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Hello all,
Let me begin by saying that I have browsed this forum as well as the guides section for any posts related to my questions. In addition to these I have also browsed the guides @ doom and dvdrhelp and I could not find anything which would provide a concise answer.
I have in excess of 200 cdr's with movies and I would like to fit as many movies on one dvd-r as possible (I am not looking to make data DVD's, rather I want to make video DVD's). I would also like to create chapters and menus on each dvd-r so that I may access each movie individually.
All of the aforementioned sites provide excellent guides for converting mpeg and avi files to DVD. None however seem to precisely address the matter of taking several files and making a DVD video disk with chapters and menus so that each may be accessed individually.
Currently I have the following software installed:
TMPGEnc Plus v2.5 (full version)
TMPGEnc DVD Author (full version)
VirtualDub v1.5.10
Adobe Premier Pro v7.0 (full version)
DVD2SVCD v1.2.1
DVD Shrink v3.1.2
AviSynth v2.5
Daemon Tools v3.4.4 (full version)
PowerDVD v5 (full version)
Nero v6.0.0.19 (full version)
The burner I'm using is a Pioneer DVDR-106D.
As the files are in various formats (ie. Xvid, Divx, Mpeg1,2...) and encoded at various bitrates (I used Vdub to verify this), this task is proving extremly difficult. I should also mention that all of the files are over 700MB in size and some are movies which have been divided into 2.
Questions:
1. Which software and in which combination can I use to achieve this? (If possible can you explain the order in which it should be done).
2. For the movies that span 2 cdr's, would I have to join them prior to putting them on dvd and if so will I still be able to fit >1 movie on each dvd-r?
3. Do I have to convert each movie so that they all have the same bitrate if they are to go on the same dvd?
(Just to reiterate I want to keep each movie seperated by chapter. I know that I must create MPEG2 then Vob files of all the movies. However, must the movies on one disk all have the same bitrate and aspect ratio even if their not being combined?)
In closing, this site along with the others I mentioned provide a wealth of information for the user willing to take the time and learn. So a hardy thank you to all who keep it running and contribute to it's operation.
newb1
This message has been edited since posting. Last time this message was edited on 22. February 2004 @ 10:58
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