Can I record over 2 hours on DVD-R?

[ozab]

Hello-

I have SONY DVD Writer 510A. Can someone please tell me how to recored over 2 hours of video on to it.

Or what is the max I can record?

Thank you

[gNOMEintheRedHat]

I regularly get 4+ hours of loony toons on a disk.....

DVD supports a MAXIMUM of 10Mb per second (Mega BITs)
@ 10 Mb/sec = 1Hr (8Mb video - .3Mb Audio + overhead)

You can use A Lot Fewer bits and extend the time recorded.

Most comercial DVDs are around 4-6Mb/sec

What are you recording and compressing with?

Using software on the PC is the best way to get nice quality and long playing times.

gNOME...

[Gazorgan]

The max is based on what bitrate you use.

You can get quite acceptable quality in 1/2 D1 resolution and get around 4 hours/DVDR . It all depends on the source and your Audio.

[gNOMEintheRedHat]

Yeah,
I forgot to mention, to get 4+ hors on a DVD I encode the video at SIF resolution

Thats 325X240
And I use Variable bit rate Min. 200K Ave. 1150k Max 1600k

DVD supports several resolutions:
720x480
704x480
352x480
352x240

As you try to squeeze more time on a disk - you lower the bit rate.
As you lower the bitrate - artifacts appear.
To prevent artifacts - you lower the resolution.
Lowering the resolution makes for a Less Sharp picture, but lower bit rates work efficently.

[ozab]

I am using Pinnacle Studio Delux to put it on DVD-R.
Lowest it lets me do is 3000. with around 2 hours video.

Was wondering if any other alt. ways?

Thanks again.

[Ejoc]

As you try to squeeze more time on a disk - you lower the bit rate.
As you lower the bitrate - artifacts appear.
To prevent artifacts - you lower the resolution.
Lowering the resolution makes for a Less Sharp picture, but lower bit rates work efficently.

I like the way you phrased that.

[money69]

I found the best way to fit a good amount of movies on a dvd is to make them into SVCD files and then us svcd2dvd to resample the audio and to patch the header, I can usually fit 3 full length movies then on one disk.

[SquirrelDip]

I basically agree with money69 but I'd encode half D1 (352*480 NTSC) - then you won't have to make sure the standalone DVD is SVCD compatable.

I often burn 3 movies to a DVD+R (upwards of 6 hours) and quality is very good. When backing up DVD's use film framerate - seems to make better quality for the same bitrate.

[trhouse]

You might want to try DVD Shrink to reduce the size of your current files. It is available as freeware.

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