I just got a new NEC DVD+-RW drive. My old drive broke, but with it I burned a few video-dvd dvds. I used NeroVision Express. All of my .avi files end up being 4.4gb. A normal dvd holds 4.7gb, so I figure it should be no problem right? Well when I add the files to Nero, they show up as 22.2gb, what the heck? I could do it before, why can't I do it now? I am almost certain it is not the drive's problem.
There is 13 different .avi files, each are roughly 345mb, give or take a little bit. The total file size is only 4.4gb. But when I put it into Nero (version 6.6.13) it shows up as a whopping 22.2gb. It won't do this for if I try to just put the files on as a data disc. But if I try to make it a dvd-video disc, it will not work. I understand that it needs to create a menu, chapters, and convert the files to dvd-video. But I think it is more than that. Anyone else have this problem or does anyone know how to help? All I want to do is put the files in a dvd so they can be viewed on a standard dvd player.
By the way I am using Nero Vision Express 3 for this task. When I try to make a DVD-video file with the same exact files that are 4.4gb it ends up being 22.2gb on Nero Vision express. (I also got a different DVD-Video buring program - Ulead Movie Factory, that did the same thing as Nero Vision Express). However, if I just try to make a DVD data disc, the files show up as the acually 4.4gb. So I know it is not a hardware issue. It has something to do with DVD-Video.
@KingMath
The files blow up (uncompress & conversion) from the original size. Ex. a 700 mb AVI after using Nero is roughly 3.6 gig.
A single layer DVD (4.7 gig) actually only holds 4.38.
So you'll only be able to put a few on each disc.
