how many videos can you fit?

[ninfans]

I just got my first dvd burner the otherday. So i am wondering how many videos can you fit on a dvd+r 4.7gb. I have gotten upwards of 2 1hr and 30min videos. But i was seeing if there was a way to fit more. Like differnt encoding software. Right now im using nero with AVI files. Is there hope for me?

[Baldrick]

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[ninfans]

im getting alittle lost with all of this. What is the best or the easist way to do this. They are divx avi.

[redwudz]

If you are encoding to Divx, you are using the DVD as a data disc. Many full length movies have been encoded to Divx or Xvid to fit on a CD of about 700MB. A DVD holds about 4.37GB, so you can easily get six of those on a data DVD.

The easiest or best, depending how you look at it, is to use a program like AutoGK, or FairUse Wizard, or avi.net to create the Divx or Xvid. This is usually from a DVD that has been decrypted. If you raise the compression higher or lower, then that will change how much video you can put on a disc. And it will also lower or raise the quality. If you are encoding shorter clips, I find VirtualDub works well.

Or if you are wanting to play the files on a regular DVD player, not a Divx DVD player: You would need to encode them to DVD video and audio specifications and author them to DVD format. Then you might get up to about 8 hours of video, but at greatly reduced quality, about like a VCD. Good quality, about 2 hours. The DVD format is to the upper left, under: 'WHAT IS' DVD. <<<<<<

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