Mpeg files wont fit onto one DVD

[jayman34]

Hi all, im trying to fit 5 x 799mb mpegs onto one DVD. when i use nero or other software just one 799mb mpeg transfers to a larger file. so basically i can only get around one 700mb mpeg onto a 4.7gb DVD?? why is this. Can anyone help please and is their away of overcoming this without loosing quality

[Baldrick]

Nero reconverts the mpeg to dvd compliant files and it can then increase. Can you post the video properties of the mpg files(or aren't those avi files)? Video resolution/frame size, video codec, audio codec, frame rate, runtime. You can use latest gspot or mediainfo to identify the mpg file properties.

Or convert to dvd something else where like ConvertXtoDVD, Tmpgenc DVD Author 3.

[Richard_G]

Burn as Data disc and not video, Nero won't then reconvert.

[buttzilla]

Are you lokking to just copy the files to a dvd or transcode them to dvd video format? These video file are to large to try an add 5 of them to convert to video dvd on one disk. The only way i think it would work is that you lower the quality of the end result and you don't want to do that. Are you trying to make a disk that plays in a home dvd player? Convertxtodvd would work but the end results will still be very low quality video with 5 videos that size. And by the size of the files they are probably avi files.

[jayman34]

thanks for the replys. Yes i realise if i want to just back up then i can fit them onto a data disk no problem but i want to make them playable in a DVD player not PC.
The files are mpegs or avi's. bit rate 146kbps 512 x 368 1 hour long

[guns1inger]

If your player won't play them as-is then you have to convert them to something DVD compliant. If NeroVision won't make them fit you have three options.

1. Use something better that will make them fit. ConvertXtoDVD will squeeze up to four hours on a disc

2. Put less on the disc

3. Buy a new player that will play .mpeg and .avi files.