How to compress files?

[Takeonelastbreath]

So, again, im really new to this. But, say, i have the complete series of Blue Planet, Planet Earth and a few other seasons of shows. Like No Reservations seasons 1-5. My dvds are 4.7GB or around there. How would i start to fit the seasons on discs or seperate specific seasons to one disc?

[Baldrick]

If you want to store several hours/dvd and keep good video quality you must convert to another format like avi xvid/divx or mp4 h264. The avi files will work on many dvd players.

Software:
https://www.videohelp.com/tools/sections/dvd-to-avi-divx-xvid
https://www.videohelp.com/tools/sections/dvd-to-mp4-avc-h264

[Takeonelastbreath]

I tried to burn avi's onto a dvd before with nero and it didnt work. Would i have better luck with Imgburn?

[r3n4ud]

In ImgBurn, select 'Write files/folders to disk'. Place your avi's in a folder and drag the folder into ImgBurn. Click on the calculator to make sure you're not over 4.7gb. Click on 'Build' an you're done.

[Takeonelastbreath]

But how would i seperate the seasons? All the seasons wont fit on a 4.7gb dvd.

[Baldrick]

How are you converting them to avi? I use for example fairuse wizard and get one avi for each episode.
Are you making a standard data dvd with nero? How big are the avi files?

[Takeonelastbreath]

I dont use Nero. I downloaded Imgburn and im gonna try my luck on there with converting them to the format. But should i convert the seasons to avi? Or whats the best way to do it so i can possibly fit a season per dvd?

[Takeonelastbreath]

And i have standard dvds, 4.7GB per dvd. But i believe the file is over 10GB. For 5 seasons.