1 x 8 gig orig. DVD - how to split to 2 x 4.5 gig DVDs (un-changed) & v

[Wills]

I've got an original 8 gig DVD that plays fine on my standalone (Harmon Kardon DVD25).

I've backed it up onto a 8.5 gig DVD+R DL but it won't play on my player (it won't do +R DLs but it will do the original DVD - eh?)

I want to split it to 2 x 4.5 gig DVD+Rs that will play on my Harmon Kardon.

How can I do this without editing the content.
Can anyone help?
I don't mind if the chapters don't all work and so on - just that it plays (it's got 3 episodes of a TV show on it)

Here's a screen grab of the content.


Many thanks.

Will

[manono]

http://dvdguides.netgeekhosting.com/guides/splitdvd9/

[RoyGBiv-inRI]

I use DVDShrink. It won't save the menus, but you don't seem interested in that anyway.

In "Reauthor" mode, DVDShrink lets you set the start and end point for what you are copying. I just break it up at a chapter point somewhere in the middle.

For the first disc I set the start point at the beginning of the film and the end point about half way. For the second disc, I start where the first disc ended and go to the end. I will usually pad a few seconds for the start point of the second disc if there is no break in the film, but some older, longer movies had intermissions, which are a convenient spot to break the movie.

I've done this with some very long movies because I was too cheap to use DL discs. Now that they have gotten cheaper, I will probably try using them instead.

SMK

[Wills]

Thanks guys. I'll try them both and see what happens.

W

[reylafo]

DVDFab-Gold can split everything on a DVD-9 to two DVD-5

http://www.dvdfab.com/download.htm?s=fabplatinum