Exporting 90+ minutes to DVD

R

rc444

Well-known member
Most of us will have at some point exported a short film to a DVD. I wondered if anyone has ever exported a feature length film to a standard DVD? Is this actually possible or would you recommend exporting to Digi-Beta / HDCAM-SR for feature length material? I have often wondered about this question.

Most DVDs you buy say "4.7 Gb / 120 mins" but I often wondered whether the latter is true, if so, what format do you need to use in order to squeeze a 2 hour film onto a DVD?

Thanks
David
 
120 minutes will fit on a DVD5. Note that it holds 4.3 GB/s formatted.

However, bit rate will be very low -- around 3.5 with dolby2 audio.

It's not the codec that determines what will fit, but the length of the video in total minutes
 
Where would you buy a DVD5? Is this a dual layer (DL specification) DVD? I seem to recall some electronic stores are selling DVD-DL disks in addition to DVD+Rs, -RWs, +RWs and -Rs.
 
DVD5 is a stand 4.7 GB DVD that formats to 4.3 GBs.

DL disks are twice the size, but recordable DL sometimes do not play well on set tops.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top