Huge File Size?

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  1. DoktorD

    DoktorD Member

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    I tried to follow the tutorials on here for burning AVI to DVDs, but I'm running into the same problem with every program I try to use.

    I'm trying to burn 12 episodes totaling roughly 4.0 GB in size to a DVD. Except every program I try to use to do that, it tells me the size of the selected files is about 10.0GB??

    Shouldn't I be able to get all of them on the same single layer DVD WITHOUT heavy compression or is there something I'm overlooking?
     
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    Use ImgBurn and burn as a data file. ImgBurn is free and IMHO, the best burn engine out there.
     
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    But after that would the DVD be able to be played through a DVD player?

    If so, then that sure sounds like the way to go.
     
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    It is the way to go for what you want if your player can play data but, if not, they'll need converting and even if those are 1/2 hour episodes will result in over 4 hour's on a regular dvd even with commercial's removed and that will result in pretty bad quality. I'd shoot for 6 episode's on each and see what you think.
     
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    Worked like a charm. Thanks for your help guys!

    One thing though,

    It butchered the file names on the DVD that got burned. They arent in order and because the names arent the same, I have no idea which is which... Any setting I can change on ImgBurn to either keep the order of the files or keep the original file name?
     
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    Sorry, never heard of that happening. Just a guess, maybe alphabetical, numerical?
     
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    I have never had that happen either. What exactly did it do? Or what did it change the names to? Were the names especially long or contain odd characters?
     
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  8. DoktorD

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    Well all the files were named:

    House MD 13 Name
    House MD 14 Name
    House MD 15 Name
    House MD 16 Name
    House MD 17 Name
    House MD 18 Name
    House MD 19 Name
    House MD 20 Name
    House MD 21 Name
    House MD 22 Name
    House MD 23 Name
    House MD 24 Name

    Then they showed up on the disc as...

    HOUSE_10
    HOUSE_11
    HOUSE_12
    HOUSE_M2
    HOUSE_M3
    HOUSE_M4
    HOUSE_M5
    HOUSE_M6
    HOUSE_M7
    HOUSE_M8
    HOUSE_M9
    HOUSE_MD

    Any Ideas?
     
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    This is the order that they appear on the DVD index. However, this list is not the same as the order I put the files on..

    Ex.

    "HOUSE_11" is not the file "House MD 13"
    "HOUSE_12" is not the file "House MD 14"
    "HOUSE_M2" is not the file "House MD 15"

    etc...
     
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    Purely a guess but maybe renaming to House 13 - 24 or House 1 - 12, no idea really.
     
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  11. vballstud

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    My thoughts...
    1.)replace all spaces in the filename with "_" ( the underscore )
    2.)It may be using the "old" DOS naming standard. DOS names could only contain 8 characters, if I remember correctly. If that's the case, rename the files from :
    House MD 13 Name to House_13

    Option 2 has a better chance of working.
     
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  12. DoktorD

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    Yep that fixed it!

    Thanks for the help guys
     
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    imgburn is best to do that
     
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