Hi all!
Could somebody please help me with the following:
I want to backup my Friends DVD collection (10 seasons, 3 DVD's per season, 2 sided-single-layer). Each season contains 24 episodes a 30 minutes per episode (720 min).
Further specs:
Aspect Ratio ---------------> 4:3
Video Format ---------------> PAL
The download page of the templates state that I could put ~6 Hour DVD Quality footage on one DVD (with the 720x576 template) so thought I'd be all set with ~20 DVD's.
I've done the following:
1) Ripped the DVD to the HD
2) Used DVD2AVI to create a D2V file
3) Used PARanoia for AutoCropping (everything else -> default)
4) Adjusted the AVS script as follows:
Code:
MPEG2Dec3_mpeg2source("C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\Bureaublad\FRIENDS_SERIES1_D1A\VTS_01_0.d2v")
Removegrain(mode=2)
STMedianFilter(3,3,1,1)
LanczosResize(672,544,8,4,702,568)
DCTFilter(1,1,1,1,1,1,0.5,0)
Addborders(24,16,24,16)
5) Loaded the correct KDVD template in TMPGenc
6) Loaded the AVS script and the .WAV file
7) Adjusted the settings as follows:
- Tab audio ---------------> 160 kbit/s
Tab audio ---------------> Enabled "Error protection"
Tab Advanced ---------------> Set the source range to only include the first episode
p.s. when first loading the template, aspect ratio in the settings dialog is 16:9 and after loading the AVS script, it changed to 4:3.
When I encode, the total filesize for the first 38 seconds (which contains the intro-music and clip) is ~18.258 MB. You can d/l it
here. This would mean that for 30 minutes, the total filesize would be 18.258/38*1800=~864,853MB. This is only 2.8 hours...
I know I'm screwing up somewhere.... I've been reading for about 10 hours (no... not 10h straight
) on this forum, seen a lot of different progs like CQMatic/CalcuMatic/etc/etc... but I don't know IF and/or HOW I should use them....
In short... what am I doing wrong and can somebody point me in the right direction ?
btw. Is it correct that an aspect-ratio of 16:9 requires less space then 4:3 ? Should I convert and if yes... how ?
Sorry for the many questions
Many thanks in advance!
Greets,
Jan-Jaap