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avi to dvd

i am currently in the process of grabbing 24 eps of a tv show in avi format....i can tell you which codec when one finishes(could be a while...fuckin BT)......they are all 20-25 min and appx 100-150 MB...i would like to convert to dvd using svcd2dvd 2.0 rc9b....how many eps or MBs can i fit onto 1 dvd without loss of quality?

looter

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I'd stick to 2 hours per DVD5 and 4 hours for a DVD9 depending on which type burner you have

so let's say every episode is 25minutes exatcly, that's 8 episodes per disc.

now 8 divided by 4.37GB is 1874MB

now break it down to:

25min video
25min audio

let's stick with 224kbps for audio mp2 (that's 41MB)
Now subtract 41 from 1874 = 1843MB left for video

but first let's butract the necessary following:

MPEG/Author overhead = 25MB
ISO = 25MB

so now you have 1711MB left for video. you still following this?

okay let's end this, 9346kbps for video

the end.

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Thanx sobaku....i see someone stayed in school

is xvid really compressed that much?...
a 150 MB file needs that big of a file in order to retain quality?......and vice versa a nearly 2 MB file can be compressed into a 150MB file with the same quality?....
these dont sound like high def rips....if they were mpg dvd rips they would be at least 350 MB or so depending on if it was mpeg-1 or 2....

xvid n00b
looter

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zooted adj : 1. under influence of drugs: relaxed, excited, or euphoric from taking illegal drugs, especially marijuana ( slang ) 2. intoxicated: very intoxicated ( informal )
looter n. : someone who takes spoils or plunder (as in war) [syn: plunderer, pillager, spoiler, despoiler, raider, freebooter]

gpt em.....

ok they are div3 mpeg-4......and audio is mpeg layer 3....

my next question is...
how do i capture a frame to use as a menu background


looter

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zooted adj : 1. under influence of drugs: relaxed, excited, or euphoric from taking illegal drugs, especially marijuana ( slang ) 2. intoxicated: very intoxicated ( informal )
looter n. : someone who takes spoils or plunder (as in war) [syn: plunderer, pillager, spoiler, despoiler, raider, freebooter]

fuckin fuzzy ass crap......its from the source avis....why the fuck do people release and spread shit like this.....i.e. muppet show season releases 4 in total.....stay away from em

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zooted adj : 1. under influence of drugs: relaxed, excited, or euphoric from taking illegal drugs, especially marijuana ( slang ) 2. intoxicated: very intoxicated ( informal )
looter n. : someone who takes spoils or plunder (as in war) [syn: plunderer, pillager, spoiler, despoiler, raider, freebooter]

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Originally posted by Sobaku
I'd stick to 2 hours per DVD5 and 4 hours for a DVD9 depending on which type burner you have

so let's say every episode is 25minutes exatcly, that's 8 episodes per disc.

now 8 divided by 4.37GB is 1874MB

now break it down to:

25min video
25min audio

let's stick with 224kbps for audio mp2 (that's 41MB)
Now subtract 41 from 1874 = 1843MB left for video

but first let's butract the necessary following:

MPEG/Author overhead = 25MB
ISO = 25MB

so now you have 1711MB left for video. you still following this?

okay let's end this, 9346kbps for video

the end.

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fuck...i meant 6 episodes

i was usuing the "bitrate calc" near the end of the post (iso overhead garbage)

and i like creating iso's so i don't have to use nero to burn the DVD.

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Also, you wouldn't divide 6 by 4.37. Flip-Flop that. Divide 4474.88 (4.37x1024 for true MB format) by 6. Or about 745MB per episode. So a bitrate of 3711kbps, which is really low, but due to the lossiness of mpeg4, should be more than enough.


As for getting a screenshot, the only way that I know of, is using a screen capturing program that supports DirectX. I like HyperSnap DX.


Also note that adding a menu will throw these calculations off a bit.

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thanx for the advice guys....but as i stated...the div3 rip sucked....luckily..jim hensons co. is going to release the first season by the end of summer and the rest should follow shortly i hope....

as far as the capture i found out that power dvd has a capture frame feature

zootedlater

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zooted adj : 1. under influence of drugs: relaxed, excited, or euphoric from taking illegal drugs, especially marijuana ( slang ) 2. intoxicated: very intoxicated ( informal )
looter n. : someone who takes spoils or plunder (as in war) [syn: plunderer, pillager, spoiler, despoiler, raider, freebooter]