Instant DVD plugin to create DVD's ?

[microkid]

Sometimes people ask me to transfer a recording to DVD. This is a lot of hassle (copy it to another PC, adjust bitrate, author it, burn it). I was thinking of an "Instant DVD" plugin for GBPVR.

I was thinking of something like:
- select the recording
- adjust bitrate to fit the recording on 1 DVD (if needed)
- insert a blanc DVD
- select "record" and presto, 15 minutes lates the DVD ejects

Any such plugin exists? Or someone wants to develop one?

[cameluk]

MyVideos can burn recordings to DVD

[microkid]

Close, close. But for that to work you need to install some additional software, and it can't do an "auto-fit". Some "all in one" plugin would be nicer

[reven]

to auto-fit you would need to reencode the file, which using s/w would take hours, not 15 minutes.

[microkid]

to auto-fit you would need to reencode the file, which using s/w would take hours, not 15 minutes.

Not quite, when I do a re-encode with DVD Lab on my AMD 64 3500+ it takes approx 15 minutes.

[reven]

my machine it takes hours to reencode something....

you could handle this in the convert.bat file in my vids, just make a program to re-encode the file to the size of a dvd. (not exactly sure why you want to rencode a file to fit a dvd thou.... chances are it will fit, so you'll be increasing the size but that wont change anything, the quality would in fact be a little worse).

[cameluk]

To do it all in one plugin without installing any extra software would be reinventing the wheel.

I shrink all my recordings by 10% as part of the process and get everything fitting on a single DVD

[Pioneer4x4]

If you know ahead of time you will be trying to fit it onto a DVD, why not just record it at a compatable bitrate in the firstplace? I record at 4000, and can fit 3x1 hour shows after comercial removal. What are you trying to fit? And what bitrate are you using?

[nitrogen_widget]

I was recording at the highest quality at first also then waiting 2 hrs to encode a 6 gb file to fit on 4.7gb DVD.
And saw it was around 4000 after it was encoded so now I just record at 4000, trim the fat & burn.
It looks just fine to me on the TV.