Recommendation for dvd burning software

sandia911

Hi everyone

I am looking for software to download online that burns dvds with video/audio downloaded from the internet. I know there are many programs out there however there is one (or possibly more than one now) that I used about 10 years ago. It was freeware back then and it basically stretched out the max time of the dvd beyond 2 hours. Most blank dvds have a 2 hour max written on the discs. However this program (i forget the name) extended that restriction to 3 and sometimes 4 hours. When i burned these dvds 10 years ago about 25% of the time they failed and I had to start over with a new disc however it was worthwhile in the end because I managed to fit more on each disc however the quality suffered on some of the content others were kept at original quality. So long story short my question is do you remember the name of this program or any similar? In case it's not longer a good idea to stretch dvd space and time would you like to recommend your favourite dvd burner (freeware)? Thank you

Gillor

Could be you are thinking of DVD Shrink.

You seem to have posted this thread twice so you need to delete your earlier one.

NiftyDigits

That would be DVD Flick

There is also DVD Flick v2

Version 1.3.0.9 v2

- Added: Two-pass encoding which improves quality a lot for lower bitrate video encodings
- Added: VOB files as supported input files
- Changed: Enabled resampling of audio files with more than 2 channels
- Changed: Removed default -160ms delay for audio tracks
- Fixed: Adjusted channel layout map for recent FFmpeg (fixes 0 channels detected)
- Fixed: Adjusted aspect ratio detection for recent FFmpeg (fixes wrong AR for some video files e.g. VOB)
- Fixed: Adjusted fps detection for recent FFmpeg (fixes wrong fps for some video files e.g. WMV)
- Fixed: Enabled all audio codecs




Version 1.3.0.8 v2
- Changed: Updated FFmpeg to version 2.0.1.
- Changed: Adjusted FFmpeg command lines
- Changed: Disabled update check

poppasmurf_bewdley

DVD Shrink is a DVD copying program.

It does not burn to DVDs.

esuhl

If you just want to burn the audio/video files to DVD so you can watch them on a computer, the free version of DeepBurner will do the trick:
http://www.deepburner.com/?r=products&pr=provsfree

If you want to convert the files into a "proper" DVD video (so it will play on standalone set-top DVD players, you need software that is capable of "DVD authoring".

The paid-for version of DeepBurner does that, but I think there are quite a few free alternatives. A web search for "DVD authoring Windows" should give you a few options:
https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=dvd+authoring+windows

Gillor

poppasmurf_bewdley wrote: »

DVD Shrink is a DVD copying program.

It does not burn to DVDs.

Sorry, I meant DVD Flick

sandia911

yes i require to be able to watch the vidoes on regular televisio using dvd players i will not be watching it on my comp

abibee

Burnaware Free version or CDburnerXP?

sandia911

thanks for that )

NiftyDigits

sandia911 wrote: »

thanks for that )

Only DVD Flick does what you require. It has ImgBurn within.

It seems that people aren't reading the OP before posting.

sandia911

yes thanks i am going to download it and see where i end up