7 gb on a DVD-R ?

[whenevere]

While trying to backup a commercial concert DVD to DVD-R, I notice that it's 7 Gb large. DVDShrink says that it's uncompressed and even if it is compressed to the highest level (8 or 9), DVDShrink can not fit it in a 4.7 Gb DVD-R. Too large!

Newbie question: 1) How did the 7 gb movie fit in the DVD in the first place ?
2) Is there a way to make it fit in one DVD-R ?

[freak_in_cage_10k]

the professional companies use a dual layered DVD disc, which means you can get double the data onto the DVD. however, these are not avaliable in the DVD-R format which is why you cant get 7Gigs onto a DVDr. the only way you can get a 7 gig dvd and put it onto a dvdr is to re encode the movie at lower bit rate etc so that it produces a file size smaller than 4.7Gigs.

[omega41]

Most commercial DVD are dual layered meaning it can hold over 9 gigs of data while Blank dvdrs are single layer and can hold only 4.7gb(4.3). You can use the Dvd2one or Instant copy and many others to copy dual layer dvds and maintain good quality.

[Fatal_Flaw]

1) The commercial dvd is dual layered (dvd-9), which means it can fit about twice as much data as a single layer disk (dvd-5) which is what dvd+-R are.

2) If for some reason dvd shrink can't compress it enough then you would have to remove some extras or something or just backup the main movie. You can do this in re-author mode with dvd shrink but you lose the menu system. If you were to compress some of the extras to still pictures with dvd shrink that would free up a lot of space and keep the menu system intact but those extras would still be unuseable. The other option which i prefer when i have to remove extras is to use Clone DVD which can completely remove some extras and still keep the menu system. The only downside to Clone DVD is that it cost money.

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[MackemX]

While trying to backup a commercial concert DVD to DVD-R, I notice that it's 7 Gb large. DVDShrink says that it's uncompressed and even if it is compressed to the highest level (8 or 9), DVDShrink can not fit it in a 4.7 Gb DVD-R. Too large!

Newbie question: 1) How did the 7 gb movie fit in the DVD in the first place ?
2) Is there a way to make it fit in one DVD-R ?

what version of DVDShrink are you using? as it doesn't have levels in the later versions. That was a feature of the earlier versions

I suggest you try version 3.0 Beta 5 if you haven't already got it

[andkiich]

Another option would be to use DVDShrink on the same files twice. Shrink them once, then go back and shrink them again, but I wouldn't recommend it.

[jdizzy40]

I would use DVD Shrinks built in ability to split the video into two parts. Use the Start/Stop option in the reauthor mode. Overlap the second disk by about 10 seconds. I think this will be a more suitable solution. Yes 2 disks but better quality.

[Faustus]

Also look and find out what type of Audio the disc is using.

[garryheather]

Indeed - if it has multiple formats, you can probably ditch one. And, with the odd extra here and there, you might find it will fit on one DVD-R if you split the streams and get shot of any you are not going to use.

Don't forget none of the transcoders mess with the audio, so you can compress the video to buggery and it will still sound the same - good news for "audio" DVD's (not DVD Audio, that's a whole different ball game).

[Faustus]

ACtually what I was thinking is make sure its not Using LPCM as the audio. Thats so huge that if they did you'll likely never get it shrank down enough. Well unless you convert the audio on your own.