PLEASE HELP ME!

[Big Grude]

I specifically encoded the videos i ripped from my DVD of a TV series to be 420 MB so all 11 episodes would fit on a 4.7 GB disc. I put on 1 episode and the size quadruples. I know you might say "its the length in time that matters not the size in megs" but how does anyone put a video on anything less than 3 DVD's? Is there some other way to fit them all on? Thanks for reading.

[grandpabruce]

I specifically encoded the videos i ripped from my DVD of a TV series to be 420 MB so all 11 episodes would fit on a 4.7 GB disc. I put on 1 episode and the size quadruples. I know you might say "its the length in time that matters not the size in megs" but how does anyone put a video on anything less than 3 DVD's? Is there some other way to fit them all on? Thanks for reading.

 

They don't, if it is 5-1/2 hours if your episodes are 1/2 hour long episodes. If they are 1 hour episodes, you are talking even more DVD's.

[james_hardin]

I specifically encoded the videos i ripped from my DVD of a TV series to be 420 MB so all 11 episodes would fit on a 4.7 GB disc. I put on 1 episode and the size quadruples. I know you might say "its the length in time that matters not the size in megs" but how does anyone put a video on anything less than 3 DVD's? Is there some other way to fit them all on? Thanks for reading.

Time is the only thing that counts…

 

To expound on that a bit, it is Time vs. the Resolution and Bitrate.

• Best = 9mbps = 60 minutes
  
• Good = 8mbps = 72 minutes
  
• Medium = 7mbps = 82 minutes
  
• Low (352 X 240) = 4.4mbps = 120 minutes
  

You captured with a program that probably uses DVDx which has very high compression but almost nothing outside of a computer can play it…

 

V8 has a 2 hour limit so no matter what, you cannot exceed 2 hours.

 

You can try the time tested method we always advise. Add enough to equal 2 hours at best quality. Burn it to a Disc Image (ISO). Use Disc Copier to burn that to disc and allow it re-compress to fit to disc. (DC does a better job at it than MyDVD).

 

I suggest you use RW media so that you can test the results and see if you like it. – once you depart from Best Quality, it is the Video quality that pays the price for the added time.