DVD2one, Size Matters

[icemanatvcd]

I just realized that DVD2one does not use all the capacity of of the DVDR. Correct me if I am incorrect, it leaves out about 300 megs. You would think to improve the quality it would use the capacity to maximum!

Thanks.

[num-lock]

I do full-disc versions, and it uses up every last drop. Perhaps the video portion you entered in was already below the single-layered limit, and it didn't up the bitrate (cuz it'd be useless)

[dhluke]

Be more specific with your statement...

Did DVD2ONE did only 4.0gigs? or you think 4.38Gigs is not the maximum of the DVD (it is btw).

As explained in a lot of posts on this forum... DVD blanks size come from a Japanese system that's based on 1000 instead of ours which it's based on 1024.

dhluke

P.S. You are incorrect.

[icemanatvcd]

My disc was not a single layer it was over 7 gig.

I will check the size again and post (I am at work at the moment, disc is at home!). I was looking at the burn marks on the disc and there was a bit which was not used.

I am hoping that I have made myself a little clearer.

Thanks.

[mrbass]

it could very well be less. Some movies after stream stripping are 3.6GB or 4GB or whatever. Why would dvd2one try to increase the size of the movie. Tell me what dvdtoolbox reports using movie only and the same selections as you chose in dvd2one.

[Bob W]

Every disc I have made with DVD2one has been within about 20MB of a full disc.

[icemanatvcd]

I hve checked the size it 4.36GB or 4,690,253,824 bytes). Original DVD was 7.19GB.

Somehow DVDToolbox does not show nothing from the ripped folder on the hard disk. I don't know if I am doing something wrong?

Thanks.

[icemanatvcd]

mrbass' comments that

"it could very well be less. Some movies after stream stripping are 3.6GB or 4GB or whatever. Why would dvd2one try to increase the size of the movie. "

I don't think so becuase the quality is not as good as the original.

Thanks.

[crazeplaya]

I hve checked the size it 4.36GB or 4,690,253,824 bytes). Original DVD was 7.19GB.

That is the full capacity of a DVDr. In true gigabytes 4.38Gb is the maximum capacity, but all DVDrs are labelled 3.7Gb to make them sound bigger than the really are.

It is similar with 3.5" floppy discs. They were oftem labelled 1.44Mb, but they were only really 1.38Mb in size.

It can't be legal to discribe something as having a certain capacity when it in fact has a much smaller one.

[Bob W]

There is a difference from mega bits and mega bytes. A DVD-r holds 4.7 giga bytes or about 4.38 giga bits.

[DigiToast]

There is a difference from mega bits and mega bytes. A DVD-r holds 4.7 giga bytes or about 4.38 giga bits.

Correct me if I'm wrong, but doesn't 1 byte = 8 bits? Hence 4.7GB would equal 37.6Gb (B=bytes b=bits). Or were you trying describe the thing where manufacturers say 4.7GB instead of 4.38GB by playing consumers with the 1024 bytes = 1 kilobyte deal?

[Bob W]

The 1024 bytes = 1 kilobyte deal. BTW it still bugs me they do that all the time for hard drives.

[icemanatvcd]

Thanks for that guys. My silly mistake.

[Cyrl]

Yeah that is an annoying thing, but they do it because it does make it sound bigger, if only windows would lie to us and give sizes in the same way the manufacturers do... I have 3 80gb drives in a raid array that is only listed in windows as 223gb There is a little overhead in ther ebut not 27gb worth =P

But why worry about completely filling it out, I mean if you are that worried about the quality, watch the original Disc... you aren't going to notice much difference in 300 meg over the length of the full movie (but your disc is full so it's moot really).

[kpoman]

I personally do NOT like using the entire blank DVD-R. I notice that the edges of the media are a little dicey. I use DVD2One to encode to 4.0GB which falls short of the edges of the media. This prevents freezing and skipping towards the end of movies. My 2 cents.