Have copied a 10.3gb movie to my hard drive. Is there any way to then burn the full 10.3gb on the hard drive back to a 4.7 b DVD media? Have looked at Nero, 321 Studios. Have contacted Nero with the question on 4 different occassions without an answer.
The answer to your question is one of the best freeware apps out there: DVD Shrink. It will rip and compress your DVD-9s to fit on one DVD-R but you need other software such as Nero or Record Now to burn the results to disc. Here's a link to an outstanding guide for Shrink: http://www.chrismccann.co.uk/dvd_shrink.htm You may also want to check out the guide (same site) for re-authoring with Shrink to strip out some of the uneeded extras in your movie. Trying to fit 10.3 GB on one disc is going to involve godawful compression levels that will degrade the picture quality on your burned disc. _X_X_X_X_X_[small]Gigabyte 8INXP, Intel P4HT 3.06 Mushkin 1024 MB PC2100 Sapphire 9800 Pro Plextor PX-708A/Plextor Premium/LTD-166S M-Audio Revolution 7.1 Browning Hi-Power[/small]
Thanks. Just getting my feet wet. Have Nero and Smart Rip. Some DVD movie disks go from 3.3gb and the one on my hard drive at 10.3GB. I assume that if the files are smaller than 4.7GB Nero should copy it direct disk to disk. Would that be the case or do you have to rip all original DVD movies prior to burning?
Almost all DVD movies have what's called CSS encryption so you need to remove it to burn a playable disc. For movies under 4.4GB you can simply use DVD Decrypter or DVD Shrink to remove the encryption and then use Nero to burn the results. Anything over 4.4GB will need some level of compression . DVD Shrink is nice because it removes the encryption and compresses the DVD at the same time saving you a step. Even though DVD-Rs are labeled 4.7GB you want to keep it down to 4.4GB max because the very edges of the disc are hard for players to read. It's also a very good idea to start out with quality discs such as Ritek, TDK or Fuji to save you the headaches that low quality media can give you. It's also very important to have your ripper place the processed files into a folder called VIDEO_TS exactly as I typed it then use Nero to burn the entire folder to disc (not just the contents of the folder). Hope this helps you get started.
Thanks. I think I have it...now I have to better understand shrink as I may not want to copy full disk. I will search out the how to guides.
so this 10.3 gig movie was like dual-layer dual-side...thats interesting, I don't often here about those. What movie was it?
Thanks for your reply. My comment was to find an easier way for a newbie to get the information required to get started. This should be a link from Nero..or whatever...or maybe restrictions apply. Or just post different links when you click on Nero. Now what about DVD2One?
Im wondering about that myself. There are very few movies out there that come in a 10GB or higher, the T" Limited Edition is one since it is on a DVD-18 discs, dual layer, double sided. What type of disc was this movie on?
bugdal, Yea, I'd like to hear what movie that was too - Meanwhile here is the link for DVD2One also - http://www.dvd2one.com/download.php I do like it, try it and compare it to Shrink yourself you can use it for 30 days for free Pete _X_X_X_X_X_[small]The “old man” Pete (ö¿ô) Compaq 8000, Pent 4 CPU 2.84GHz, 1GB RAM. 340GB HD, 7200 (Maxtor 120, Western 200 & 20. 4 Drives, JLMS DVD ROM, HP DVD Writer 200j, Nec 4X DVD RW ND-1300A & AXV CD/DVD-ROM. GeForce4 Ti 4200-128MB, OS– XP sp1.[/small]
Good grief...this all started when a friend found out I bought a dvd writer...basically to archive my graphic design files, photographs, acad files rather than keep using my DLT tape machine. He wanted to copy a movie which he owned called Andrew Blakes Innocence. Not knowing anything about burning movie CD's I copied the files directly to my hard drive thinking I could then later burn from the drive. and not checking the file size which turned out to be 10.3GB. Then I tried to find a program that would burn from a hard drive and copy 10.3 GB to a regular DVD disk. Nero says that Nero Express should do it. However I havenot had time to try it but will this week. I have since copied Pirates of the Caribbean (which I bought because of the computer generated skeletal graphics) with DVD Shrink and Nero. Worked like a charm. I use Memorex disk which seem to work fine. Just too much on my plate...but I will try DVD2One and see what the difference is for myself. I will post again when I try to burn 10.3GB from the hard drive. Thanks for all your help.
bugdal, Let's just delete the 10GB of files from your HD. Take the original disc and rip it from your DVD ROM then let Shrink back it up to your HD. I think you're going to go bald, ripping out all your hair trying to play with what you have now ) Pete
You are 100% right. However I have discovered that DVD2One will allow you to copy from the hard drive. Nero tech stated that Nero Express would do it to. But I will leave that for another play hour. Most other programs like DVDShrink, etc. will only let you copy from disk to disk. I has been a great excercise...there needs to be a simple comparison of all the ripping and copying software and what they do. I don't worry about going bald...already and naturaly there. Thanks.
bugdal, Not so - though out Shrink's history it has allowed full disc backup, movie only, editing and selected cropping and then it backed up to your HD. In all it's past, and in it's present form it will copy from your HD (under "Open Files") and work from there. In it's latest guise, it included burning with the HD backup. Play with DVDShrink 3.1.4 nbets0, you'll be glad you did Pete
Again thanks. Previously have not found away to copy from hard drive to disk with DVDShrink. Just my ignorance...will try again. Nero Recode will also let you do so. If you have time can you tell me what the difference is between using DVDShrink and DVD2One? Seems as they do the same thing...is either faster than the other. I do like using DVDShrink as it works well for me...and I will play with is and see what else it does.
