Recorded Superbowl now I want to convert it to dvd

[nerys]

I picked dvd best and that was a really bad idea.

it recorded a 16gig file !!!

I tried to reencode it with tmpgenc but it still makes a 16gig file (odd one)

so I used dvd author to make it into a dvd (no compression after I split it up) and then put it through shrink.

HORRIBLE utterly horrible and unwatchable.

what gives ? how can I reencode this from 16gig to 4.3gig (its only 4 hours long) without turning it to total crap :-)

I picked "dvd standard" in sage which acording to my math should be 4.3gig for 2 hours since thats the standard on a dvd :-). I am getting a file size twice that (I decided to use mpeg2 just for the superbowl)

Suggestions ?

also for the future if I want to do this again what settings will give me 4 hours in 4gig ?

Chris Taylor
http://www.zodiacreview.com/

[rich_l]

try nero's recode out if you have it.

For future settings DVD Extra long play should give you close to what you want.

[mdmint]

DVD Standard (my norm) runs more like about 3.25GB/hr. Superbowl wise I used Mpeg2 Max , 5+GBhr. And it wasn't 4hrs, more like 5hrs!

Don't know why you had problems cutting up a 16GB show to fit on multiple DVDs. Not a Sage problem, but how to use mpeg and DVD authoring software tools problem.

To answer what setting to use for 4GB total for 4hr record? Nothing worth seeing, especially not sports.

[nerys]

Ok lets no go there. I am perfectly happy watching the superbowl in mpeg1

the ONLY reason I wanted to use mpeg2 was to simplify putting it on dvd later (mpeg1 on dvd as dvd-video can be annoying to accomplish) and friends are likely going to want a copy and most do not have dvd players that can handle raw mpeg1 on a dvd-r

sure maybe if I had an HD input and a 80foot screen it might matter to me :-)

the problem is that because the ORIGINAL file size is SO massively huge when I try to recompress it down to FIT on a dvd the compression artifacts are horrendous.

so far it looks like the only way I am going to get it smaller is to connect a dvd recorder to the computer and reencode directly to disc to get any quality from it.

I have absolutely no interest in putting it on dvd as is thats 4 dvd's for something that has no buisness taking more than ONE dvd :-)

anyone who THINKS they need that much gig/hr is either in possession of an insanely huge high res screen that can actually USE that much data (if this is you I am very jeleous :-) OR they are using REALLY REALLY horribly ineffecient codecs !!!

I just want a way to compress this file from 16gig to 4gig without rendering it unwatchable (will NEVER use that settings again :-)

direct mpg1 recording looks better than this file after shrinking. (its that bad !!)

Suggestions ?

I will try dvd extra long next time thanks !!

FYI this is analog cable guys any recording quality higher than the source video is pure waste of hard drive space :-)

I do plan to get an HD card though (a couple in fact before the damned broadcast flag becomes mandatory) even then it will simple let me make higher quality mpeg1's :-) hehehe

BTW sage should update the listing dvd standard is NOT 3.25gb per hour its supposed to be 2.15 roughly since dvd standards gets you 2 hours on a 4.35gb dvd-r (actually a hair over 2 hours usually 2 hours 3 minutes or so :-)

dvd long play should be 4 hours on a disc dvd extra long play should be 6 hours on a dvd (these are industry standards)

3.25g/hr is not somehing I am familiar with the only other dvd standard res I am aware of is roughy 4.3gig per hour (SOME recorders support this mode called HQ mode or 1 hour on the entire disc)

Chris Taylor
http://www.zodiacreview.com/