DVD too big, even without menus??!

[dvdflea]

Has anyone else seen DVD's that are TOO BIG to back up? (And I mean movie only, not the whole DVD wtih menu's, etc)

I have an anime DVD, trying to backup. I used DVD Shrink 2.3 and it cannot compress to fit to 4.38 GB. No matter what compression I pick (except for still pictures) it is too big.

So I gave up on the menus, etc. However it still will not fit. There is only 1 audio track, so nothing to drop there, and 2 flavors of subtitles (Chinese and English) that hardly take up any space. There is only one video selection, and I cannot compress it any more.

Incidentally, some DVD's I put in allow me to do up to level 10 compression, this particular DVD only lets me go to level 7 compression - anyone know why?

Thanks for any tips to help me back this up. I'm in the process of trying DVDFab but I really dislike the idea of spreading across 2 DVD's. I'm looking for help to put this on a single DVD.

[rvl123]

Hey,

Just use DVD2One and set the size to 4300MB.

press the process button and you're in business.

[Bhola]

Hey,

Instant Copy worth trying. There are hidden registery settings allow you to ignore error for size.
I have same problem and I used Instant Copy and it worked.

Good Luck- B

[FulciLives]

Well you either have to compress the movie to make it fit on a single DVD recordable disc or you can retain the original quality but split it out over 2 DVD recordable discs.

For compression I use DVD2ONE
For splitting it out over 2 I've been toying around with a new FREEWARE tool called DVDFab and it is VERY kewl but right now it is in BETA stages so it might not work 100% with all DVD sources.

- John "FulciLives" Coleman

LINKS:
DVD2ONE Website
DVDFab Website

Good Luck

- John "FulciLives" Coleman

P.S.
When I use DVD2ONE I use a setting of 4350MB which seems to work well. It gets close to filling up a DVD recordable without getting TOO close to filling it up (which is BAD).

Oh yes ... one more link ... the doom9 website has an excellent guide on using DVD2ONE