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yoshi8765
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_ 		22. January 2011 @ 14:17 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Hello guys.

I have a movie that is HDTV quality (1280x720) in .mkv format.

According to TMPGEnc Authoring Works 4, it's too big to fit on my DVD-Rs.

My question is, what format should I change the movie into? I want minimal loss in quality, but being able to fit into a DVD-R with a menu, subtitles, audio, etc... Should I change it to a MPEG-4? Can I just use SUPER for that? Or is there a better program?

And what is the difference between the 'container' stuff and the 'file' stuff? Apparently, Xvid and DivX are containers? Avi is a file type? I don't get it..... And then there are codecs? All this lingo when you convert videos is making me crazy....
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attar
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_ 		22. January 2011 @ 20:14 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
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I have a movie that is HDTV quality (1280x720) in .mkv format.

According to TMPGEnc Authoring Works 4, it's too big to fit on my DVD-Rs.
Why, what's it's running time?Does this program set a two hour limit for DVD movies on a standard blank?

You could tell it to create files to fit a DL disk, then run those files through DVD Shrink to fit a standard blank.

In any case, a DVD movie isn't HD.

AVI and MKV are containers.
The contents can be video that has been compressed using DivX or XviD codecs (compressors).

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All this lingo when you convert videos is making me crazy....
It drives everyone crazy.
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yoshi8765
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_ 		30. January 2011 @ 18:39 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
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Why, what's it's running time?Does this program set a two hour limit for DVD movies on a standard blank?

You could tell it to create files to fit a DL disk, then run those files through DVD Shrink to fit a standard blank.

In any case, a DVD movie isn't HD.
It's running time is 1:59:03. So pretty much 2 hours. I have no idea if TMPGEnc Authoring Works 4 has a two hour limit... How would I tell it to create files to fit a DL disk? DL as in double layer? So then, I can use DVD shrink to make the files fit a DVD-5. Is that correct?

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 AVI and MKV are containers.
The contents can be video that has been compressed using DivX or XviD codecs (compressors).

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All this lingo when you convert videos is making me crazy....
It drives everyone crazy.
Thanks for explaining.
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