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#1 rriehl71

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Posted 22 May 2006 - 07:46 PM

I have a bunch of 30 minute shows that I would like to add to DVD.  I have already captured them onto my PC and each program is about 6GB.  How many can I fit on one DVD at a decent picture quality?

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Posted 22 May 2006 - 08:13 PM

At 'best' quality, you can get about one hour.  Sounds like you captured the shows using AVI files.
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Posted 22 May 2006 - 08:17 PM

View Postggrussell, on May 23 2006, 12:13 AM, said:

At 'best' quality, you can get about one hour.  Sounds like you captured the shows using AVI files.


Yes I did capture via AVI.. should I have captured in some other format?

At "BEST QUALITY" I can get about an hour.  How about at a lesser quality?  How 'bad' does the lower quality DVD's look?

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Edited by rriehl71, 22 May 2006 - 08:18 PM.


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Posted 23 May 2006 - 04:02 AM

View Postrriehl71, on May 22 2006, 11:17 PM, said:

Yes I did capture via AVI.. should I have captured in some other format?

At "BEST QUALITY" I can get about an hour.  How about at a lesser quality?  How 'bad' does the lower quality DVD's look?

Thanks!
That's a matter of opinion but you won't know till you try it.  I've gotten to about 7.5 GB and still feel it's acceptable to me but you won't fit more than 2 hours on a DVD. Of course, if you have a DL burner, you can get more.
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Posted 23 May 2006 - 06:07 AM

Please excuse my ignorance but what is a "DL" burner?

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Posted 23 May 2006 - 06:11 AM

View Postrriehl71, on May 23 2006, 09:07 AM, said:

Please excuse my ignorance but what is a "DL" burner?
Sorry, it's a dual layer dvd burner. It allows DL discs to be used which hold about 8.5gb of info.  So, you can hold up to 4 hours of video.
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Posted 23 May 2006 - 06:12 AM

A DL burner is a Dual Layer burner.  This drives can use Dual Layer media and fit roughly 8-8.5GB on a DL DVD

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Posted 23 May 2006 - 07:03 AM

Ahhh.. Dual Layer ok.  Now, if I burner a dual layer do you have to flip the DVD in the DVD player after it plays whatever is on the first side?  Also, how would you label a DL disc?

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Posted 23 May 2006 - 07:17 AM

View Postrriehl71, on May 23 2006, 10:03 AM, said:

Ahhh.. Dual Layer ok.  Now, if I burner a dual layer do you have to flip the DVD in the DVD player after it plays whatever is on the first side?  Also, how would you label a DL disc?
No, it's not something you 'flip'.  The dvd has a second layer on which the information is written to.  So, labeling is not a problem.  It looks just like a regular dvd but costs more.  Prices have been coming down and with Blue Ray coming out (you can google that) prices should drop even more.
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Posted 23 May 2006 - 09:48 AM

View Postrriehl71, on May 23 2006, 11:03 AM, said:

Ahhh.. Dual Layer ok.  Now, if I burner a dual layer do you have to flip the DVD in the DVD player after it plays whatever is on the first side?  Also, how would you label a DL disc?
Most longer commercial movies are on Double Layer DVDs, especially thos that are near 2 hours in length. You can notice the "switch-over" to the 2nd layer when the scene freezes for a second or two while playing the DVD on your DVD player.

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Posted 23 May 2006 - 11:06 AM

Are there any compatibility issues with the dual layer discs and home dvd players?

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Posted 23 May 2006 - 11:57 AM

View Postrriehl71, on May 23 2006, 02:06 PM, said:

Are there any compatibility issues with the dual layer discs and home dvd players?
Yes, I have an older and a newer dvd player and the older one either won't play my homemade dl discs or sputters and generally gives me trouble while my newer player works just fine.
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Posted 23 May 2006 - 12:09 PM

What media type do most of you guys use for making DVD movies?  -R or +R?

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Posted 23 May 2006 - 12:15 PM

View Postrriehl71, on May 23 2006, 03:09 PM, said:

What media type do most of you guys use for making DVD movies?  -R or +R?
I use both, mostly +R as my laptop drive only accepts the plus.
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Posted 23 May 2006 - 02:56 PM

For me, the type (- or +) isn't the issue. Just stay away from dirt cheap blank DVDs. I use nothing but Fuji that says Made in Japan on the label for my personal home movies I want to keep.

I do have a cheapie Playo (made in China) disc that I use for testing purposes. Amazingly they have worked fairly well so far and were cheap enough I don't care to toss them when I'm done testing.
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