I tried a Dvd decrypter , Dvd2one & copy DvD combo I want the entire movie intact on 1 disc (as why I tried DvDx copy platinum till my head hurt) . & Tutorials all say this is possible. All goes smooth until copy2DvD goes to burn the DvD There i`m told the file is over 4.37 Gigs (it`s 4.47) , & wont fit on disc which is 4.7 gig memorex DVD-R Do I want to continue burning & even if I set copy dvd to required size & continue anyhow , another error message pops up saying I need @ least 4.48 gigs of disc space & it wont fit on my media (memorex DVD-R , 4.7 gigs in size) . I`m banging my head on the monitor by now . What gives here . Please give some much needed & appreciated advice
Hi kapo13 Here's a little conversion table (copied this from baabaa's older message, thanx) 1,024 Byte = 1 Kilobyte (KB) 1,024 Kilobyte (KB) = 1 Megabyte (MB) 1,073,741,824 Bytes = 1 Gigabyte (GB) 1 Gigabyte (GB) = 1,024 Megabyte (MB) So what this means is that when you're DVD says 4.7G, they actually mean 4,700,000,000 bytes, which is actually only 4.38G. So what they do is lie through their teeth.... So when your program sais that 4.47G won't fit the disc, that's true, it won't. What you have to do is set the targeted folder size in DVD2One to 4.37 [bold]GB[/bold] (to be on the safe side) or 4,464 [bold]MB[/bold] (I think in DVD Shrink the value has to be in MB, not GB). Hope this solves your problem.
Thanks Ketale I`ll retry that But I believe DvD2one is default set @ 464 , but I`ll retry D`ya think the problem is the lying media sales or the shrink prog ? Does DvD shrink allow me to keep entire DvD all menus/extras intact,then burn in another program ?
kapo I think its the west who refer to the discs as 4.37 gig disc even when you buy them in the uk it says 4.7 gig ......thats because Japan say that the discs are 4.7 gig it is in how they break down West is 1024 to a gig East(Japan) is 1000 to 1 gig thats megs by the way clever media ppl they dont actually lie but I agree they do decieve us yes DVDShrink will let you keep the menus extras and stuff .....just delete the foreign audio tracks to save you space unless you want them DaOsT
Fanx 4 all your advice shrink did it - I`m not overly pleased with the quality But it`s well enough . I copied entire DvD intact , so I lost some quality I just had a bright idea that may work , so I`ll ask here it it may work Can I copy main movie uncompressed to one disc , & go back to those (DvD decrypted) files in shrink another time & choose only the extras . I did this once in DvDxcopy platinum , uncompressed the quality was awesome , but on extras disc everything was all over the place , I had credits & end splash screen , & lots of copyright stuff normally @ end @ beginning & throughout the disc But all was there , & it looked bang on to original DvD , but ya can imagine it was a pain to sort through . Platinum , after 1 week of errors , finally did 1/2 a split DvD for me , but didnt load 2nd portion . Can I do as I asked , & have control over how it all copies to disc , in logical order . As ya know all that menu can be confusing , & easiest is just to compress & take it all . But I dont mind using 2 DvDr`s if I can do as I asked. If I can how may all this look/work out in the program ? The guide has no instructions on such . Cheers -
kapo13, This step is easy with DVD in re-author mode, and as long as the movie by itself is smaller than 4.38G, no compression is needed. You can also cut the credits from the beginning and the end of the movie to save a few more MBs. (link to the guide below) If you don't want to use the re-author mode, rip the movie with DVD Decrypter in File-mode with "movie only" selected. If it fits the disc, burn it, if not, open those files with Shrink. Making a dvd with only the extras is also possible with dvd Shrink in re-author mode, you can try to select all the extra stuff without the movie and make a new combilation of those. This should work, although I've never tried it. You have to check that the combilation still works with PowerDVD or another DVD software player on your computer before burning it. An excellent guide for using DVD Shrink is found here http://www.dvdshrink.info/guides.php There you'll find info about how to use the re-author mode in DVD shrink. Hope you'll find what you're looking for there.
kapo13....just a small suggestion. Don't hit enter until u start a new paragraph. Just keep typing and it'll wrap automatically. Very hard to read your hunnerd line posts with 4 words per line. Almost as bad as posts with all caps.
YEAH POSTS WITH CAPS ARE REALLY ANNOYING ESPECIALLY IF THEY KEEP HITTING ENTER IN THE MIDDLE OF A SENTENCE WHAT REALLY BUGS ME AS WELL IS WHEN NO PUNCTUATION IS USED HOW AM I TO KNOW WHEN A SENTENCE STOPS AND STARTS WITHOUT THINKING ABOUT IT ITS A REAL PAIN _X_X_X_X_X_[small]For DVD Back up info: http://www.chrismccann.co.uk http://www.dvd-backup.tk For User Guides/Downloads: http://www.chrismccann.co.uk/user_guides.htm [/small]
I'm a little confused, if the original was 4.47 shrinking to 4.36 (98%) should make no real difference in video quality.
Sorry about my posting/typing design .I`ll not hit enter until a new paragraph . The DvD burner I was using was my daughters , I was building it for her . She took it back once I was fin . But I`m sure soon enough I`ll have my own burner , some more questions & hopefully some advice . Cheers -
I for one wont be waiting here for anything. Ill be out getting pissed, at uni, skiing, or playing soccer to name but a few. But if my merry travels pass this path in the future, ill be sure to give my advice
So please be careful Oriphus mixing alcohol & ski`s Owch I can recall a few spills I`ve taken mixing sports & alcohol . Lotsa fun till some one loses an eye LoL Cheers -
lol - yeah, better leave the drinking for the night time and the sjiing during the day. Off to france on saturday skiing for a week - cant wait. Wrecked though after 4 hour soccer raining session today - running up and down feckin hills for most of it :-( Anyway, have fun peeps, just me going well off topic again
