How is it possible to get 120 minutes of VHS tape into a 90 minute DVD? IMPOSSIBLE!!! Here´s the example: VHS tape (THE NET)locked. Used ADS Video Express bought at eBay ($58.00 shipping included)it was worth it, works great, and recommend highly to unlock that MACROVISION crap. After converting it and storing it to my hard drive, I was trying to transform it into a DVD+R with the help of ULEAD STUDIO PRO 9 (also an excellent product that I highly recommend). Now comes the problem... The DV is 7.6GB...the DVD+R or +RW is 4.8GB...IT DOESN`T FIT!!! However, how is it possible that it doesn´t fit in my DVD but it fits in the commercial version of the DVD that you buy at the store or rent at the Movie Store??? Anyone with some ideas out there??? Otherwise everything is fine. I need a good (movie) squueze 8>)
use DVD Shrink to shrink the file to fit on a single layer disc. many commercial discs these days are dual layer, being able to hold something like 8.7 gigs (or whatever it is). also, the movies on dvds are created from the source, just like the vhs tapes, not from vhs originals. and they are encoded differently. ever notice how much better quality original dvds are than original vhs tapes?
It is not. I suggest you do a lot more research before you post stuff like this. I can get up to 16 hours per single sided DVDR. The trick is to not use stuff like Ulead. BTW, a commercial DVD is pressed, not burned, thus a 7.8 gig file easily fits. These topics have been covered (many times) before. Try the search function.
The bitrate is what matters when trying to fit files onto a DVD. Technically you can fit 4 hours or 6 hours just like a VHS tape but the quality will greatly suffer. The bitrate for 2 hours is around 4624 kbit/sec (maybe with high end in VBR of 5462 kbit/sec) with audio at 448 kbits/sec. Use this bitrate and 2 hours will fit and you can find bitrate calculators online that will help you determine this.
