Burning as Divx- burn time-why so long-alternates?

[Rik62]

To any pro out there.
Recently I wished to copy over 6 hours of video-in Mpeg4 format onto a DVD-R to play on laptop etc.
The only way to get this job done seemed to be to burn Mpeg 4's in Toast- onto a single DVD-R.
This way-on a standard DVD-R- I am able to store over six hours of video.
This process took over six hours to burn.

I have a Power Mac G5- and usually any standard burn takes perhaps 15-20 minutes for a two hour film.This is of course using the VOB file burn method.

My question is two fold:
Is there an alternative to Divx which will also compress the Mpeg 4's in order to maximize space on a standard DVD-R- at 4.5 GB?

Or- is there a way to decrease burn times that I am unfamiliar with?
Or is the nature of burning as Divx - that it takes a long time to burn-PERIOD- no way around it?

[aedipuss]

the only way a dvd would take that long to burn is if toast is re-encoding the video. you don't say what the video format was to begin with, but if they were already in divx format, try to burn the files onto your dvd as data next time if you don't want them re-encoded.

[RabidDog]

Burn a DATA dvd with the divx files on it (and any other files you like) this will take 22:36secs.
Sounds like Toe=suck is re-converting your mpeg4 (divx) back to mpeg2 in then burning in DVD format.
An alternative to divx is xvid, almost exactly the same but opened sauce, or H264 an even higher compression format.
These two would also be burnt to a blank disc as DATA FILES.
A lot of dvd players will play divx/xvid DATA disks recognising the avi file extension as a valid film format
eg afilm.avi or JCVDshot.avi or LOst.avi
https://www.videohelp.com/dvdplayers?DVDname=&Search=Search&divx=1&dvdportable=&dvdchan...Submit2=Search