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| 233625 | 2004-05-02 06:45:00 | My apologies if this question has been asked before, but I just don't know where to find the correct answers. I have transferred last weekend's video of the San Marino Grand Prix onto my HDD in .mpg format (all 5.276G of it) :) How do I now burn that file onto a couple of DVDs? What programmes should I use, and is it now just a matter of clicking a couple of buttons? :) All help appreciated. |
Zippity (58) | ||
| 233626 | 2004-05-02 07:23:00 | do you have a dvd burner and if so what software came with it ? | tweak'e (174) | ||
| 233627 | 2004-05-02 08:58:00 | I'm assuming you do have a dvd burner, so have a look here (http://www.videohelp.com) | *Sparky* (311) | ||
| 233628 | 2004-05-02 23:29:00 | Thanks for the feedback and links :) Yes, I do have a DVD burner. The .mpg file that I created is 5.2G in size and too big to burn onto a DVD :( How do I go about splitting this file onto 2 disks? Sorry for all the questions. |
Zippity (58) | ||
| 233629 | 2004-05-02 23:38:00 | insted of spliting it across two disks i would try and compress it a bit more so it will fit on one disk. many video editing porgrams will do this for you. have a read on google for "DVD authering" |
robsonde (120) | ||
| 233630 | 2004-05-02 23:41:00 | The dvd authoring software will encode the file down to fit on the dvd. You should have got something for this bundled with the drive. The problem with using editing software to encode the file is that some dvd authoring software re-encodes it anyway even when the file is reported as compliant. |
metla (154) | ||
| 233631 | 2004-05-03 05:45:00 | I see nothing about compressing my file anywhere on the programmes that I have :( Is it true that I can only edit (remove) parts of the video from either the beginning or the end? I am wanting to get rid of those damned annoying ads that frequently appear and take up unnecessary disk space. |
Zippity (58) | ||
| 233632 | 2004-05-03 05:51:00 | mpeg is a form of compression,when u fire up a dvd authoring program it will re-encode the file to fit(ie-compress) by lowering the bitrate. Nope,it isn't true,Various programs can be used to edit mpeg files.However,some programs insist on re-encoding the file after a change...causing loss of quality. If memory serves me correctly virtualdub(which is free) is able to edit mpeg files very well. |
metla (154) | ||
| 233633 | 2004-05-05 22:44:00 | Thanks for the replies :) I have now downloaded TMPGEnc DVD Author, Plus 2.5 and Virtualdub. Which PAL specification do I use to convert my 2+ hour VCR's to DVD? I hope my qusetion makes sense :) |
Zippity (58) | ||
| 233634 | 2004-05-06 00:11:00 | PCUser mag had a really good article on this in their November issue if you can find a copy. Included was a spreadsheet showing what bit rate to use for a given file length. If you want to get 2 hours of video onto a 4.7 gig disk then if you use an audio bit rate of 256 kbps you can use a maximum video bit rate of 5091 kbps. This will give you the best possible quality for the size of disk and the length of video (they describe it as Homemade dvd-video quality). If you want more time, you'll have to drop the video bitrate - 4497 kbps will give you 2 1/4 hrs and 4022 kbps will give you 2 1/2 hrs. | andy (473) | ||
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