How to increase DVD capacity

Want to convert VHS tapes to DVD. Already captured it in
AVI format (320-240 YUY2 25 fps), edited it in Windows
Movie Maker, and saved as a project (*.MSWMM). Also saved
the movie as a *.wmv file.

I'd like to burn the movie (2 hours and 20 minutes) on a
single DVD using MyDVD on the *.wmv file, however,
according to MyDVD this would take 2 full DVD's. Reducing
the bitrate while producing the *.wmv file doesn't help.
Is there a way to reduce the file size and burn it on a
single DVD? Preferably while maintaining it in the
original VHS quality?

Thanks for suggestions!

Graham
Tue Jul 06 05:30:46 CDT 2004

I don't know mydvd, but this is where you need to reduce the bitrate to make
the file smaller. A good dvd will hold 1 - 1 1/2 hours of video depending on
the source footage and audio encoding. Starting with vhs is not great,
capturing as a compressed avi is not doing it any good. compressing to wmv
is not doing it any good. compressing it to all fit on a dvd will not do it
any good.
If you do have the facilities for capturing as a full dv-avi file, then use
them. I'd not compress it to wmv, but use the avi file in the dvd authoring
app and compress it with that, but the size of movie etc, you'll be lucky to
get a movie as good as your vhs.

--
Graham Hughes
MVP
www.simplydv.co.uk
www.dvds2treasure.com
"Dirk" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:26fdd01c4633b$998e0be0$a501280a@phx.gbl...
> Want to convert VHS tapes to DVD. Already captured it in
> AVI format (320-240 YUY2 25 fps), edited it in Windows
> Movie Maker, and saved as a project (*.MSWMM). Also saved
> the movie as a *.wmv file.
>
> I'd like to burn the movie (2 hours and 20 minutes) on a
> single DVD using MyDVD on the *.wmv file, however,
> according to MyDVD this would take 2 full DVD's. Reducing
> the bitrate while producing the *.wmv file doesn't help.
> Is there a way to reduce the file size and burn it on a
> single DVD? Preferably while maintaining it in the
> original VHS quality?
>
> Thanks for suggestions!

Bob
Tue Jul 06 06:17:08 CDT 2004

MyDVD encodes at a high bit rate by default, and that
can't be adjusted. I use TMPGEnc Plus to encode the
MPEG-2 video using the maximum bit rate such that the
movie will fit on a DVD. Then I use TMPGEnc DVD Author
to author & burn the DVD.

--
-Bob
____________________________
Microsoft MVP
Windows XP Media Center Edition
www.microsoft.com/ehome


"Dirk" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:26fdd01c4633b$998e0be0$a501280a@phx.gbl...
> Want to convert VHS tapes to DVD. Already captured it in
> AVI format (320-240 YUY2 25 fps), edited it in Windows
> Movie Maker, and saved as a project (*.MSWMM). Also saved
> the movie as a *.wmv file.
>
> I'd like to burn the movie (2 hours and 20 minutes) on a
> single DVD using MyDVD on the *.wmv file, however,
> according to MyDVD this would take 2 full DVD's. Reducing
> the bitrate while producing the *.wmv file doesn't help.
> Is there a way to reduce the file size and burn it on a
> single DVD? Preferably while maintaining it in the
> original VHS quality?
>
> Thanks for suggestions!

Graham
Tue Jul 06 08:32:39 CDT 2004

I'll try to remember that one Bob!!

--
Graham Hughes
MVP
www.simplydv.co.uk
www.dvds2treasure.com
"Bob [MVP]" <bob@nospam.org> wrote in message
news:uIaFIr0YEHA.3536@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
> MyDVD encodes at a high bit rate by default, and that
> can't be adjusted. I use TMPGEnc Plus to encode the
> MPEG-2 video using the maximum bit rate such that the
> movie will fit on a DVD. Then I use TMPGEnc DVD Author
> to author & burn the DVD.
>
> --
> -Bob
> ____________________________
> Microsoft MVP
> Windows XP Media Center Edition
> www.microsoft.com/ehome
>
>
> "Dirk" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:26fdd01c4633b$998e0be0$a501280a@phx.gbl...
> > Want to convert VHS tapes to DVD. Already captured it in
> > AVI format (320-240 YUY2 25 fps), edited it in Windows
> > Movie Maker, and saved as a project (*.MSWMM). Also saved
> > the movie as a *.wmv file.
> >
> > I'd like to burn the movie (2 hours and 20 minutes) on a
> > single DVD using MyDVD on the *.wmv file, however,
> > according to MyDVD this would take 2 full DVD's. Reducing
> > the bitrate while producing the *.wmv file doesn't help.
> > Is there a way to reduce the file size and burn it on a
> > single DVD? Preferably while maintaining it in the
> > original VHS quality?
> >
> > Thanks for suggestions!

