How do i burn a mkv to dvd5?

[peanut28]

I have a 4.37gb mkv file and I am using convertxtodvd 4 and everytime it is convert it shrinks the mkv down to 2.35gb. Are they away to keep convertxtodvd from shrinking the file down?

[transporterfan]

Probably not. The authors, in their infinite wisdom, believe the encoding engine is perfect and that bitrate and file size has no bearing on quality. You can try in Settings>Encoding to set a custom size but I still find it generally does what it wants and the finished files have no relationship to the size I try to request. The output folder is larger but never matches. In other words, it wont fill the disc even if you try to insist.

[videobruger]

You don't provide enough info to judge if the file size should be skrunk down.

Filesize = Bitrate x Playtime

and a DVD has an upper limit for bitrate of 10 Mb/s (total). So if your source has a bitrate about 20 Mb/s ...

Anyway, both AVStoDVD as well as DVDStyler will adjust the bitrate to fit the target size ... respecting the upper limit.

[peanut28]

You don't provide enough info to judge if the file size should be skrunk down.

Filesize = Bitrate x Playtime

and a DVD has an upper limit for bitrate of 10 Mb/s (total). So if your source has a bitrate about 20 Mb/s ...

Anyway, both AVStoDVD as well as DVDStyler will adjust the bitrate to fit the target size ... respecting the upper limit.

Filesize is 4.37gb

Avg Bitrate is 6175kb/s

Playtime is 1:41:13

Is that enough info? I am new to this.

[Cornucopia]

Nope. 1:41:13 = 6073 seconds. Times 6175 kbps = 4.47GiB. That's too large to fit unchanged on a DVD-SL. Something in your setup is wrong or you aren't telling us everything.

Scott

[Hoser Rob]

Haven't tried that program, but I think transporterfan is right. There is absolutely no good reason for convertxtodvd to compress it that much.

I'd definitely try another program. I far preferred avstodvd to dvdstyler or dvdflick. Past tense because I don't bother encoding/compressing to dvd anymore. They're all free.

Unfortunately, video encoders is one thing where you often don't get what you pay for. Sorry, but it's true.

[peanut28]

Nope. 1:41:13 = 6073 seconds. Times 6175 kbps = 4.47GiB. That's too large to fit unchanged on a DVD-SL. Something in your setup is wrong or you aren't telling us everything.

Scott

Here is the info from the movie

Video.......: X264 4663Kbps
Frame.Rate..: 23.976
Resolution..: 1280x536
Audio.......: DTS
Language....: English
Length......: 1h 41m
Source......: Retail Bluray
Size........: 4480MB
Subtitles...: English, Spanish, French

[Keyser]

This is an old discussion. The guys at VSO are a bunch of arrogant asholes who think they've rediscovered the wheel. If you ask them about small DVD size in their forums, they will, again and again, try to convince you that file size has nothing to do with video quality. Go figure...

[peanut28]

@Keyser so what should i use to get the mkv to fit on a dvd5? So it is not compressed down to 2.35gb would like it to fill the disc or at least close to 4.35gb?

[Keyser]

You could try AVStoDVD.

[videobruger]

Again: You could try either AVStoDVD or DVDStyler producing either an ISO image or a DVD folder structure to check the result for yourself.

Since it appearently is just one video you are going to prepare you might want to skip menus so here is a YouTube video on how it's done with DVDStyler (for a MP4 but the same procedure for MKV)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CRk-XrkR8oE