16Gb side A side B disc

I have decrypted both sides of a dvd that is about 8Gbs on each side. If I combile these directories can DVD RB compress this down to 4.3Gb?
I've done this before but never with files so large. All extra voice and subtitle tracks will be removed. If there is another way to make these run in sequence without flipping the disc I would like to know.

Thanks in advance,

DrLew

 

Seems like a lot of compression, is the main movie that long or are there a lot of extras. Best way is to run test and preview with something like PowerDVD on your PC. Better yet make a burn (on rewriteable media if desired) an try it on yout TV setup. I would keep the English Sbubtitles as some movies (Kiil Bill, Hidalgo, etc) need one of the tracks when another language is spoken during the movie. Subtitles only are a fraction of a percent anyway.

 

While it might be possible to compress it that much I dont recomend it. The quality of the video will turn to pure crap

 

Thanks JOSP. That was my thought and rather than put RB through a long exercise with a bad result, I'll just make two discs. I was looking for a continuous play option and I guess there isn't one.

Thanks Again

 

While I agree with Josp03 you should see how much space the main movie only uses. Could be a lot of extras, wide and full screen verions that when stripped out leave a resonable size. I would do a quick check before giving up, it should not take too long to figure out the size of what you want to keep.

You should not have to go through a long exercise with DVD RB to do this.

 

Runtime on the dvd (both sides) is 189 minutes. After decoding with all the extras stripped (DVD Decrypter)side A is 7.89Gb and B is 7.73Gb. Is there another way to further reduce or evaluate it?

 

Seems larger than I would think for 189 min movie. LOTR ROTK disc one (with all tracks) is ~7.93 gig. Its run time is ~200 min. Is is almost all movie on the disk. The extras are on disk two. Are you sure that you are only selecting one title? Is this a commercial movie? If so which one?

 

Schindler's List, no extras, no second disc, one movie.

 

I recall putting Schindler's list on two DVD5 disks, don't think it required compression but I am not sure.

 

probably got a special edition of some kind. That disc is called a DVD-18 and is rare (at least here in the US) but I've seen them before. I think you're just gonna have to live with using 2 DVD-5s.