Bob
Tue Jul 06 09:06:51 CDT 2004

Another thing to remember about MyDVD...

In addition to using a high bit-rate for the MPEG-2
video encoding, all versions of MyDVD other than
5.x Deluxe use uncompressed PCM audio encoding,
which wastes a LOT of disc space.

Version 5.x Deluxe uses AC-3 audio compression, which
according to Sonic, increases the maximum length of
the video by 50% (compared with PCM audio).

--
-Bob
____________________________
Microsoft MVP
Windows XP Media Center Edition
www.microsoft.com/ehome


"Graham Hughes, MVP Digital Media" <graham@simplydv.co.uk> wrote in message news:O1ZI721YEHA.3156@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
> I'll try to remember that one Bob!!
>
> --
> Graham Hughes
> MVP
> www.simplydv.co.uk
> www.dvds2treasure.com
> "Bob [MVP]" <bob@nospam.org> wrote in message
> news:uIaFIr0YEHA.3536@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
> > MyDVD encodes at a high bit rate by default, and that
> > can't be adjusted. I use TMPGEnc Plus to encode the
> > MPEG-2 video using the maximum bit rate such that the
> > movie will fit on a DVD. Then I use TMPGEnc DVD Author
> > to author & burn the DVD.
> >
> > --
> > -Bob
> > ____________________________
> > Microsoft MVP
> > Windows XP Media Center Edition
> > www.microsoft.com/ehome
> >
> >
> > "Dirk" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:26fdd01c4633b$998e0be0$a501280a@phx.gbl...
> > > Want to convert VHS tapes to DVD. Already captured it in
> > > AVI format (320-240 YUY2 25 fps), edited it in Windows
> > > Movie Maker, and saved as a project (*.MSWMM). Also saved
> > > the movie as a *.wmv file.
> > >
> > > I'd like to burn the movie (2 hours and 20 minutes) on a
> > > single DVD using MyDVD on the *.wmv file, however,
> > > according to MyDVD this would take 2 full DVD's. Reducing
> > > the bitrate while producing the *.wmv file doesn't help.
> > > Is there a way to reduce the file size and burn it on a
> > > single DVD? Preferably while maintaining it in the
> > > original VHS quality?
> > >
> > > Thanks for suggestions!
>
>

Graham
Tue Jul 06 14:15:49 CDT 2004

All good stuff. I use ac-3 audio with my ulead dvd workshop 2 and yes it
does save space, but 50% I'd say that was high hopes, but next dvd I make
I'll check it out and see!!
Graham

--
Graham Hughes
MVP
www.simplydv.co.uk
www.dvds2treasure.com
"Bob [MVP]" <bob@nospam.org> wrote in message
news:OwPz9J2YEHA.1264@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
> Another thing to remember about MyDVD...
>
> In addition to using a high bit-rate for the MPEG-2
> video encoding, all versions of MyDVD other than
> 5.x Deluxe use uncompressed PCM audio encoding,
> which wastes a LOT of disc space.
>
> Version 5.x Deluxe uses AC-3 audio compression, which
> according to Sonic, increases the maximum length of
> the video by 50% (compared with PCM audio).
>
> --
> -Bob
> ____________________________
> Microsoft MVP
> Windows XP Media Center Edition
> www.microsoft.com/ehome
>
>
> "Graham Hughes, MVP Digital Media" <graham@simplydv.co.uk> wrote in
message news:O1ZI721YEHA.3156@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
> > I'll try to remember that one Bob!!
> >
> > --
> > Graham Hughes
> > MVP
> > www.simplydv.co.uk
> > www.dvds2treasure.com
> > "Bob [MVP]" <bob@nospam.org> wrote in message
> > news:uIaFIr0YEHA.3536@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
> > > MyDVD encodes at a high bit rate by default, and that
> > > can't be adjusted. I use TMPGEnc Plus to encode the
> > > MPEG-2 video using the maximum bit rate such that the
> > > movie will fit on a DVD. Then I use TMPGEnc DVD Author
> > > to author & burn the DVD.
> > >
> > > --
> > > -Bob
> > > ____________________________
> > > Microsoft MVP
> > > Windows XP Media Center Edition
> > > www.microsoft.com/ehome
> > >
> > >
> > > "Dirk" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> > news:26fdd01c4633b$998e0be0$a501280a@phx.gbl...
> > > > Want to convert VHS tapes to DVD. Already captured it in
> > > > AVI format (320-240 YUY2 25 fps), edited it in Windows
> > > > Movie Maker, and saved as a project (*.MSWMM). Also saved
> > > > the movie as a *.wmv file.
> > > >
> > > > I'd like to burn the movie (2 hours and 20 minutes) on a
> > > > single DVD using MyDVD on the *.wmv file, however,
> > > > according to MyDVD this would take 2 full DVD's. Reducing
> > > > the bitrate while producing the *.wmv file doesn't help.
> > > > Is there a way to reduce the file size and burn it on a
> > > > single DVD? Preferably while maintaining it in the
> > > > original VHS quality?
> > > >
> > > > Thanks for suggestions!
> >
> >

