How to burn dvd full size?

[jyeh74]

Currently, I am using Ridata DVD-R to burn fullsize movies. But I believe movies are 6-7 gigs and DVD-Rs are 4.7 gigs. So you have to use DVD Shrink, which makes the quality lower. Is there media out there (not double sided) single sided that captures the dvd movies 100% quality?

[yoda313]

I believe the term you are looking for is DUAL LAYER. Those are ONE SIDED two layered discs that hold around 8gigs. You need a dual layer dvd burner and a dual layer dvd blank do to this. Then you can make a 1:1 backup of any size dvd. The dual layer burners are as cheap as 35.00 or less at many online websites new (like tigerdirect or newegg to name a few).

[jyeh74]

yoda,

Why are they called two layered if you can burn on ONE SIDE? I've seen movies that are two sided, where you have to flip it around during a point in the movie. I just want to fit everything on ONE SIDE.
Are dual layer dvd-r much more expensive than regular dvd-r?
What brands are good? I havent had much problems with Ritek-Ridata.

thanks!

[jyeh74]

wow, nevermind, I just looked at Meritline.com
the ones I get are Ridata 100 pack dvd-r 16x for $25
the dual layer Ridata 100 pack dvd-r (dual layer) 4x is $135
Wow, big price difference!

[guns1inger]

They are called dual layer because they have two burning layers on the disc. The laser burns from the inside to the outside of the disc, refocuses, and burns back from the outside to inner ring.

Commercial discs, while not burned, are also dual layer when required to fit more than 4.38GB of video data.

[jyeh74]

They are 5 times more expensive!

[guns1inger]

Yep. And unless you buy Verbatim (from Singapore) DL discs, you are just flushing that money down the toilet.

[ntscuser]

There are many ways of reducing the size of a DVD title without DVD Shrink. For a start, nobody likes copyright warnings and forced previews. Then there are alternate soundtracks you are never likely to need. Once all the crap is removed few movies occupy much more than 4.7GB. For the rest there is DVD Rebuilder.

[guns1inger]

Killing the credits on most modern movies will shave several minutes off the running time. For example, all the Harry Potter films have credits that run for 10 minutes.

[AlanHK]

Currently, I am using Ridata DVD-R to burn fullsize movies. But I believe movies are 6-7 gigs and DVD-Rs are 4.7 gigs.

There are probably soundtracks in several languages: you can omit these. Also any previews and other extra features.
Just keep the parts you actually want to watch and you can probably fit it without any more compression.
Use DVD Shrink -- you don't have to compress unless you decide to.

As a bonus, you get a movie that starts immediately when you press play. No fatuous warnings/threats from the FBI, no previews, no cute animated menus.

[MOVIEGEEK]

Yep. And unless you buy Verbatim (from Singapore) DL discs, you are just flushing that money down the toilet.

I agree.
My rule regarding DVDShrink is if I have to compress less then 35% and I don't want the menus or extras I use a SL,if I compress more than 35% and I want the menus or extras then I use a DL.
Tips:
Animation usually handles compression better than film.
Always use Deep Analysis.

[MOVIEGEEK]

They are 5 times more expensive!

Yes but it's still cheaper than buying a new DVD when the original gets scratched.