like for example some dvd players have xvid decoder, so all you do is burn the .avi files as data and fit upto 6 movies into a single dvd, no menus or anything, just a straight copy.. im wondering if its possible to convert those same avi's or other videos into a format that a nondivx dvd player will read and fit 5-6 movies into a single dvd as well
heres the codecs i used, it was originally .mpg container but i renamed it to .vob since mediacoder doesnt have vob container in options :
General
Complete name : C:\bla blah\video.vob
Format : MPEG-PS
File size : 35.2 MiB
Duration : 3mn 26s
Overall bit rate : 1 428 Kbps
Video
ID : 224 (0xE0)
Format : MPEG Video
Format version : Version 2
Format profile : Main@Main
Format settings, Matrix : Default
Duration : 3mn 26s
Bit rate mode : Variable
Bit rate : 1 180 Kbps
Width : 720 pixels
Height : 480 pixels
Display aspect ratio : 4:3
Frame rate : 23.976 fps
Standard : NTSC
Colorimetry : 4:2:0
Scan type : Progressive
Bits/(Pixel*Frame) : 0.142
Stream size : 29.1 MiB (83%)
Audio
ID : 128 (0x80)
Format : AC-3
Format/Info : Audio Coding 3
Duration : 3mn 26s
Bit rate mode : Constant
Bit rate : 192 Kbps
Channel(s) : 2 channels
Channel positions : L R
Sampling rate : 48.0 KHz
Stream size : 4.73 MiB (13%)
An AVI file converted to DVD Movie format takes up much more space on the disk (one of the reasons that someone converted the movie to AVI format in the first place, was to get a smaller file).
When the movie was converted to AVI, some of the quality of the video was lost - converting it back to DVD movie format will lose more quality.
A standard blank DVD is rated for two hours of running time - if you put over three hours of movies onto the disk, the quality will fall off very quickly.
Disc are so cheap I never understand why you would want to put so many movies on one disc unless. In the day and age of HD quality, Maybe It's just me but I would want it to look as good as it could and not all blurry and fuzzy . There are ways to keep compressing down, I have done DL disc down to SL disc ( the movie was fuzzy from the start so it did not matter ) and it looked like crap, but I did it anyway It was just fun to do
