MPEG-2 Compression???

[senor_fuego]

Can anyone tell me what type of app to use so I can compress my MPEG-2 recordings and put them on a dvd? I recorded the recent fight and it is over 10 gigs (almost 3 hours) at the highest setting!


Thanks.

[sub]

Most DVD creation software will recompress the video automatically for you if its too big to fit on a DVD.

[weisguy]

Roxio Easy Media Creator 9 is a good suite of applications that does what Sub says above - use the "My DVD" application to create your DVD and specify a level of compression.

[senor_fuego]

Would ULEAD 4 do this type of burning? I don't have Roxio. Do you have any steps that are pretty basic in most apps?

[twinfrey]

You may also want to think about splitting the file and putting it on several different DVD's. MPEG-2 is already compressed, so if you compress it again, you will get more compression artifacts. You could split the 9 gig file into 3 separate 3 gig files and put them on 3 different discs.

[bits]

To maintain quality split the file and use three DVD-5s or two DL DVDs.

Or re-encode to a lower bitrate using WinFF(freeware that uses the ffmpeg mpeg encoder). Use a bitrate of 7800 to 8000.

[senor_fuego]

To maintain quality split the file and use three DVD-5s or two DL DVDs.

Or re-encode to a lower bitrate using WinFF(freeware that uses the ffmpeg mpeg encoder). Use a bitrate of 7800 to 8000.

That WinFF is pretty cool. I am ftp'n a large file right now so I can test it. It shows a DVD vob option, have you ever used this option? Would you be able to give me a couple of hints on how to use this. The file is a 6 gig movie. So it is prolly going to take around an hour to ftp.

[bits]

That WinFF is pretty cool. I am ftp'n a large file right now so I can test it. It shows a DVD vob option, have you ever used this option? Would you be able to give me a couple of hints on how to use this. The file is a 6 gig movie. So it is prolly going to take around an hour to ftp.

Unfortunately WinFF only creates a vob and does not create the video_ts folder required to make an iso, which is what is needed for Burning a compliant DVD.

To author (create the video_ts folder) you can try GUI for DVD Author (Freeware). Once you have the video_ts folder you can burn to DVD using Imgburn (Freeware).

[senor_fuego]

Unfortunately WinFF only creates a vob and does not create the video_ts folder required to make an iso, which is what is needed for Burning a compliant DVD.

To author (create the video_ts folder) you can try GUI for DVD Author (Freeware). Once you have the video_ts folder you can burn to DVD using Imgburn (Freeware).

Hey bits,

Thanks for the info! I am a friggin noob to this. I am kind of following on this but still in the dark. I need a lot of hand holding. Would you be able to write some steps regarding this? Or what do you think is the best way to get my files on a single dvd without it being very low quality. I am looking into those programs listed above right now!

Thanks!

[bits]

Hey bits,

Thanks for the info! I am a friggin noob to this. I am kind of following on this but still in the dark. I need a lot of hand holding. Would you be able to write some steps regarding this? Or what do you think is the best way to get my files on a single dvd without it being very low quality. I am looking into those programs listed above right now!

Thanks!

If you are will to spend a little money you might try ConvertxToDVD. I am pretty sure you can just load your video file into it and tell it to burn the DVD. It will reduce the file size (re-encode), author (create the video_ts folder), create the iso image and burn. ConvertxToDVD has free trial and it might be work giving it a try.

I can walk you through the other software but I will need to do that later today.