[X4U] Trying to cut down # of DVDs to burn

Brett Conlon brettnlis at bigpond.com
Mon Nov 19 15:53:28 PST 2007


You know that'd be approx 4.5-4.9Hrs per disc. On a DVD-5 disc (4.3GB)  
The bitrate will be pretty low and therefore quality pretty shabby.  
But I guess it depends on the quality of the AVI files in the first  
place - if they are pretty bad then no one will notice a difference.

Cheers,

Coj


On 20/11/2007, at 9:35 AM, wilkinw wrote:

> You might try VisualHub, I have used it for a while with pretty good  
> success.
> http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/macosx/30028
> You can combine all the avi's and then convert them into VIDEO_TS  
> folders then burn them.
> On Nov 19, 2007, at 4:41 PM, Mark Des Cotes wrote:
>
>> Hi all,
>>
>> I have 27 student videos all in AVI format. Each one is between 20  
>> and 22 minutes in length. The school would like each student (27 of  
>> them) plus a few others to have a DVD of all the presentations.  
>> I've been asked to design a nice case cover and disk label for this  
>> project and to burn all the DVDs for them. What's the best way to  
>> combine these 27 videos onto the least amount of DVDs without  
>> having to purchase double layer disks? I have Toast 7 Titanium,  
>> DVD2One, iMovie HD, and iDVD. In Toast, without doing anything  
>> special, I would need to burn 4 DVDs for each recipient which is  
>> too much. Ideally I'd like to fit them all onto two disks.
>>
>> Ideas?
>>
>> Mark Des Cotes
>> Owner-Graphic Designer
>> Marksman Design
>>
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>> 613-936-6876
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