Fit 1 hour 52 min on 1 dvd

[jimmalenko]

There is a button or checkbox somewhere that says 'do not convert DVD compliant files'. Find it and set it to on. If it still converts, your source files are not DVD compliant.

Either that or use a different authoring tool ...

[humbleboy]

i replaced audio with mp3 but the file still occupies same size, ulead can replace only with wav or mp3!!! i need a better tool for authoring

Check into turning your LPCM audio into something AC3 or even DTS compliant, too, in case you haven't already.

[jimmalenko]

i replaced audio with mp3 but the file still occupies same size, ulead can replace only with wav or mp3!!! i need a better tool for authoring

MP3 isn't even DVD-compliant so ???? knows what Ulead (or you) are doing. Try a different authoring tool I say ...

[sacajaweeda]

ok gents i encoded my dv again to mpeg2 with bitrate 5100, 720x480 pcm audio and the file size is 4.1 gb, when import into ulead dvd moviefactory the size jumps over 5 gb and can not burn on 1 disc again.

I wonder what i am doing wrong i used a bit calculater.

the only way i could do it is encoding to 352 x 480 can fit more than 2 hours but quality is horrible i still need to keep high resolution but don't know how. shall i use dvd shrink but seems will lose quality for the whole file !!
thanks

Get something like DVD Lab or TMPGEnc DVD Author and scrap the LPCM audio. Convert it to AC3 with something like BeSweet or some other transcoder utility. LPCM is uncompressed (WAV) audio and wastes entirely too much of your bitrate/space.

Also, you are likely to get a better quality video from the 352x480 than you will the 720x480 on certain videos, depending on their length, amount of high motion & movement, etc, when using the same bitrate. Yours is less than two hours so it's not really an issue for you, but on longer videos that are 2.5 to 3 hours or more, you will get better looking results with the smaller frame size using the calculated variable bitrate. I usually go with the 352x480 frame size whenever my calculated VBR falls into the 3500-4000 range, or lower. Full frame encodes at that bitrate usually looks like crap, especially on interlaced stuff where there's lots of fast motion like sports, etc.

HTH

[Nilfennasion]

Are there authoring tools that would be able to create a DVD+R DL version that is compatible with your equipment?

[humbleboy]

Ulead will still encode all mpeg2 before burning, so i took a temp file encoded by ulead , here is the file specifications
http://roblb.com/bitrate.jpg
only this type of files will not be encoded, so i wonder how i should create my mpeg2 so they will not be encoded twice !
thank you

[mats.hogberg]

I agree with Jimmalenko - Dump Ulead for an application that doesn't butcher your (perfectly good?) source files. I suggest a look at TMPGEnc DVD Author.

/Mats