extending dvd burn time

[ronin4]

i have downloaded my avi files from limewire and converted using AVS4. The dvds I burn to are 120mins, but they say their dvds can be extended to 360mins. Can anyone tell me how i do this. Also how do i burn more than one film to the dvd?

[Lord of the Rings]

That's a simple reference to how much video time you might fit onto a video at the lowest conversion qualities. If you're not worried about the quality of your videos then you can fit a few hours of video onto a dvd-5 format dvd disk (4.7 GB) or almost double that on a dvd-8 format disk (8.5 GB). It's normally recommended to keep 4.7 GB dvd videos less than 150 mins or at least less than 3 hrs.

I don't know the software you're using so I can't explain how. Actually I don't think you said which burner software you're using.

I think you'd be better to visit a dvd burning forum or info page, rather than I try to explain in a single posting. How much you can fit onto a dvd disk depends on ... the length of the video, the bit-rate the video was converted to, the format of the audio (eg: PCM/Dolby Digital ac-3), the bit-rate of the audio, the sample rate of the audio, how many menus, how complex the menus are (eg: include video or audio), whether menus are multi-language, how many multi-layer audio tracks are used, how many multi-layer video tracks are used (better known as angles), whether subtitles are used, etc.

Are you aware that the newer dvd players can also play divx & wmv; ie: burnt as data disks or get your burner to convert. Roxio can & I presume Nero can also.

To have more than one video on a dvd, you'd have them as separate tracks. Though you could also join them.

[ronin4]

thanks 4 the reply- although most of what u said was way over my head.
AVS4 converts and then burns to the dvd. But it didnt give me any option to use the longplay on the dvd. I am a bit lost to be honest. At the moment im making do with watching on pc and then just deleteing.
If anyone could recommend software that they use themselves for converting limewire downloads to dvd and then burning, it would be much appreciated.

[Peerless]

Nero7 rocks for a simple way to convert, compress, and burn to DVD...basically when one tries to burn a file that is too big to fit on a single DVD, Nero tells you and asks if you want it done in longplay format....the con is that one has no control over how much compression is done...it would be nice if the algorithm Nero used would automatically adjust itself to barely fit on a DVD....

[ronin4]

Could Peerless and Lord of the Rings tell me what they use for converting download films and burning them?

[ronin4]

would anyone else like to volunteer their preferred method. It be really helpful.