Batch VCD to DVD Questions

[iwod]

I have read the article @

http://www.doom9.org/?mpg/svcd2dvdr.htm

But i have a few more questions i want to ask.

Since i am doing Batch processing. I have up to 80 .dat files to convert following that guide would be a tidius job. Is there any way to Batch convert them to .mpg?

And any way to batch convert them to 48Khz .mp2 format?

I wanted to ask if i would get any size reduction in convert to AC3 instead of mp2? And if my player support mp3 if it is possible to use Mp3 instead?

[Trahald]

i dont think all the tools in that guide support command line. dvdlab has built in support for svcd resolution for (x)dvd's. so you could usually put a few vids per dvd.

mp2 is legal for dvd although for ntsc you are supposed to have at least one ac3 track. since this dvd will be non-standard it probably wont matter any. \

you can use besweet and setup a batch command for it. im thinking you need to split the .dat before you can setup the ac3 files in a batch.

[video_magic]

Hello, I had noticed this thread for a batch SVCD to DVD program, maybe it's what you want
http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?s=&threadid=88594

[jshumate]

Your last questions somehow got missed in what were otherwise very helpful responses. Anyway... my experience has been that AC3 is very very slightly smaller than MP2, maybe only 2 or 3% smaller. You'll save space with it, but not a lot. MP3 is absolutely unsupported for DVD. I am not aware of any DVD authoring programs that will allow you to use it. Even if you could do it, you are unlikely to find a standalone DVD player that would play such a disc.