backing up a 4hr dvd

[marcus]

well hello there :] .... im marcus and im new to the site, and im happy to be here... i would like to know how to back up a dvd which is 4 hrs long ? .... the size of it is about 7.6 GB. ..... i have dvd shrink 3.17. ... after i remove the extras and stuff, all the movie files still cannot fit to begin to back up.... the message says that the compilation is too long..... can anyone help me ?
thanks alot

[jimmalenko]

Welcome, marcus !

At least two ways I can think of;

re-encode; a last resort, believe me
re-shrink; shrink the movie and then shrink its output.

[steveryan]

Marcus, your best best would be to split the film over two disks using DVD Shrink, nice guide here.

[marcus]

thank you steve and jim :] .. i'll give it a try and see if it works....i dunno where these dvd's came from, but it's good stuff if you know what i mean.....lol .... hey, i got the dvd back-ups to play on my ps2... yes and it's not even modified.... it took a few seconds more to read it, but it worked..... this may seem like old news to you guys, but i just thought i'd let you know.
so.... i'll get back to you all soon... thanks again for a warm and helpful greeting.... and if you ever plan a trip, check out trinidad- west indies... home of plenty rum and roti.....lol

[ZippyP.]

home of plenty rum and roti.....)

Mmmmmmmmm....rum and roti!

[marcus]

it worked !! ... i managed to encode it 3 times.... the quality of course was not as good as the original but it's good enuf for a stand alone player....i tried the second option to put it on 2 dvd's but this dvd has about 7 titles and a few chapters... wow, yup !! ..it is not an original but a compilation ... the guide that i got from steve showed an original with 1 title and many chapters, so to split that was hard, maybe impossible... i dunno..... but it took a while to decode this.... the processor is working harder now...lol ... but all the same, i want to thank you all again for being so helpful and kind :] ... i guess the good thing about life is that we never stop learning...
thanks and i'll be around