I have an old VHS tape, recorded in 6-hr mode in 1983, with
14 episodes of 20-25 minutes each. Using a Canopus ADVC-100
to convert the VCR output to firewire input to the computer,
I've made .wmv files of each of the 14 episodes, and edited
in a title to each one using moviemaker. I've saved them in
the "Video for LAN" 768Kbps .wmv format which is 640x480;
the .wmv files range in size from 105 to 153MB, totalling
less than 2GB.

The .wmv files play fine using Windows media player; the
quality is just as "good" as what is recorded on the old VHS
tape. Using MyDVD, I've burned DVDs, each with a maximum of
three episodes on the DVD, with a menu for selecting the
episode to view. They play fine in a DVD player. The problem
is that it takes five DVDs.

How can I put the 6 hours of video, the 14 .wmv files, on
one DVD (or two DVDs), with menu selections, that can be
played in the DVD player? Video quality isn't an issue,
given the available source.

I'm not locked in to MyDVD; I just happen to have it, and it
works as described.

Jay O'Brien
Rio Linda, CA

If you have a DVD player that plays MPEG files, re-encode them as MPEG1
files and you can fit 4 or 5 hours on one DVD.... you do not burn them as a
Video DVD, but as a Data DVD. But make sure your DVD standalone can cope
first.

Check at www.videohelp.com
--
Cari (MS-MVP)
Printing & Imaging



"Jay O'Brien" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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>I have an old VHS tape, recorded in 6-hr mode in 1983, with
> 14 episodes of 20-25 minutes each. Using a Canopus ADVC-100
> to convert the VCR output to firewire input to the computer,
> I've made .wmv files of each of the 14 episodes, and edited
> in a title to each one using moviemaker. I've saved them in
> the "Video for LAN" 768Kbps .wmv format which is 640x480;
> the .wmv files range in size from 105 to 153MB, totalling
> less than 2GB.
>
> The .wmv files play fine using Windows media player; the
> quality is just as "good" as what is recorded on the old VHS
> tape. Using MyDVD, I've burned DVDs, each with a maximum of
> three episodes on the DVD, with a menu for selecting the
> episode to view. They play fine in a DVD player. The problem
> is that it takes five DVDs.
>
> How can I put the 6 hours of video, the 14 .wmv files, on
> one DVD (or two DVDs), with menu selections, that can be
> played in the DVD player? Video quality isn't an issue,
> given the available source.
>
> I'm not locked in to MyDVD; I just happen to have it, and it
> works as described.
>
> Jay O'Brien
> Rio Linda, CA