HELP!!!!!!!!!!!!

[jpatz18]

ok what i am tryin to do is make my dvd hold more then 1 hour of video. it in mpeg and save on my computer i have no dvd to it. i have nero 6 and roxio 6. i was wondering how do i get it so i can get more then an hour on a dvd. please help.

[ZippyP.]

The amount of video that a DVD holds depends only on the size of the mpeg(s) that are put on the disk. The size of an mpeg depends on 2 things, the total running time of the clip and the bitrate that is used to create it. File size = Total Time X Kbps

How did you create your mpeg? That's what needs to be made smaller.

FYI, a DVD can hold up to 7 hours of VCD quality video, 4 hours of SVCD quality and 2 1/2 hours of full DVD quality.

[jimmalenko]

Hi there. Welcome to the forum.

A couple of things I want to bring to your attention:

Please try to do some basic research before posting.
Most fundamental questions are answered on the How To's on this site.

Use the Forum search feature.
Using the search can yield rich rewards as most questions have already been previously answered.

Try to choose a subject that describes your topic.
Please do not use topic subjects like Help me!!! or Problems.

We need to know what format your source file is, what program you used to encode it to MPEG, and what settings (audio/video bitrate, frame size etc) you are using.

[jpatz18]

it a tv show i d/l and im tryin to put it on a dvd. it in mpeg file i didnt use anysoftware to encode it. i guess on dvd builder from roxio only allows 1 hour on a dvd i was wonder how to get more then an hour

[jimmalenko]

What you need to do is encode this file to MPEG-2 using an encoder such as TMPGEnc Plus.

Try the guides here. You wish to convert to DVD MPEG2.

[Baldrick]

or use an all-in-one tool
https://www.videohelp.com/guides.php?howtoselect=4;62#4;62

[Garibaldi]

Here are a couple of different options. One way is to get all the mpeg-2 files that you want to put on a dvd together. Then you can use ifoedit or gui for dvd author to turn your mpeg-2 files into vob and ifo files. Then take these files and import them into dvd shrink and use this program to shrink down the files so they will fit on 1 dvd. Another way is to import your mpeg-2s into TMPGENC and change the bitrate, lowering it until you get all the files on the dvd. The first way is probably easier and less time consuming.

[trickyman]

I use an All-In-Wonder Radeon card to backup by VHS collection to DVD. I encode directly to MPEG2. But the resultant files are always too large to fit on a single dvdr. For a 2 - 3 hour movie the file could be as big as 10 GB. I've found that just authoring the DVD and the shrinking the files will produce a jerky, almost disjointed looking DVD. What i'll do is re encode the MPG2 file using TMPGENc at a lower bitrate. Using this mothod i can also apply a noise reduction filter to improve quality. Of course this method takes longer but the quality is much better than just running it through DVDShrink...