DVD5 discs

[IndyUK]

I can't beleive that after investing in a Sony DRU500A to record DVDs, I am left asking myself the same damn question I did when I recorded VCD...."..s**t, the file is too big to fit on one disc". I'm sorry but I'm not the sort of person who likes to compromise quality and further more hate swapping discs while watching a movie. It was bad enough trying to put together a VCD with resonable quality and keeping to 1 disc. This is when I thought a DVD-R would be the answer to all my prayers.

Could someone please advise whether DVD9/10..and what ever else is out there, is 1)compatible with the Sony DRU500A? 2) Will they work in my Sony 405S player?

Thanks.

[MrSnake]

If you leave out foreign audio tracks, or some extras, or the menu it might fit on a DVDR.

If the movie itself is too big, and you don't like to re-encode you can always try cutting the ending credits, which can make 100-300 MB difference.

PS: re-encoding the video doesn't really give lower videoquality, it's not like divx or VCD.
However, if you need to loose 1 GB or more you need to run several re-encoding passes, but re-encoding a DVD doesn't really give BAD image.

I've done Star Wars and Saving Private Ryan, you honestly don't see the difference while the copy is more than 1GB shorter.

MrSnake

[Craig Tucker]

I am afraid there is no such thing as a dual layer recordable disc. The closest you can get at the moment are double sided discs. These are expensive and in my opinion a waste of money, as you still have to split the film over 2 sides and get up and flip the disc. So you may as well put it on 2 discs. If when you have ripped out all the stuff you dont need, extra's, foreign soundtrack etc, and the film itself is still too big to fit you have 2 options.

1 Split it over 2 discs
2 Encode at a lower bitrate so it will fit on 1 disc.