DVD writing?

[Gene Dascher]

> I also converted a few other VHS tapes over and recorded them -- I forget
> about how much you can get on a CDR in MPEG2 format -- seems like 30
> minutes or so sticks in my mind . .  but I could be wrong.

It all depends on what your final bitrate is for the MPEG2 file.  I did a
bit of testing with SVCDs, but I had major problems with video artifacts.  I
keep meaning to go back and tweak my conversion script to see if I can get
it right, but I never seem to find the time.  With MPEG1 (for VCD), 1 minute
of video takes up around 10MB.  I have been using mjpegtools along with
dvgrab, kino, and vdcimager to convert my home movies to VCD.  I have had
great success with this.

Gene