conversion lenght and quality

I have an avi video of 344 mb with a lenght of 41:14 and a resolution of 640 x 352 .. I encode it with Cinema craft encoder sp 2.70 using the NTSC dvd template from the menu .. the result file is with a resolution of 720 x 540, a size of 1511 mb and a lenght of 34:24 ..

Why the encode video is shorter than the original, and why the voice do not fit well with the lips ??? what setting should I use in cce sp ?

Second question. How can I compress the encoded video in cce sp to fit about 6 movie on one Dvd (4.4 gig) ??

thanks !!!

with a resolution of 720 x 540

No, it's 720x480. 720x540 would be the resized playback resolution.

Why the encode video is shorter than the original...

probably because the source was 25fps and you speeded it up to 29.97fps.

...and a lenght of 34:24 ..

probably because the source was 25fps and you speeded it up to 29.97fps.

why the voice do not fit well with the lips ???

probably because the source was 25fps and you speeded it up to 29.97fps.

what setting should I use in cce sp ?

Best would be an AviSynth script at the original framerate, encoded for the original framerate, with DGPulldown afterwards for OriginalFramerate->29.97fps.

Second question. How can I compress the encoded video in cce sp to fit about 6 movie on one Dvd (4.4 gig) ??

If you don't care how they look, anything is possible. Read a guide. That's what they're for.

you don't want 6 , not if you want a good picture, you can go 3 thats 2hrs and a few minutes, maybe foru, but 3 will look the better, set the bitrate for 5000, that should make the episode 1.2gig and 3 will fit on one dvd

uncheck the for DVD box, check resize ( 704*480 ) st bit rate for 5000, check 25fps ( common for avi )

after file is created, use dgpulldown or dgindex to change the frame rate to 29.97 it will create a NEW file this is the one you will use to author the dvd ( one of several files )