Legal DVD resolutions

[Memo_182]

I just wanted to know all the legal DVD resolutions so that a standalone player can read. What I really want is to put as much possible hours on a single disc.

[ChrO]

Are you a PAL or NTSC user?
Use ½ DVD to use the lowest bitrates with good quality, forPAL that is W/H: 352/576.
For all resolutions for DVD look under "How to" over there <-- or do a search.

[SatStorm]

Read here: https://www.videohelp.com/forum/userguides/94382.php

[Memo_182]

Thanks for your help but unfortunately I am an NTSC user so I don't get the higher resolution.but the faq was certainly helpful.

[fmctm1sw]

I just wanted to know all the legal DVD resolutions so that a standalone player can read. What I really want is to put as much possible hours on a single disc.

If you want as much as possible on one DVD, use 352x240. Thats is DVD legal (NTSC). As for the bitrate, I am not sure if you have to stick with the 1150kbps (VCD standard) or whether you can go up a bit. Anyone else?

[SatStorm]

That article also covers the NTSC legal resolutions (framesizes...)

[reman]

I just wanted to know all the legal DVD resolutions so that a standalone player can read. What I really want is to put as much possible hours on a single disc.

If you want as much as possible on one DVD, use 352x240. Thats is DVD legal (NTSC). As for the bitrate, I am not sure if you have to stick with the 1150kbps (VCD standard) or whether you can go up a bit. Anyone else?

I just tried several VCD movies onto a DVD-R and a few are 1150 and others are VBR 500-1500. Audio is MPEG MP2 224 and some at 128. All 48k. Work great!

Tried an interesting idea last night. Used TMPGEnc Plus to create DVD MPEG2 videos at 352x240! I will see if it worked later today. Ulead DVD MovieFactory 2 SE had no problem with the files.

Here are some file infos from CMD:

Mpeg 1 System File [Video/Audio]
Muxrate : 1.41 Mbps
Estimated Duration: 01:12:31.19s
Size [352 x 240] 29.97 fps 1.15 Mbps
Audio : Mpeg 1 layer 2
224 kbps 48000 Hz
Stereo, No emphasis
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Mpeg 2 Program Stream File [Video/Audio]
Muxrate : 1.70 Mbps
Estimated Duration: 01:23:35.96s
Aspect ratio 4/3 (TV)
Not interlaced, chroma format: 4:2:0
Video Format: NTSC
Size [352 x 240] 29.97 fps 1.50 Mbps
Audio : Mpeg 1 layer 2
224 kbps 48000 Hz
Stereo, No emphasis