Mkv blu ray output a few hundred MB over DVD-R how can i lower size

I have been battling this and researching for a week now.
I will be playing my output on a sony bx1 blu ray player

I have a couple of 4.37 gb mkv files
Whenever i try to make blu ray compliant files using tsmuxer the output is always around 4.8ish+ which is to much to fit onto a dvd-r.
I read through some posts and the only suggestion i could see was to use the cut option in tsmuxer.
I tried this but to fit on dvd-r (4.37gb cut) it cut before the movie ends.
Now is there anyway that i can get these files on a dvd-r.
Hopefully someone can help me ive exhausted myself with this.

 

ive also used mkv2vob and i guess the size selection only applies when you re-encode. im sure someone has an answer... anybody

 

You would have to re-encode them.

 

could you please give me some steps in how to accomplish this including removing the audio from this mks file ?

 

Well i found mkvextract and have extracted the audio file im assuming after i lower the bitrate i can just join it together with the video file with mkvmerge.
What program is recommended to lower the bitrate on the dts audio file ?

 

Hi,

VSO ConvertXtoDVD will calculate the max bitrate is can to make it fit on a DVD5

 

cxdvd will encode the whole video though making the quality worse though ??
if it doesnt what are the steps

 

Hi,

Well of course !

Your taking a BluRay video stream, and reducing it to DVD resolution.
Then you want to make it fit on a DVD5, so again reducing the bitrate.

Make is a Dual Layer (DVD9) output, it should look a little better.