fitting 4.8gb on to 4.7gb disc?

aliEnRIK

sk3 wrote: »

I second this, dvd shrink is an excellent program, very easy to use and free.

Its excellent for free. But its not what id use personally.

sk3

aliEnRIK wrote: »

Its excellent for free. But its not what id use personally.

Wait, aren't you the one who first recommended it? Why don't you tell us what you'd use personally then, or do you wanna keep it to yourself?

robredz

I'll second DVD Shrink if it's a home movie it wouldn't need too much compression to fit.

You could re encode the movie prior to burning if it is in .avi format at a lower bitrate TMPEGenc trial would do that with good quality. There is a free trial here:

http://www.tmpgenc.net/en/download.html

It shouldn't watermark or otherwise cripple the video either within the trial time.

fiddiwebb

Yep, DVD shrink is the easiest and simpliest to use and with good results.

aliEnRIK

sk3 wrote: »

Wait, aren't you the one who first recommended it? Why don't you tell us what you'd use personally then, or do you wanna keep it to yourself?

Its a money saving forum. On that basis alone id say burn to a dual layer disc (best quality) or use shrink.
If I was to reduce the bitrate myself id use DVD REBUILDER using the inbuilt HC encoder (Arguably the best encoder for MPEG2 on the planet)

sk3

aliEnRIK wrote: »

Its a money saving forum. On that basis alone id say burn to a dual layer disc (best quality) or use shrink.
If I was to reduce the bitrate myself id use DVD REBUILDER using the inbuilt HC encoder (Arguably the best encoder for MPEG2 on the planet)

There seems to be a freeware version of dvd rebuilder? Is that too limited?

savemoney

Yes I have had problems with various brands and different writers. I find burning at slow speed no greater than 4x helps. I also found some success only 1-2 failures at most with Infiniti 360. I got some other week from Amazon for about £14 for £25 but they went back up in value. My got my last lot from Ebuyer but they didnt have them last time I looked

aliEnRIK wrote: »

Have you used dual layer discs save? Its just ive had a ton of problems using various discs and the ONLY ones ive managed to get working properly as yet are DATWRITE TITANIUMs.

aliEnRIK

sk3 wrote: »

There seems to be a freeware version of dvd rebuilder? Is that too limited?

No clue to be honest, I use the pro version. Possibly works fine, I wouldnt like to say.

aliEnRIK

savemoney wrote: »

Yes I have had problems with various brands and different writers. I find burning at slow speed no greater than 4x helps. I also found some success only 1-2 failures at most with Infiniti 360. I got some other week from Amazon for about £14 for £25 but they went back up in value. My got my last lot from Ebuyer but they didnt have them last time I looked

Ive just bought some titaniums from 'BIGMAGGOT'.
http://bigmaggot.co.uk/25-Datawrite-Titanium-Double-Layer-2.4x-DVD-R-pr-908.html
Postage on top but the postage stays the same (about 6 quid if memory serves correct) no matter how many you buy. So buying in bulk turns out pretty cheap.

aliEnRIK

TorrestheGreat wrote: »

Better when used with Cinema Craft Encoder (free version from torrent of course)

Ive found the latest version of HC to be better than CCE (Generally speaking)