I've only ever used DVD5s - they are cheap, but they only go to 4.7GB.
I need to compile some videos which will exceed that capacity.
So, I guess I need to use DVD9s, right?
Where to get some cheap ones? Cost?
SimLimSquare - 6th Floor. Take the elevator. Make a right when the nice door opens - the first shop on your right is the one to go to. If they don't have DVD9, they are nice enough to point you to the right direction.
Two DVD5's may work better than one DVD9 for compatibility issues.
You'll also need to ensure that your drive and burner SW can work with DVD9s.
Have you thought about compression for the videos? What are their cumulative duration? What is the purpose for the DVD9s - archival or delivery to someone for viewing.
Wah, you are the biz, RoRK, got directions some more.
It's some demo/corp/marketing type videos - same IFOs, VOBs structure like commercial DVDs. It's for delivery purposes, so quality can suffer a bit - actually I tried DVDx to convert them to Divx, but had some audio sync problems. No idea why. Is it the bitrate?
The IFOs won't do you any good as you're going to pick and choose which video to play right? The VOBs are the ones you want. IFOs contain information on menu structures and interactivity.
Use a software that can play VOB files so that you know which VOB to copy to your HD. If you can't do that then you'll have to copy the VOBs onto your HD and change their file extension to MPG. Any video player should be able to play back the MPG as long as you have an MPEG2 decoder. If you can play a DVD-Video disc then you will have the MPEG2 decoder.
During playback of these MPGs, switch on viewing of statistics - you'll be able to see the bitrate with which the movie was encoded with. There is also the issue of Variable Bit Rate and Constant Bit Rate. If the bitrate fluctuates during playback then it's encoded with a VBR algorithm - impossible to calculate storage requirements based on duration but you almost certainly end up with a smaller filesize for the video.
Once you've selected your movies, take note of their cumulative storage requirements. Then comes the decision to recompress selected MPGs to a lower bitrate so that you can fit them onto a single DVD5. Lots of other decisions but it all depends on the cumulative storage requirements of your video and if you want a menu to access these videos.
