Multiple Movies on 1 DVD

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  1. jlm1

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    How much is possible to compress a movie and still have a pretty good picture in order to fit more more than 1 movie on a dvd.

    Thanks,

    Jim
     
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  2. markc

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    I`m new to this myself but i think it depends on the movie as well as a few other things. I was having problems with putting films on blank DVDs with my new NEC 1300a, and so while messing about using DVD Shrink i got a movie down to 700 meg from around 1 and a half Gig and got it to fit on a CD-R thus turning it into a miniDVD. I got a shock when i put it into my CyberHome 400 DVD player because the film came out ok. Most of the time though i wouldnt recomend this because the copy comes out a load of rubbish. But what i am saying is some films seem to shrink better than others.


     
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    jlm1,

    Use DVD2One in the "Join" mode.

    Extremely rarely is a DVD 1 and 1/2GB. I've done over 450 backups and haven't found my first one yet.

    BTW, Welcome to the Club

    Pete
     
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    I have a few but most are just over that size. Like i said i wanted to know how good DVD Shrink was thats all. Should be normal to get 3 maybe 4 films on a disk. I have some with 5 on that are very good qulity. Thats if the film can take being Shrunk that much though.



     
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  5. pcshateme

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    you can reauthor with dvd shrink and you can fit about 6 hours, but any more than 4 hours and there is noticeable quality loss.
     
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    Any tool to help create menus for compilation dvd so i can just click on a menu item to go to start of a film.


     
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  7. jlm1

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    TMPGEnc DVD Author is what I have used so far and it is very very easy. Now it is a basic menu but that is all I am looking for. Learning things one step at a time. The other programs seem a little more complicated if you want to get creative. Which I personally don't.
     
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    pcshateme,

    I would say that you hit that right smack, dab on the button.



    markc,

    FYI, and I have no problems naming names, I shrunk
    [bold]Bruce Almighty[/bold] down to 845MB using Shrink, just the movie, nothing but the movie -

    Using DVD2One, movies only, you can fit 3, DVD-9 movies on a DVD - and again, movies only, 4 DVD-5 will go on a single DVD.



    jlm1,

    You are on the right track if you want basic menus. TMEGEnv Re-Author does a great job.



    Guys, you might want to hang in there for a bit - 321 Studios is releasing this Spring (either April or May) their DVD XCopy Vault, they advertise that they can put 5 movies (no mention of size) on a single DVD "suitable for taking on the road" without "risking" your DVD collection at home -

    (Maybe they heard you fellows talking, Maybe ??)


    Pete
     
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