DVD-R question.

[Valkysas]

I have a ton of fansubs on CD-R. Transformers series, various japanese super robot shows, and I'd love to get them transferred to DVD.

So I'm looking to find out how many DVDs it would take to get these shows transferred over so I can play them on my DVD player instead of my computer.

Series that take priority:
Transformers Galaxy Force - 52 episodes, 240MB average per episode
Transformers Masterforce - 42 episodes, 230MB average
King of Braves GaoGaiGar - 49 episodes, 180 MB average
King of Braves GaoGaiGar FINAL - 8 episodes, 170 MB average, except 300 and 470 for the last two (mkv format)

how many DVDs would these series take, keeping in mind that I want them to play on a DVD player (I have no idea if that requires a change in formatting).

[Alzar]

Re: DVD-R question.

DVD-R's, in DVD player format, can hold 2 hours of video.

So you'd need a lot.

[Fayorei]

Re: DVD-R question.

Knowing if you have to change the formatting or not for DVD-R's to play in a DVD player would be awesome to know. I need to rid my harddrive of some series... only 4 GB left out of like, 75 gigs.o_O

[Alzar]

Re: DVD-R question.

Well, I think you can hack an X-Box so that it plays Divx format movies, or something.

[The_Real_Crunk]

Re: DVD-R question.

If you copy them to DVD format they wont hold nearly as much.

But if you leave them in normal .avi, .mpeg, .xvid, whatever, and just make it a storage DVD, you can fit alot on.

Most DVDs you can buy have a maximum of 4.7gig.

So Id figure around 3-4 DVDs, for each series.

[RPGD]

Re: DVD-R question.

Let's see... altogether, those videos come to approximately 26,270 MB.

By dividing that by 1024, we get the filesize in GB, which equals about 25.6 GB.

A typical DVD-R holds about 4.7 GB, so you'd need at least six DVD-Rs, which is around 28.2 GB. So you've got a little space to spare on top of that.

[John Mora]

Re: DVD-R question.

And you have to make sure the DVD player you plan on using supports playback of DVD-R or DVD+R.

[Valkysas]

Re: DVD-R question.

my DVD player does. and hell, the slimline PS2 plays them fine and I'm going to be upgrading to one of those in the next few months.

[AbstractOrigin]

Re: DVD-R question.

To my understanding, most DVD players play -R and +R.

Watch out for subbed episodes. Whenever I burn DVD's of my fansubs, I play them on my regular size TV and half the subs are cut out.

But when I play them on my Dad's portable DVD player, they show up without being cut from the picture.

If anyone knows how to fix that, please tell me, I'm all ears.

[Alex]

Re: DVD-R question.

Expect problems galore.

Video formatting is no fun at all.

[ErikaFuzzbottom]

Re: DVD-R question.

You could put 13 episodes on each disk, though this would put the quality under VHS quality (about the same level as Youtube videos, with some varying). That's how this (unofficial) Rescue Rangers set I bought some time ago is.

[thetruecoolness]

Re: DVD-R question.

To play them on you DVD player you will have to convert them to MPEG2 since this is the standard DVD-Video format and the only type which will play on your DVD player (unless it supports DivX which some new ones do). So expect a bit of quality loss from reencoding. Most DVDs will hold around 6 to 7 20 minute episodes at decent quality (3500 Kb/s encoding 720x480), and as Draygone said around 13 at VHS quality (2000 Kb/s encoding 360x240). Most DVD making programs will do the encoding for you though, I use DVD MovieFactor 3 which works pretty well and you can make nice menus with it, of course not sure if this is free as I got it bundled with my TV card. I personally haven't used DVD-R, I use +R but all of those have worked fine in the DVD Players I've used, even +RW works in the PS2 and the DVD Player me and my roomates have. If you ever get Dual Layer realize they won't work in a PS2 (well the first layer does but the second layer won't), but do work in good DVD-players.