Can only fit a 350 MB movie on a 4.7GB dvd-r

mark_steps

If i try putting 2 on then 30 mins into second movie, i get poor quality. I use sonic for this. It has been suggested sonic is just filling up the dvd but im sick fed up of just one movie on a dvd when i know that i can get about 3 or 4 good quality movies on that size od dvd.

What other programs can i try to see if they work better?

Browntoa

imgburn ??

http://www.imgburn.com/

aliEnRIK

You mean to work in a normal dvd player? (Vob files)
Its nothing to do with file size, its to do with film length and how its converted. At best you should be able to fit a 3hour running time on a single density disc (But best quality would be around 1.5 hours)

DVD flick should convert for you
http://www.dvdflick.net/

(Or use imageburn as Browntoa said if its just to store files)

DatabaseError

convertx2dvd change the default size from dvd-5 to 4200mb for maximum compatability and reliability with cheaper media

mark_steps

aliEnRIK wrote: »

You mean to work in a normal dvd player? (Vob files)
Its nothing to do with file size, its to do with film length and how its converted. At best you should be able to fit a 3hour running time on a single density disc (But best quality would be around 1.5 hours)

DVD flick should convert for you
http://www.dvdflick.net/

(Or use imageburn as Browntoa said if its just to store files)

Yeah to use in a normal run off the mill dvd player. Ok so size aint important lol, bum i thought this would be asked, how its converted, TBH i dont know.

I download it as a AVI file although there are several programs on the pc. Dunno what is what, what does what, so i have left them there. One of thm is converting to something...There are dvdxsoft DVD ripper?? winAVI video converter (although i have a feeling these were for a dvd i had with footage on it i needed and was in like FOB files? or something) and DivX converter. Got a feeling its this i should be saying...Am i right?

DatabaseError

I've got a feeling you should ignore whatever software you already have, which isn't doing the job you want, and follow the advice of Rik or myself.
3 episodes of 24 (~43 minutes/episode) on a disk, with menus and decent quality...encoded at 200+fps

aliEnRIK

Mark. To run on a dvd player it needs to be converted to VOB files
Theres a few different pieces of software that will achieve this but youll only be able to fit a standard length dvd on a single layer disc (around 3 hours max as explained)
If you try to squeeze more than that onto a dvd it will probably look awful and 'blocky'

madnlooney

if you have a dvd player that plays divx then youll be able to burn the dvds as data

mark_steps

Downloaded that avi video converter 6. However as it is a trial it has a watermark in the middle of the screen. I need to pay to get the serial code

Donnie

A 350MB 'movie' is not going to be good enough quality in the first place. If you wish to retain 'DVD quality', your 'rips' should be around 700 MB per full length film. This is a general rule of thumb for Xvid/DivX(MPEG4) conversions.

Why are you expecting to get more than one high quality film on to DVD Video??

As aliEnRIK has written, DVD Video and CD Audio are standards written to optimise a certain running time of material on to the recording media.

For example, even if it were a 10MB file, but it ran for one and a half hours, the DVD Video standard would fill the DVD with the obviously low quality file, resulting in a very pixellated video.

You might get a couple of ok quality DVD Video films on to a DVD, but don't skimp on the quality of the source material. 350 MB films will probably contain pixels with may be amplified when converted to DVD Video.

If your DVD player can play MPEG4 files(XviD/DivX), there will be little need to convert to DVD Video. Just burn as Data and pop into the player. That way, you will be able to fit six high quality films on to one DVD.

Not many DVD players these days that can't play MPEG4 files.

joeo2000

350 mb file size for a feature length movie would only look okay on a mobile device n95,iphone.As Donnie says file size should be at least 700mb avi to burn good quality.