overburning a 4,605MB dvd file

[indigo0086]

I finished encoding and authoring a dvd with subtitles and it came out to 4,605 mb. Is it save to have it overburn or should i not try? The programs I had set the default dvd compatiable size but I guess the subtitles made it a little larger.

[ghoster]

run it through shrink to shave off the few mbs...

[Baldrick]

shrink = dvdshrink

[jtoolman2000]

Try to never over burn a dvd. It will most likely give you a slew of play back problems at the end.

In fact cut back your file size to about 4,300 MB so you end up a little short from max. That will help with not so high quality disks. They might not skip and freeze at the end.

[mats.hogberg]

AFAIK, it's not even possible to (successfully) overburn to DVD.

/Mats

[GeorgeW]

I agree with everyone that it wouldn't be wise to fill to the max. Personally, I try to keep it closer to 4gb to stay away from the "outer edges" of a dvd5 disc (they burn from the center towards the outer edge).

What kind of audio did you use for your project? You might be able to gain a huge amount of space if you used LPCM audio -- switch to Dolby Digital or maybe mpeg audio for a PAL DVD (NTSC DVD PLayers don't have to play mpeg audio, but alot of newer models seem to handle it fine -- I haven't heard of any PAL DVD PLayers that couldn't play mpeg audio -- but there's always an exception I guess).

If you already used a compressed audio format, then depending on your DVD Structure, you could get away with just "shrinking" one of the videos on it -- if it has multiple titles, just select one of them and shring that to bring it down to size (at least your other videos will be "original" quality, and it won't take as long to shrink if it only needs to shrink one or two titles).

[Gurm]

It _is_ possible to overburn a DVD.

The real question is ... will your set-top box be able to read it afterwards? And the answer is...


HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA no.

[mats.hogberg]

It _is_ possible to overburn a DVD.

Really? So, just like we've been blessed with 90 min CD-R, we can look forward to 4.9 GB DVD-R?

/Mats

[D.A.R.J.R.]

The Plextor 716a can do it.

[Gurm]

No. No manufacturer makes longer DVD media, and no set top box in existence that I know of PLAYS overburnt media. So it's useful only if your computer can read your overburnt disc.

[MOVIEGEEK]

The most I burn is 4400MB,I like to have a little buffer.

[steve2713]

No. No manufacturer makes longer DVD media, and no set top box in existence that I know of PLAYS overburnt media. So it's useful only if your computer can read your overburnt disc.

Wrong -

http://www.meritline.com/beall-4x-dvd-r-media-4-85gb.html

Whether they play properly on most standalone DVD players is unknown.



And here's more info on standard media overburned to about 4600mb, on the Plextor PX-716a:

http://club.cdfreaks.com/showpost.php?p=835505&postcount=144

I'm not saying I'd suggest using such discs or overburning standard media if you are looking for complete compatibility, but such possibilities do exist.

[MOVIEGEEK]

Re:Beall EX
I don't think the extra .15GB(145MB) is worth gambling....not to mention the 4x speed.

[steve2713]

Re:Beall EX
I don't think the extra .15GB(145MB) is worth gambling.

This is probably correct, but I'd say that's the case because of the brand of media - Beall media has many known quality issues.