What percentage of DVD9s will actually fit on one DVDR without re-encoding?

I am just starting to play around with IfoEdit et al and have learned to rip out extras, menus, etc. However, the first 3 movies I tried were still too big to fit on one DVDR? Is this just bad luck or am I doing something wrong? I would like to avoid re-encoding wherever possible...I much more prefer quality over extras.

What can I expect (% wise) of DVD9s that will fir on one DVDR withot re-encoding?

Thanks,

John

 

you will only get a maximum of 4.37 gigs an a dvd-r/+r disc if its bigger than this you will either have to split it to 2 disc or re-encode it to fit on the disc (lower the bit rate)

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You may not have to re-encode the video. The most popular method to try and make it fit is to strip out unwanted parts of the dvd, special features and such, and try and fit just the movie. I think you use IFOEdit or something... look at the FAQ. There's also a search tool to look up what other people discovered about particular DVDs - if they are DVD-9 or DVD-5, etc.

 

FREAT:

I think your repeating what John is saying.

JOHN: i am having the same problem with Remember the Titans. After stripping the extra audio, subtitles, etc the movie is still 4.75 gigs. What i have been told is either slap it on 2 DVDRs or use TMpeg. I really dont want to use TMpeg since it takes so long. I heard someone say it took 12 hrs for it to finish. If it takes that long theres no sense in backing up/copying a dvd then. Also Lord of the Rings is too big after stripping.

 

Hi,
I have this movie, Rembering the TITAN
I will write out a guide on this step by step for my members to use. If you haven't join me, then please do so. As a member, you can request a guide on your DVD title that you're having problems with. Thanks for your time.

 

Personally I have found that 33% of the DVD's that I get are DVD-5, 33% are DVD-9 that don't need re-encoding and the other 33% are DVD-9 that need it.

So of DVD-9 I would say that they are 50-50.