Hello please help me I want to copy boxing matches that are 50 miutes long with 3 to 4 fights on one DVD+R is this possible? I must add that I have copied movies that were 2 hours long plus all the extras that were another 30 minutes.Is that possible?I do have DVD shrink but I'm only able to file the movies with it,then I have to use NERO to burn them .Is that what is allowing me to fit that much on one DVD+R?THANKYOU VERY MUCH.
It depends how much quality you are willing to sacrifice. You can get 6 hours onto a DVD but it looks horrendous. Realistically, one DVD-5 (4.6 Gb) holds 60 minutes of full-quality DVD video and audio. You can get up to an hour-and-a-half, maybe two hours to stretch things, while maintaining pretty much DVD-quality. After that, you really have to start dropping resolution or start accepting all the compromises that come from reduced bitrates, such as macroblocking, artifacting, and other quality problems. Frankly, if you want decent quality, I'd only put one, maybe two, matches on a DVD. DVD Shrink is not a burning program - it just squeezes your video to fit on one DVD-5. Nero is for burning.
