DVD Flick Size Issues

[harishkumar09]

Hello Guys, I am using DVDFlick to convert .m4v files to DVD Video. The source is 2 hours 12 minutes long. When I use DVDFlick to convert, even though I chose Target Size as 4.37 GB, the final product is more than that and I am not able to burn the files to DVD. Even if I chose DVD-DL (7.9 GB), again the final size of the DVD Folders is more than 7.9 GB.

What do I do?

Why is not the software delivering the exact size (or lesser)?

[hech54]

Just run the oversized, single layer VIDEO_TS folder through DVDShrink.

[harishkumar09]

Just run the oversized, single layer VIDEO_TS folder through DVDShrink.

Only that folder? Is there a link to a good tutorial?

[hech54]

Just drag the folder into DVDShrink and let it do it's job. DVDShrink is 10x easier to use than DVDFlick.

[jimdagys]

The fault of DVDFlick. You can choose a custom bitrate and if you choose the correct number, DVDFlick will create the correct size of DVD. (DVDFlick may also give you a useless warning message that your chosen bitrate is too small.) However, that's too much bother for me, trying to fine- tune the correct bitrate. . . If DVDFlick default setting makes a folder that is too big, I just run it through DVD Shrink.

[Calidore]

DVDFlick hasn't been updated in years and is buggy to begin with. Also, running its resulting folder through DVDShrink means compressing the video twice, which is once too many.


Try creating the DVD filed with AVStoDVD instead of DVDFlick; it's easy and works right.

[hech54]

running its resulting folder through DVDShrink means compressing the video twice, which is once too many.

Most likely 3 times. Odds are that the original file placed into DVDFlick was also compressed to hell and back as well.