How many hrs on DVD-r?

[dotman]

I need to export a bunch of footage for a coworker to review captured in FCP. How many hrs can I fit on a dvd exported and then compressed in something like toast or idvd? I'll be putting in the timecode for him to log the clips he wants. I have about 6-7 hours total. Looking for suggestions on how to break it up.

.dot

[Will Collier]

Depends on the MPEG compression bitrate. If there isn't a lot of motion and/or you don't care that much about the picture quality, you can crank it way down and cram more video on there. For high motion, high bitrates, you're talking about 90-110 minutes on a standard disc.

[Carm]

If you want VHS quality, you can get about 3-4 hours of video. MPEG 2 Format.
But it seems you are just referring to Standard DVD format.
What will said.

In other formats, DIVX etc... you can get a lot more, this would require a computer or compatible DVD DiVX player.

Carm

[dotman]

It's just about all talking heads (conference), so very little motion. They're primarily looking for good sound bytes.

Of course I do want the timecode generator to be readable, I don't think it has to be high quality. I just need them to log what they want in the final product. I'm curious what you size and settings you'd export from FCP, and would you then encode again in Toast?

I was thinking they would be reviewing this on their computer or home DVD player. Plus they are on PC's and non technical.

So are you thinking just burn a raw file like a .mov or mp4 or make a playable dvd (mpeg2 I guess) using toast or idvd.

dot.