The Best Bit Rate For DVD's...

[GRAMOPHONE]

Hi,
I'm about to put together a DVD. It's a movie that a friend of mine produced.
I'm wondering which is the best bit rate for professional movie DVD's.
Is it 9000 mbps? By default this is the bit rate in TMPGEnc.
I have noticed that a commercial movie DVD normally takes like 7 to 8 gigs
for an hour and a half movie.
Which bit rate do they normally used in those DVD's?

Thanks

[Bodyslide]

What is the original footage recorded from?

[redwudz]

Bitrate goes by the running time of the video and the size it needs to be to fit the media. That's what bitrate calculators are for: https://www.videohelp.com/tools/sections/bitrate-calculators

You have some limitations with a burned DVD file. Usually a bitrate of 9.8Mb/s or 9800Kb/s is the maximum. Combined with the audio, that gives you about 10.8Mb/s max. Some of that depends on your player. I usually like to keep the bitrate to about 9Mb/s maximum for compatibility.

When you get a bitrate below about 3Mb/s you might want to consider 1/2 D1 format. Information on the DVD format, specification and structure are available in 'WHAT IS' DVD to the upper left on this page.

Commercial DVDs may go above those numbers, but they are pressed, not burned and can work at higher bitrates. With burned DVDs, I would keep them a bit lower.