resampling bitrate on a dvd rip?

[erzimeriah]

hey. anyone know what software i coulde use to resample the bit rate on a dvd rip that i am doing.

it's over 6 GB and i need it to fit a 4.7 GB dvd-r.

i know you can do it but i don't know where to find the software to do it. i would prefer it to be for OS 9.2.2, but i can tolerate it if it is for OS X.

also, anyone know where i can find a bitrate calculator for mac?

BYW

dvdsp works great for burning dvd copies.
anyone want a guide?
i have one in progress

[erzimeriah]

oh come on guys! somebodies got to know!
PLEASE!!

[Mirror_Image]

I originally typed "try those 'how to' links on the left", but then I noticed you are a Mac guy.

Best of luck, hopefully someone will be here soon.

[major]

Use macMpeg2Decoder 1.0b8 to convert .m2v to .mov with some quality codec (eg JPEG) and adjust black bars as needed for true 16:9 aspect ratio. Then export .mov as .mpeg2 by using the mpeg2-encoder quicktime plugin which comes with DVDSP (need a G4). Just select a little lower bitrate ie 4MBps. Open the resulting .m2v with DVDSP, add the audio track, build and format.

[Tolly]

do u mean just backing up an oversized dvd? well if u do, heres a good tutorial that lists the programs and steps:
http://www.macdvd.org/ubb/Forum1/HTML/000079.html
if you cant find these programs for this anywhere on the net, which u should be able to, let me know which ones and ill post links or email them.
as for a bitrate calclator, check this link:
http://homepage.mac.com/thomber/FileSharing1.html
this is a pretty good one.
and what exactly do u mean by the DVDSP burning copies? well anyways, hope these things help u, if these are the things u are actually trying to do!

[erzimeriah]

when i said dvdsp burning copies i just meant its really easy to reconstruct a dvd once you have extracted it and then burn a new copy.

still can't get any subtitles to work though

any sudgestions?

thanks for your help

[erzimeriah]

can't seem to find the MPEG append app, could someone get me a link that i could fetch it from?

thanks!

[erzimeriah]

nevermind, i found it.

thank you soooo much

any clues of how to get subtitles to work?
i can't seem to get the right files or be able to import them