Why is this VIDEO_TS folder 7 gigs in size?

[Hal05154]

Ok, I'm feeling stupid again.

Standard DVD is around 4.7 gigs, right? Well, I downloaded this old movie, and it turned out to be a VIDEO_TS subfolder, so I took ConvertXToDVD to it to burn it, but the program said I needed a 7+ gig disc!

Whats up with this? Do I need a double layer disc? I've never used one before.

IS there a way to shrink the fold down to a Single layer disc?

Thank you,

Hal

[fritzi93]

Commercial DVD movies are typically on a (pressed) dual-layer DVD-ROM. That's the upper limit in size. Main movie is something else again, as a lot of that available space can be extras, apart from authoring overhead and menus.

You can use DVDShrink to fit your DVD-Video onto a single-layer DVDR. Or, better, use DVDRB.

Good luck.

[Noahtuck]

Standard DVD is around 4.7 gigs, right?

No, a standard DVDR is around 4.38gb's
A standard DVD is around 7.95gb's, or commercially pressed dvd.

Well, I downloaded this old movie, and it turned out to be a VIDEO_TS subfolder, so I took ConvertXToDVD to it to burn it, but the program said I needed a 7+ gig disc!

Why would you use ConvertXtoDVD to burn a dvd video ?
It's more of a "converting" software than a burning software.
Use ImgBurn!!

Whats up with this?

Well, seeing as it is probably a rip of a standard commercial dvd which is about 7.95gb's.

Do I need a double layer disc?

Ummm, yeah, if you want it in it's original quality....

IS there a way to shrink the fold down to a Single layer disc?

Yep, what fritzi93 stated,
Fast and down and dirty, use DVDShrink.....
Slower with better quality, DVDRB in maybe 4 pass.

[Hal05154]

Thank you guys.

Oh, btw, Noahtuck, the only reason I used ConvertXToDVD is habit. It has that "burn already converted project" feature under Action, and I just used it ever since. Just habit.

BTW, do I just use DVDRB on the Video_TS subfolder? Off to find out!

Thanks again!

[Hal05154]

Very, very cool. Everything seems to be working.

It's been a LONG time since I've delved into videos and dvds, I've been buried in school again for over a year. I appreciate the quick and detailed help I received from both of you.

Thank you.

[Noahtuck]

Yeah, but it's just easier and better to use ImgBurn to burn any type of files to DVDR.

And yes, just open the original VIDEO_TS or MAIN folder in DVDRB or DVDShrink.

With a little bit of exploration in the different menus on DVDRB you will learn all the options pretty quickly.

DVDShrink "Transcodes" dvd's and is much faster, where as DVDRB "Re-Encodes" everything which results in a better quality copy but takes a bit more time.

And i have nothing against ConvertXtoDVD as i still use it on occasion for converting other formats to DVD, but i burn the resulting VIDEO_TS folder to DVDR with ImgBurn.

[Hal05154]

Noahtuck,

I feel foolish. What mode do you use in Imgburn to burn the DVDRB folders to disk? It's seems to only be looking for an ISO file.

Thank you.

Hal

[Noahtuck]

You can "browse" for the folder or you can just drag and drop the VIDEO_TS folder into the main window and burn.