How to reduce a 4.9g set of VOB files to fit on a DVD

[JohnWB]

I've got a set of VOB DVD files from an old movie which TMPGEnc DVD Author says are too large (about 4.9g) to fit on one DVD-r. Is there a way to reduce the size of the files to fit onto a DVD-r. (I am not sure if the sound is stereo or 5.1 )

[GreyDeath]

DVD Shrink. Nuff Said.

[thegeeman]

Ignore warning from TDA and still output files. Then i agree with GreyDeath-use DVDShrink. Job Done.

[rkr1958]

Also, something else you may wish to consider ... you can use TDA to cut out beginning and / or ending credits ... probably won't get you to the 4.3-GB mark ... but could help.

[GreyDeath]

Oog, don't do that, Shrinking something from 4.9 to 4.7 GB's should really show virtually no difference. Unless the movie is 3 hours long, then it's already compressed the hell out of, and you will notice some artifacting.

[rkr1958]

Oog, don't do that, Shrinking something from 4.9 to 4.7 GB's should really show virtually no difference. Unless the movie is 3 hours long, then it's already compressed the hell out of, and you will notice some artifacting.

It's not 4.9-GB to 4.7-GB (4% reduction), its 4.9-GB to 4.38-GB (10.6% reduction).

[dbeko]

Oog, don't do that, Shrinking something from 4.9 to 4.7 GB's should really show virtually no difference. Unless the movie is 3 hours long, then it's already compressed the hell out of, and you will notice some artifacting.

It's not 4.9-GB to 4.7-GB (4% reduction), its 4.9-GB to 4.38-GB (10.6% reduction).

Question for you good folks. When I grab an DVD9 ISO from the web, I need to extract the VIDEO_TS folder from it because I don't have a DL burner. When I fire up DVD_Shrink to compress the DVD9 to a DVD5, I get error messages like "invalid data in such-n-such VOB" and I can't compress.

Is there a utility to fix these problem VOB files or am I SOL? Thank you.

[D.A.R.J.R.]

Doesnt shrink work with .iso images? I thought the newest did. If not, you could try mounting the .iso to a virtual drive and use shrink on it as if it was a regular dvd.

[guns1inger]

Shrink does work with .iso image - look under the File menu. Corrupt images seem to be a common issue with downloaded DVDs, judging by the number of problem posts on the subject

[dbeko]

Shrink does work with .iso image - look under the File menu. Corrupt images seem to be a common issue with downloaded DVDs, judging by the number of problem posts on the subject

Thank you for this information. I didn't know that DVDShrink could open ISOs and process them. I just tried one DVD9 ISO and sure enough, DVDShrink worked fine with it.