoding at a High Bitrate will in increase size, right?

Most definitely.

The MAXIMUM bitrate for a DVD elementry video stream is 9.8Mbps. For a program stream, the maximum is 10.08Mbps.

Don't exceed this limits... ever.

[housepig]

Encoding at a High Bitrate will in increase quality, right?

Encoding at a High Bitrate will in increase size, right?

Is there a limitation that I should be aware of on the Bitrate factor (other then size).

Will my DVD player have problem playing the DVD if the Bitrate is too high.

Okay... high bitrate will preserve quality, but won't increase it (it won't make a bad source better, only a more accurate representation of that poor source).

higher bitrates will increase your final file size.

from the DVD FAQ:

Maximum video bit rate is 9.8 Mbps. The "average" video bit rate is around 4 Mbps but depends entirely on the length, quality, amount of audio, etc. ... After system overhead, the maximum rate of combined elementary streams (audio + video + subpicture) is 10.08 Mbps

depending on your player, you might have problems with material encoded higher than 8,000K.

[Nolonemo]

Agree with housepig, plus the increase in quality by going above 8000 is negligible IMO