long movies

[Mandeep]

is there a way to compress long movies to be able to fit into 1 dvd-r? i am using dvd shrink 3.1 and im trying to copy matrix reloaded but the most i can get the compression to is 72.9% on automatic. with no compression the dvd is 5,944 mb. do i have to split this into 2 dvd-r's?

[TylerDurden]

Consider using CloneDVD to completely delete other bonus type tracks on your dvd.


Otherwise you may have to split it.




Tyler!

[Mandeep]

i used dvd shrink and reauthored it so that only the main movie and its audio would be on the dvd.

[TylerDurden]

Ok.



Tyler!

[Mandeep]

no, im saying i did that and it was still too big, which led to my post. is the only thing left i can do is to split it?

[TylerDurden]

I always use CloneDVD, itll show you the exact percentage the reencoding will be. I dont use DVDShrink.



Tyler!

[FiT]

dvdshrink will compress the film to fit on one dvd (film only)

If the original is 1 1/2 hours long or less it will not need shrinking just backing up

[Mandeep]

yes, but when you compress a 5gb file or more to fit on a cd you are compressing it by 30% in some cases. wouldnt that mean that the quality would be terrible?

[FiT]

not cd, dvd

up to 50% is good enough quality not to notice unless you have got a hi-definition tv.

[DJFury]

50% is NOT good for animation! I tried it with both Beauty and the Beast and Finding Nemo, and the latter half of both movies started looking horrible.

[mpro]

I used DVDShrink to backup Matrix and you are right, even with only the main track, it is still too big.

You need to decide...Compress or split...

DVDShrink can do both.

[DJFury]

But when you split with DVDShrink, it removes the menu function, which I really wanna keep. I'm hoping DVD Xcopy Plat keeps it.

[Mandeep]

did you compress it when you burned matrix? im wondering if the compression changes the quality by a lot

[airjack]

when i have that problem iu use dr divx because i will shrink it down too 6 or 700 meg then i use tmpgenc too transfer it back to dvd try that but if you gotta to rip you can use the dvd shrink but me personality i like using dvd auther to put the vob file back together then use dr divx after dvd author give me a video file and i go throught the step i mention

[Mandeep]

I gave it a shot and burned the dvd with 70% quality meaning 30% compression, and the quality is just as good as the original. I even tried Gladiator which was 2hrs35min and it also came out nicely.