Is it possible to burn an MPEG-1 stream on a DVD?

[FishTankX]

My friend was wondering. He has a ton of video and wants to use it on his home entertainment system.

One theory he had is burning an MPEG1 stream onto a DVD and hoping that his set top unit recognized it.

Is such a thing even possible?

 

[Excelsior]

Get TMPGEnc http://www.tmpgenc.net

You can use its projecty wizard (file - project wizard) to use a dvd template and create a dvd encoded file that you can use something like ulead dvd workshop to burn to a dvd-r!

 

[oldfart]

DVD is MPEG2. Learn all about how to do it at DVDRHelp.com.

 

[Spicedaddy]

you don't have to reencode... Just burn the MPEG-1 files as a VCD on the DVD-R media.

That way you fit a lot more video. Converting MPEG-1 to MPEG-2 (DVD format) is useless. It won't look better and will waste space.

 

[oldfart]

From reading the post, I dont think the video is in MPEG1 format.

 

[Spicedaddy]

Originally posted by: oldfart
From reading the post, I dont think the video is in MPEG1 format.

Yeah, I read too fast, thought he said the videos were mpeg-1. If they're decent quality AVI, it would be better to make a real DVD...

 

[FishTankX]

Well my question is with a DVD burner is it possible to burn a VCD type template onto a DVD and fit 8 hours of video onto a DVD, which his DVD player will recognize?

 

[FishTankX]

BTW, he is content with VCD quality video for casual viewing, and this is exactly what this is for. No 'Video quality' concerns beyond VCD quality.

 

[oldfart]

VCDHelp is a great site.

 

[SearchMaster]

Here's the specific link on DVDRHelp.com showing how to burn an MPEG-1 file onto DVD-R.

As stated above, you'll need to use TMPGEnc to convert from AVI to MPEG-1, then use the above link to burn to DVD. Good luck!

 

[FishTankX]

OkaY, thanks everyone. I think I got it.