Combine 2 sided DVD to one DVDR

[kreg]

Hello,

I have a DVD that has 2 sides. I would like to combine and compress it to fit on one DVD+R.

I have CloneDVD which works great to compress a DVD9 to fit on one DVD+R. I understand that when you use CloneDVD to compress a DVD9 down to a DVDR, it does reduce the quality, but I am ok with that. Can the same idea be used here?

-Kreg

[Capmaster]

If the two-sided DVD you have is a commercial title, then it's no doubt DVD-18, which is dual-layer/dual sided. You'll see a serious quality hit if you try to squeeze those four layers onto a one-layer DVD-R.

I recommend you squeeze each side onto a separate DVD-R and just have two discs for the title

On the other hand, if it's a double-sided DVD-R you want to copy, then you have a better chance of having enough quality in the finished product, since you'll only be squeezing two layers onto one, and it'll be no different than squeezing a DVD-9 dual layer single-sided commercial title onto a DVD-R ...perfectly doable

[jeanl]

On the other hand, if it's a double-sided DVD-R you want to copy, then you have a better chance of having enough quality in the finished product, since you'll only be squeezing two layers onto one, and it'll be no different than squeezing a DVD-9 dual layer single-sided commercial title onto a DVD-R ...perfectly doable wink.gif

mmm, the situation is somewhat different. In dual layer discs, you only have 1 Video manager etc, whereas here you'll have 2!
Apparently, DvdReMake Pro v. 2.6 can do that now. Check out this post by Dimad:
http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?s=&threadid=84464

I think that's just what you need.
Jeanl

[Capmaster]

On the other hand, if it's a double-sided DVD-R you want to copy, then you have a better chance of having enough quality in the finished product, since you'll only be squeezing two layers onto one, and it'll be no different than squeezing a DVD-9 dual layer single-sided commercial title onto a DVD-R ...perfectly doable wink.gif

mmm, the situation is somewhat different. In dual layer discs, you only have 1 Video manager etc, whereas here you'll have 2!
Apparently, DvdReMake Pro v. 2.6 can do that now. Check out this post by Dimad:
http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?s=&threadid=84464

I think that's just what you need.
Jeanl

A dual sided DVD will play from either side. So the resulting shrunk DVD rip will also play once it's transferred to DVD. Nothing can be retained from one side to the other, so I guess your statement about having 2 "video managers", whatever that is, has me confused.

Each side of a DVD is a separate entity and is playable all by itself. IFO files on one side only apply to that side. Never to the other side.

[jeanl]

Sorry I was confusing, what I mean is that it's not exactly the same thing to shrink a dual-layer DVD to a DVD-5, and to shrink 2 DVD-5s to 1 DVD-5.

I think we agree anyway. All I'm saying is that the tools you can use to shrink a dual-layer DVD will not necessarily work to fit 2 single-layer DVDs into 1. For example, you wouldn't be able to do that in shrink.

And yes, the IFO of one side apply to that side only, which is what I was trying to say (in a much less clear manner!). That's what makes putting the 2 together not trivial...
Jeanl

[Capmaster]

Sorry I was confusing, what I mean is that it's not exactly the same thing to shrink a dual-layer DVD to a DVD-5, and to shrink 2 DVD-5s to 1 DVD-5.

I think we agree anyway. All I'm saying is that the tools you can use to shrink a dual-layer DVD will not necessarily work to fit 2 single-layer DVDs into 1. For example, you wouldn't be able to do that in shrink.

And yes, the IFO of one side apply to that side only, which is what I was trying to say (in a much less clear manner!). That's what makes putting the 2 together not trivial...
Jeanl

[steptoe]

Try this guide on my site :

http://www.thescrapyard.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/files/video/double-sided%20dvd%20to%20dvd...0dvdshrink.htm

[Capmaster]

Try this guide on my site :

http://www.thescrapyard.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/files/video/double-sided%20dvd%20to%20dvd...0dvdshrink.htm

Wow. Nice work, steptoe

[jeanl]

Try this guide on my site :

http://www.thescrapyard.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/files/video/double-sided%20dvd%20to%20dvd...0dvdshrink.htm

I took the liberty to take a look at your root page, you have quite a few guides in there! Cool stuff.
The problem with your solution, if I may say, is that you don't have any of the original menus... But the guide is nice, and the solution simple and easy!
Jeanl

[kreg]

i guess i should have been more specific in the first message. the original DVD was of a TV show with 4 episodes. To preserve quality, i used CloneDVD to put 2 episodes onto one DVDR and the other two episodes onto a second DVDR. Both DVDR's have the same menu, just in this case there are two dead links on each dvd since each have two missing episodes. This was way back when I first started backing up my DVD tv seaons and now I don't care if they are compressed to put all 4 episodes onto one DVDR. i'm trying to figure out how to merge the two back into one because I damaged the original disk.

-kreg