maxing out a DVD

[vix]

I have a slew of clips that i want to put on DVD. They're small files 320x240 mpegs and avis mostly. the quality of most are crappy, but watchable. When I drag them onto toast the total time is about 14hrs and would not fit on one DVD. Is there a way to "force" the 14 hours onto one disc? I'm not looking for great quality, the clips are only barely watchable as is.

[Case]

If you keep your converted files within VCD resolution, the you should be able to put 7+ hours (914 kbps) on a single DVD-R. Maybe 14 hours is doable with a dual layer disc.

[vix]

thanks Case, but how do I achieve this? the 914 kbs? with ffmpegx? and wouldn't toast reencode the files to a higher bitrate? I'm not too versed with the technicalities so forgive me.

[Case]

how do I achieve the 914 kbs?

ffmpegX or any other general purpose MPEG encoder.

wouldn't toast reencode the files to a higher bitrate?

Not if you set it to 'reencode never'.