SVCD encoding video on DVDr

[dimitri]

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oki guys ... ,
I wonder about some thing ..; seems taht on DVDr the meaning recording time is 120 min (write on DVDr jacket).?
I know that it s possible with less or more chance to put SVCD encoding video on DVDr but can I put only about 2 hours of video on it (what means one film on a DVD ... seems somthing stupid to me..)??
Is it possible to put more than one film on it ?? in this case how many ?? 2 or 3??

cause mpeg2 video file have diffrent encoding bitrate than usual DVD encoding format ...

is anyone has try it ?
please someone can reply me ?
thanks ..

For those who don't know lot about this read the good article on this site in DVDR section...

[boss]

yes it is possible to get 2 or 3 movies on a dvd-r. especially if the films were orginally in vcd or svcd format, but you would have to do some conversion to get them to play properly on a dvd. converting the sound from 41000 hz to 48000hz for example. even then a svcd movie may not play properly because it may have an odd resoultion.

you check out the guides on how to put vcd and svcd movies on a dvd-r from this page:
http://www.vcdhelp.com/author.htm

[Wicked_Al]

Instead of SVCD try CVD (MPEG2 353x480) with a 48Khz sample rate. That way you could possibly get 2 or more SVCD-like quality movies on a disc. Since 352x480 is a valid DVD resolution it should work. If you search the forums you should be able to get specific details on how to do it and what the expected results should be. I think a lot of people are doing this now...especially doing CVDs instead of SVCDs if they expect to get a DVD burner and dont want to re-encode their movies.

[boss]

funny you should say that, just a few days ago i encoded "the last castle"(good film, by the way) at 352x576(pal version of 352x480) with a 2400 bitrate, but the picture kept breaking up every 10 minutes or so on my dvd player, a sharp 740. from now on if i reencode a movie i will do so at full dvd resolution!

[Wicked_Al]

I dont have a burner so I havent actually tried it yet, but for the last few months I've been doing CVD and 48Khz instead of SVCD in the hopes of just going straight to DVDr instead of reencoding...I hope I dont experience the same problem! The players I play these discs on have no problems with the CVD resolution, so I'm thinking it shouldnt be a problem on DVDr.

At full DVD res wont the bitrate need to go up in order to get the same quality, resulting in a bigger file?

[boss]

yep. ah well......