Dvd burning question

billycasper_2

Hello. I am a novice in the area of dvd burning and have a question.
I want to make some copies of glastonbury 2007 which i have on my pc (recorded on windows media centre).
I have some dvdr 4.7gb discs.
What is the best way to do this in order to get the most "time" onto the 4.7gb disc.
What is the most i can expect to get onto this 4.7gb disc?
I have vista home edition.
cheers.
bc

rmg1

If you get/have Nero, it will do most of the work for you. it has a nice little "fit-to-disc" system, which reduces the quality in order to get the most onto a disc.
I've around 2 1/2 hours on one disc using Nero, and still a decent quality.

billycasper_2

MMM has anyone heard of superc, its free and i wondered if before i plunge into the world of nero7 that this program would do the same job of shrinking the file.

BillScarab

Depends what format your source is in as to what software to use. If you have avi files you could use DVDFlick which is a nice straightforward, easy to use and free application

http://www.dvdflick.net/

continentalgal

rmg1 already hinted at it: the more you want to fit on a disc, the more the quality of the file will suffer. A great site for all things video compression/conversion/editing/burning related is Videohelp. There you'll probably find loads of advice, guides and tips about the steps involved, the right software (incl. free tools) to do the job.

machofairy

Do not try to fit more than 3 hours of dvd format video onto a 4gb disc or the quality will be seriously compromised.

Alternatively, if you have an mpeg4 or divx capable dvd player, convert it to divx / xvid format and you can fit around 10 hours of video onto a 4gb disc, in decent (but not full dvd) quality. There are hundreds of divx/xvid encoders out there.

billycasper_2

Thank you for all your replies, i will look at the links you sent me and "tinker"
bc:rotfl:

continentalgal

I'm a bit curious as I'm not familiar with the whole media centre set up - what file format was the programme recorded in?

billycasper_2

if i look at the file type in properties it says dvr-ms

continentalgal

fascinating ... never heard of it, but sounds like some microsh*ite propriety digital video format! cheers!

random456

i second the divx avi, everything i get on any format i convert to this by default, i use total video converter (paid for) or super (free), also magicdvd which is free converts dvd format to avi and has astounding pic and sound quality, you get to do 5 dvds for free on it as it is a free trial.