Pixels, Compress-O-Meters, Oh My!

[Swede]

Hi!

I'm new here and I recently bought the Sony DVD+RW/-RW DW-U14A DVD-burner, and I have a question about burning and quality.

When I clone (with CloneDVD) some DVDs, like the Region 2 of The Hulk (2-Disc), the quality meter at the bottom is at 45%, with everything included (movie, extras, you name it). After I've burned it and watch it, I see pixels.

And then I burned the Region 2 of Kangaroo Jack at 75% and there are hardly any pixels, so I came to this conclusion: the less extra material there is = better quality.

But I'd like to keep EVERYTHING on the DVD and still get an exact high quality (around 80-90% on the meter) copy.

So my question is, is there a way I can keep everything and get an exact copy of the DVD and have high quality? I burn on 4.7 GB DVD-R discs.

Thanks for any help, and I'm glad that this site exists, or else I would pretty screwed if it didn't.

[kenshin himura]

its not possible to make your compression just go up. if the movie isnt less than 4.38GB then its gonna get compressed, and since you wanna keep everything it could be compressed a lot. with a lot of compression, quality will suffer so your gonna have to compromise what you wanna keep for good picture. one thing that might help a bit, even thought you wont see in on meter is to get rid of languages and subtitles you dont need.