How much video can I put on a dvd+r?

[wearetheborg]

I have nec 3500 with bitsetting, how much video can I put onto a disc without appreciable quality loss? I tried 3.5 hrs and it worked fine.
The process took ~4 hrs (from .avi source) on nero, is this standard?

 

[BlueWeasel]

You can put ~4.35gb of video on a DVD disc. As most desktop DVD players can't play AVI files, the reason the conversion takes so long is because the video is being converted from AVI to the MPEG2 format.

 

[wearetheborg]

Originally posted by: BlueWeasel
You can put ~4.35gb of video on a DVD disc. As most desktop DVD players can't play AVI files, the reason the conversion takes so long is because the video is being converted from AVI to the MPEG2 format.

So its standard for transcoding ro take so long?
About the video, I wanted to know how much time I cood put on the dvd without appreciable degradation in quality.
I had some avi files, I put 1.5 hrs, no problem, but then when I tried to add another 30 min, nero warned me, and reduced the frame rate or something. I finally put in 3-3.5hrs, and video quality was fine. So I was wondering, how much compression can I do on dvd+r

 

[PrincessGuard]

It really depends on the source material and what your definition of "good" quality is. Some people are happy watching movies recorded off the screen with a camcorder; others pay extra for Superbit DVDs with no special features but higher quality.

The best way is to experiment. I assume you're using NeroVision, so you can set a custom bitrate under More->Video Options. Pick a short clip to encode, tell Nero to save to your hard drive, and watch it with your DVD software. Keep turning down the bitrate (in intervals of, say, 500kbit/s) until you're unhappy with the quality and adjust from there.