Multiple DivX to 1 DVD

[zenn68]

I have been out of the loop for a while on this subject. I am looking to convert a couple of DivX clips into a single DVD for playback on an older sony standalone player. I searched on this but a lot of the info is a bit old, the newer posts suggest various software, but whats good. What software is worth looking into and whats bloated malware. I dont need wizards and one click solutions, just want trying to avoid going down blind alleys and installing 40 different titles to find the right one. any suggestions.

[jman98]

It's hard to beat HCEnc, which is free. Here's a guide to using a GUI front end to encoding from AVI to DVD using Avi2DVD which in turn uses HCEnc.
http://www.afterdawn.com/guides/archive/avi_to_dvd_avi2dvd.cfm

Other non-freeware tools can be used as well, such as ConvertXtoDVD.

[jagabo]

Use FitCD to generate an AviSynth script. Encode with HcGUI. All free. About as good results as you can get.

[zenn68]

Thanks for the quick replys.. One more question, I'm a bit lost here.
Right now i'm looking at ConvertXtoDVD and DVDFlick, heres the thing. I have a 5 DivX files of 700 Mb each, (about 3.5Gb) I want to fit all of them on to one DVD 4.7Gb. as a DVD movie, The software is processing the files into larger filesizes, giving me only 2 DivX per DVD. I saw one solution to create a custom size dvd with five files on it (over 6Gb) then running that trough DVD Shrink or the like. Will leave that as a last resort. What can i do here, or am I asking for too much.

[jagabo]

file size = bitrate * running time

If your five videos are too big to fit on a DVD after conversion you have to use a lower bitrate. MPEG 2 encoding is not as efficient as Divx/Xvid. Count on needing twice the bitrate to maintain video quality. Twice the bitrate means twice the file size.

What's the total running time and resolution of your five videos?

[PuzZLeR]

MPEG-2, which DvD uses, isn't optimized for lower bitrates (lower file sizes) like DivX is. Expect less content on a disc to get decent quality.

EDIT: Just noticed Jagabo posted almost the same time, and some similar points. :P