DVD burning question

WelshWitchPMD · #1 05-27-2005, 06:09 AM

I just bought a new DVD copy program. It is called 'Easy DVD Copy" by Roxio. I have some DVDs that I was not able to copy with my other software. I would put the DVD in to copy and it would read the data and then when I put the blank DVD in it would tell me that the source did not match.

With this new program I put the DVD in to copy and a message came up saying that the DVD that I was trying to copy was too large to fit on a regular DVD, It asked me if I wanted to compress the files and remove all other content? Will that change my original DVD in any way? What will the DVD that I copy be like? It is a concert if you know what I mean.

What I don't understand is how can 2 DVDs that are both 4,7 GB not be the same size?

tynan88 · #2 05-27-2005, 06:17 AM

Some DVD's can be dual layer and need to be shrinked to fit on a standard 4.7gig disc I recommend the program DVD Shrink:

http://www.dvdshrink.org/what.html

DVD Shrink generally changes quality of menus and there maybe a very subtle difference in picture quality but it is very minimal.

WelshWitchPMD · #3 05-27-2005, 06:24 AM

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Originally Posted by tynan88

Some DVD's can be dual layer and need to be shrinked to fit on a standard 4.7gig disc I recommend the program DVD Shrink:

http://www.dvdshrink.org/what.html

DVD Shrink generally changes quality of menus and there maybe a very subtle difference in picture quality but it is very minimal.

How would I know if the DVD is dual layer? It is a DVD-R that is all that I know.

dissention · #4 05-27-2005, 08:09 AM

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Originally Posted by WelshWitchPMD

How would I know if the DVD is dual layer? It is a DVD-R that is all that I know.

If the DVD you're copying is labeled as 4.7 GB, it's not dual-layered. Your best bet would be to rip the DVD to your hard drive (if you have the room) and then burn the DVD files to a blank DVD. But I use Nero and not Roxio, so I wouldn't know where to begin with that program.

tynan88 · #5 05-27-2005, 08:44 AM

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Originally Posted by dissention

If the DVD you're copying is labeled as 4.7 GB, it's not dual-layered. Your best bet would be to rip the DVD to your hard drive (if you have the room) and then burn the DVD files to a blank DVD. But I use Nero and not Roxio, so I wouldn't know where to begin with that program.

It depends what you are burning, really but even if you rip it to the hard drive sometimes you will still need to shrink it.

But I agree try and use nero, there was a link to it on the site I showed you.

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How would I know if the DVD is dual layer? It is a DVD-R that is all that I know.

Umm I don't get that, if the disc is just a dvd-r then there shouldn't be a problem

dissention · #6 05-27-2005, 08:49 AM

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Originally Posted by tynan88

It depends what you are burning, really but even if you rip it to the hard drive sometimes you will still need to shrink it.

Not if you're only ripping the contents of a regular 4.7 GB DVD.

tynan88 · #7 05-27-2005, 08:51 AM

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Originally Posted by dissention

Not if you're only ripping the contents of a regular 4.7 GB DVD.

I'm confused because if it is just a dvd-r you should be able to do a simple copy-to-copy really shouldn't you

which makes me think it might not just be a 4.7gig disc.

WelshWitchPMD · #8 05-28-2005, 09:06 PM

I was finally able to burn a bunch of DVDs with this new software that I could not before.

I don't get any strange message either.
I am now able to trade a bunch of DVDs that I could not before. That was the best $ that I invested in a while for this new software.