Formatting problems burning a DVD

okay I managed to drive myself crazy converting my avi movies into mpeg format but I did. The problem is I'm burning a season and I'm only able to fit 3 (approx. 30 min.) episodes on one DVD. Is there anything I can do to maybe compress them to fit more? or am I screwed

-Thanks a mil!

 

What software are you using to burn them?
What size are the files?

 

I found these sites they have nicce tutorials and guides hope it helps....

http://www.doom9.org/
http://www.videohelp.com/convert

 

I'm using "Xilisoft Video Converter" to convert and I'm using "Ulead Videostudio 9" to burn them. On average, the size of one episode (as an mpeg) is (depending on it's length) usually around 200 to 250 MB and when it's an Avi it can be anywhere from 50 MB to around 150 MB

 

Your trying to burn to a DV-R right not a CD-R right? You do have a dvd burner right? Dont want to insult here but I'm trying to get a better understanding of what your attempting becuse theres a big difference between a V-CD and DV-R

 

Yeah man lol it's a DVD burner, DVD+R.

 

Ok just had to establish it wasnt the standard ID-10-T error... Perhaps its your software? Sorry mate, not a lot doing with the DVD burners as I cant afford one.... You should be able to fit more than that on there (obviouslly) but somethings missing... Id run through some configuration settings and see if anythings out of place

 

The file sizes are okay. It should burn well too.
I'm at a loss because I use Nero to burn. As you know,
you should have 4.7 Gig useable.

 

yeah I use 4.7 gig DVD+R's. It must be, because I would use other mpegs around the same size and I can cram a load of them on, could it be the audio of the series maybe? Does the fact that it's a cartoon have anything to do with it? I doubt it though, I'll tinker around with it and see what happens.

 

the first pic is when the file is in it's folder 188MB I think it was and the second pic shows when I'm getting ready to burn it!?!??!?!

 

maybe of some help

 

haha, i just finished watching the cowboy bebop movie, and just watched the series over the last week
what a great show

are you just burning them straight to disk, or are you authoring a dvd?

 

What's the difference? I downloaded nero 7 ultra edition and it works great except when I get the burn screen it freezes

 

are you just putting the files right on the disk

or are you trying to make a dvd, with menus and scenes etc, like commercial movies

 

Yeah I got menus and all that jazz and I can fit quite a bit on a dvd but when it starts burning it freezes right in the middle of transcoding the first episode

 

hmmm.
never used that program, or any others to author ddvds. sorry