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Trist
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_ 		17. March 2004 @ 20:44 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
I downloaded a couple of AVI movies none of them larger than 900MB I wanted to burn them to DVD, so I tried using Roxio and RecordNow, but both programs say the files exceed the DVD disc space. Why is it a 800MB file would take up more than 4.7GB of space? Is there anything I can do to fit the movie onto the dvd?
Thanks!
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sly_61019
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_ 		17. March 2004 @ 22:17 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
sounds like you are in cd burning mode when trying to burn to dvd.
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herbsman
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_ 		17. March 2004 @ 23:45 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
If trying to burn an .avi file in DVD-Video (VIDEO_TS) mode then you will get all burning apps saying they have a problem with it...

Either encode/convert .avi to .vob then burn as DVD-Video (a 800mb file might convert to 3Gb+ btw - all depends on bitrate etc)
Or , just burn your .avi file as data ... thus getting at least 5 x 750mb movies on one disc (unplayable in most DVD players though)
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Trist
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_ 		18. March 2004 @ 09:19 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Hi, I wanted to be able to play the movies on a regular dvd player so I guess I'll try converting the video to VOB. What should I use to do that?
Thanks!
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herbsman
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_ 		18. March 2004 @ 11:14 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
My personal preference is :

MainConcept MPEG Encoder 1.4 (to encode to MPEG2)
TMPGEnc DVD Author 1.5 (to convert to VOB)
Nero 6 Ultra Edition (burn as DVD-Video in VIDEO_TS folder)
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