1GB AVI to DVD doesn't fit on DVDR?

[juggaloninjachoo]

When I try burning an .avi file that is less than 1GB it says it will not fit on a 4.7GB DVD-R and has to compress and lose video quality which I never do lose video quality but I dont understand why it says that and I can not put more than 2.5-3GB on what disc so if someone can help me to understand this it would be greatly appreciated

[juggaloninjachoo]

I dont know what that reply is to but I already know how much is on every disc it doesnt answer why something that is 900MB doesnt fit without being compressed

[Baldrick]

You are CONVERTING(I assume) to DVD-video and it usually requires a bigger file size than avi divx/xvid.

What do you convert with?
What is the running time? The source file size does not matter.

And I'm moving you to a separate thread. This 7 year old thread has nothing to do with your avi to dvd conversion.