Dirk
Wed Jul 07 03:27:25 CDT 2004

Thanks guys. I'll try to save in DV-AVI format and use
TMPGEnc afterwards.
Original AVI was captured using Huffyuv, so I think I have
minimal quality loss after editing in Windows Movie Maker.
I'll just have to wait and see what compressing in TMPGEnc
does to the quality.

>-----Original Message-----
>All good stuff. I use ac-3 audio with my ulead dvd
workshop 2 and yes it
>does save space, but 50% I'd say that was high hopes, but
next dvd I make
>I'll check it out and see!!
>Graham
>
>--
>Graham Hughes
>MVP
>www.simplydv.co.uk
>www.dvds2treasure.com
>"Bob [MVP]" <bob@nospam.org> wrote in message
>news:OwPz9J2YEHA.1264@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
>> Another thing to remember about MyDVD...
>>
>> In addition to using a high bit-rate for the MPEG-2
>> video encoding, all versions of MyDVD other than
>> 5.x Deluxe use uncompressed PCM audio encoding,
>> which wastes a LOT of disc space.
>>
>> Version 5.x Deluxe uses AC-3 audio compression, which
>> according to Sonic, increases the maximum length of
>> the video by 50% (compared with PCM audio).
>>
>> --
>> -Bob
>> ____________________________
>> Microsoft MVP
>> Windows XP Media Center Edition
>> www.microsoft.com/ehome
>>
>>
>> "Graham Hughes, MVP Digital Media"
<graham@simplydv.co.uk> wrote in
>message news:O1ZI721YEHA.3156@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
>> > I'll try to remember that one Bob!!
>> >
>> > --
>> > Graham Hughes
>> > MVP
>> > www.simplydv.co.uk
>> > www.dvds2treasure.com
>> > "Bob [MVP]" <bob@nospam.org> wrote in message
>> > news:uIaFIr0YEHA.3536@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
>> > > MyDVD encodes at a high bit rate by default, and
that
>> > > can't be adjusted. I use TMPGEnc Plus to encode the
>> > > MPEG-2 video using the maximum bit rate such that
the
>> > > movie will fit on a DVD. Then I use TMPGEnc DVD
Author
>> > > to author & burn the DVD.
>> > >
>> > > --
>> > > -Bob
>> > > ____________________________
>> > > Microsoft MVP
>> > > Windows XP Media Center Edition
>> > > www.microsoft.com/ehome
>> > >
>> > >
>> > > "Dirk" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote
in message
>> > news:26fdd01c4633b$998e0be0$a501280a@phx.gbl...
>> > > > Want to convert VHS tapes to DVD. Already
captured it in
>> > > > AVI format (320-240 YUY2 25 fps), edited it in
Windows
>> > > > Movie Maker, and saved as a project (*.MSWMM).
Also saved
>> > > > the movie as a *.wmv file.
>> > > >
>> > > > I'd like to burn the movie (2 hours and 20
minutes) on a
>> > > > single DVD using MyDVD on the *.wmv file, however,
>> > > > according to MyDVD this would take 2 full DVD's.
Reducing
>> > > > the bitrate while producing the *.wmv file
doesn't help.
>> > > > Is there a way to reduce the file size and burn
it on a
>> > > > single DVD? Preferably while maintaining it in the
>> > > > original VHS quality?
>> > > >
>> > > > Thanks for suggestions!
>> >
>> >
>
>
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