Size of DVDs to be burned...

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LaxWolves

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Just got a Toshiba SDR5372 - in one of those USB 2.0 enclosures. Great little gadget. My question is: I seem to be running into a lot of those DVDs that are 7-9 GB large. I've tried a couple of DVDs in my home library and they are both over the 4.7 GB that is available on my Hyndai 4.7GB, 120 min, 4X DVD+R discs.

Is this true of many discs? Are most of them too large to be copied? Are there larger blank DVD's available? Can you compress it on to a 4.7?

Thanks.
 
Hey

Your DVD burner can burn on DL (Dual Layer) DVDs. These are about twice the size of an ordinary 4.7GB DVD. They are, however, quite expensive and not really worth the price. That's why most people prefer to use DVD software such as DVDShrink which as the name suggests is capable of shrinking the dual layer DVD contents so that they would fit onto as single layer disk. However, if an identical copy is what you want, the DL way is the best (although quite expensive).

JAN :D
 
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Dual layer media is a waste of time. It's too expensive at over $5 a shot, suffers compatibility problems, and is unreliable. You'll most often need to edit and transcode/encode the disc. There are really just two types of DVD's, type 5 and type 9 (some flippers T10). Most of what you get on a type 9 DVD is a waste, such as trailers, foreign languages, and boring directors extras. After all the chaff is removed the disc is usually reduced to well under 7 gigs and now is a prime candidate for compression without visual loss. All of those functions are usually done during the transcoding process and the end results is that you can burn excellent copies to a single layer disc.

A free Transcoder that works well is DVD Shrink.
 
u just gotta find the good burners, my burners burns 2x dual layers at 4x. no problems at all, and you need to find good prices, theres 3packs for 10 dollars. i only use them when i really need to though other than that i stick with regular dvds for the other stuff.
 
kof2000 said:
if you're talking about dvd9 to dvd5 you'll lose quality even if it fits.
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If you take out the menu and reauthor the disk with DVDShrink , you won't even notice the difference....

But, you wont lose absolutly no quality if you encode it to mpeg2/4
 
It isn't the speed of dual layer burners that counts the most, or even its hardware quality, most serious archivers burn their compilations at a much lower speed than their drives rated speed already. Better than 90% of all type 9 DVD's with just a little adjustment and the right Transcoder/Encoder, can easily fit a type 9 movie to a type 5 single layer writable disc. Single layered discs cost about $.37 each on average and have almost 100% compatibility to standalone players while dual layer discs cost about $6 each and have a terrible record with standalone players.


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i just burn to two discs, save everything with no compression (which would take forever)... just get a DVD changer... i got a five disc, thats the way to go.
 
Why would you waste two disks on one movie? The compression only takes 20 minutes, depending on your hardware.
 
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