VHS to DVD questions

[nyisles]

I have an ATI AIW 8500DV and a Sony DRU500A burner. I want to capture a 2 hour and 8 minute concert from VHS onto a Single DVD. I have a multitude of Capture/Conversion/Edit/Burning Software, I just don't know which is best and what settings to use. I captured the concert in DVD Mpeg format and then dragged it into Ulead DVD moviefactory 2.0 and it said the DVD was over the limit, I guess my question is how would I re-encode the Mpeg file to be smaller and fit on one DVD?

Thanks
NYISLES

"Let's Go Islanders"

[Tommyknocker]

Break out the old bitrate calculator. Input one DVD disk, two hours, eight minutes duration. It will tell you what bitrate to use to burn your disk at.

[Marco33]

"Let's Go Islanders"

I'm a fan but, boy do they su(k.

[mecg]

First, (In the project settings) make sure the "do not covert compliant mpeg files" box is NOT checked. Go to change mpeg settings - customize - compression. Play with the video data rate (8000 is max) until it shows that your video will fit. Each time you change the rate, select ok - ok and iyou will see the size update at the bottom of the window. Hope this helps.

[nyisles]

Thanks for the info mecg. I will try that when I get home. I am also reading info in this thread:

https://www.videohelp.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=147596

NYISLES
"GO ISLANDERS"