Question on creating dvd's.

[powerbomb1411]

OK, I have a question for any of the smart technical people. I bought some DVD’s off ebay. Specifically some unreleased cartoon’s on DVD. Now after I got them I realized it would be pretty simple to take my already downloaded episodes in better quality, and make them into a DVD for myself.

On each disc he has 8-10 episodes. I just popped in the DVD-R, attempted to do the same thing. I have ten episodes for one DVD. But the software (Ulead DVD Movie factory) says I need two DVD’s for it. Well actually it says I’m double over what the DVD can hold. I already shrunk it down to fit the disc. So how is it that he can put ten episodes on one DVD, but I can only get about five when it’s the same episodes he used?

It says I need 10.43 gb free disc space, the files are only 1.76 gb. So something doesn't seem to add up. I only have the trial version, but if it can't do what I need it to do then I see no point in buying it. Or am I just using the wrong program to do it?

[sjj1805]

Normal Home DVD discs are 4.3 GB
(Confusingly to most people they say 4.7GB on the disk)
Commercial DVD's are 9GB - double the size.
You can now buy "Dual Layer" DVD discs but you need a dual layer burner to use them
As for how much you can get onto a 4.3 disc, start with this thread and also view the links in that thread.

http://phpbb.ulead.com.tw/EN/viewtopic. ... highlight=

Steve J

[powerbomb1411]

Alright, but even with the disc being 4.3 gigs. The files still say 1.76 gigs total. I would think that that would be able to fit into 4.3 gis. So why won't it fit?

[heinz-oz]

Alright, but even with the disc being 4.3 gigs. The files still say 1.76 gigs total. I would think that that would be able to fit into 4.3 gis. So why won't it fit?

Possibly because they are not compliant with your project settings and therefore will be re-rendered, blowing up the size Since we know nothing about the source properties and the project settings, that's as much as anyone could guess