Re-authoring a DVDR

[ryan_n_waggoner]

Backstory: I recently order and recieved a package of DVDR movies in the mail. (These are laserdisc captures of movies not commercially available on DVD.) This package contained 3 movies, and 4 discs of features, for a total of 7 discs. The three movies all contain chapter breaks, but absolutely no menu at all.

Problem: I was trying to reauthor these movies so that I could have the three movies, plus some of the bonus features on the same disc, as well as a chapter selection menu (one disc contains one movie, chapter selection, and bonus features). (There would be a fourth disc with all the leftovers) This is not the first time I've authored a DVD -- I've got seven or eight under my belt, so I have a fairly good idea of what I'm doing, and I know that what I'm doing now has worked in the past.

I backed up all the materials I needed for the first disc using DVD Shrink, imported them to DVDLAb Pro, set about making my menus, linking everything, mapping it all out, etc. It came out to be around 5GB of info. (No problem, I can pull it back into DVD Shrink and shrink it down a little bit). So I click "Compile", and walk away from the computer. About 20 minutes later, I come back to look at the progress, only to find it says it's done. When I check properties on the file folder it was compiling all this into, it tells me I've only got 1.0 GB in there.

I've tried building this DVD several ways, and the best I've come up with is 2.33GB (which was done by breaking it all up into to VTSs). Is there anything I'm missing? Any help at all would be greatly appreciated.

[gshelley61]

Don't talk about purchasing bootleg DVD-R copies of laserdiscs or any other copyrighted materials... that is a big no-no.

[ryan_n_waggoner]

my mistake. i was trying to make it clear that i wasn't "ripping anyone off", but i guess i kinda failed on that account.

[Baldrick]

wait for the dvd release.