Writing discs. Best format for this DVD player?

Hello Good people of WarezBB.
I’m puting some downloaded tv programmes onto a dvd for a friend.
Her player is a Philips DVP3120. Online research says that it will play CD, (S)VCD, DVD, DVD+R/RW, DVD-R/RW
What would be the best format to burn the files in? There’s quite a few of them (15gb to be precise) so I’d like to be economic.
As you can tell, I’m not that tech savvy.
Thanks in advance,
LMJ
Answer #1
You’re gonna have to convert them to DVD format.
Answer #2
What would be the best format to burn the files in?
DVD Video would the only one worth while considering the lack of options,You’d need to use Convertxtodvd,Do note
that video compression varies with different video codecs and MPEG2 (DVD) has far worse compression than
XVID/MKV,You’d be needing at least 7 DVD discs for this.
Answer #3
Ah….ok. That could work.
Thank you both.
Answer #4
Use freemake video convertor to burn a dvd. U can burn loads movies/episodes on one 4.7gb DVD disc
freemake video convertor
http://www.freemake.com/free_video_converter/
Freemake tutorial how to Burn DVD
http://www.freemake.com/how_to/how_to_burn_dvd_video
Edit
wat movies/tv shows are u gona burn on DVD. Tell me so I can narrow it down how many DVDs u will use
Answer #5
Thanks Wazz.
Answer #6
lmjordanwarez replied: Thanks Wazz.
ur welcome. plz read my edit in the my above post
Answer #7
Wazz – it’s seasons 6 and 7 of Grey’s Anatomy. In their downloaded states 6 is 8.72gb and 7 is 7.51gb. Both are avi.
I normally just burn them as data files and my player can read them. However, my friend’s is a bit older.
Gives me a headache, frankly!
Answer #8
lmjordanwarez replied: Wazz - it's seasons 6 and 7 of Grey's Anatomy. In their downloaded states 6 is 8.72gb and 7 is 7.51gb. Both are avi.
I normally just burn them as data files and my player can read them. However, my friend's is a bit older.
Gives me a headache, frankly!
ok jus searched on wiki bout this serious and how long and how many eps in each series
Season 6 has 24 eps
Season 7 has 22 eps
Each ep is around 40 mins
ok u will use freemake video convertor to burn the DVDs.
U will use 4 4.7gb DVDs
DVD 1= burn season 6 12 eps
DVD 2= burn season 6 12 eps
DVD 3= burn season 7 11 eps
DVD 4= burn season 7 11 eps
Make sure write this on DVD title when u burn and write on the DVD with pen marker
 
Season 6 Disc 1
Season 6 Disc 2
Season 7 Disc 1
Season 7 Disc 2
Answer #9
wazz12 replied:
U will use 4 4.7gb DVDs
You got your calculations wrong,He’s gonna burn it as DVD Video,Not Data and there are differences in compression
among different formats,He’d need 7 discs to maintain good quality.
Answer #10
Roberto400 wats goin on buddy
I didn’t say anything bout burning has data. Freemake video convertor is jus like convertxtodvd.
40 min Eps
11-12 eps on each DVD is fine
4 DVDs is fine for this
trust me I done this before. The quality was brillant
Answer #11
Ok…….so got my discs ready. Any idea how long each should take to write?
This is all very much appreciated btw.
Answer #12
lmjordanwarez replied: Ok.......so got my discs ready. Any idea how long each should take to write?
This is all very much appreciated btw.
ur welcome
burning DVDs depends on ur computer specs
well for me it takes 30 mins – 2 hours depends wat I got to burn
go ahead burn ur 1st DVD find out how long each DVD will take
make sure do not hav any other programs running in the background ;D
Answer #13
wazz12 replied: I didn't say anything bout burning has data
Correct,This was an assumption on my part that you got confused,And to be honest I still have my doubts on this.
The OP mentioned the files total at 15GB,4 Single layer DVD discs equals to 17.52GB,Different video codecs
have different compression ratios and in this regards MPEG2 (DVD Video) is far worse than XVID/MKV,I can’t
possibly see how he’d be able to fit these to 4 single layer discs (As DVD Video) with only a margin of 2.52GB,Again,MPEG2
has far worse compression ratio,I’m not sure it’s even possible to fit 480 minutes on a SL DVD Disc,But even if it is,The quality
would most likely be terrible.
wazz12 replied: Freemake video convertor is jus like convertxtodvd
Yeah I know.
Answer #14
@ Roberto400 love u always buddy
@ lmjordanwarez post results when ur done burning ur 1st DVD. How’s the quality and how long each DVD took to burn
Answer #15
Will do!
Ok…………..each disc took approx 3 hrs to burn and the quality is good!
Thank you so much. You’ve saved me a lot of time, effort and discs!
Answer #16
Just realised that I can’t delete posts.
Sorry about the double.