I just made a back up copy of Robin Hood ,running time 144 min.
Now I am looking at the disc that I burned on and I am seeing at least 3/8" of a inch that was not used. My target is set for 4300.
I think I'm not getting as good a back up as I can because the movie is over 2 hours long yet I am still seeing unused space left over on the disc.
I ran this through DVD shrink only and selected Re-Author, then pushed compression settings. ,then deleated the different languages except the english ones. The read out said 100% and my compression is set on automatic. I really want the best copy possible can some help me here please.
Thanks. Rick6
If the compression level was at 100%, then what you got is a 1 to 1 backup/copy of just the movie only (no exra stuff), and that's the best it's gonna get, which is what you want. The unused portion on the DVD is there because it wasn't required, increasing the target size would not of changed that because of the 100% compression level.
I would leave the target size to 4300, if it's increased too much you may run into playback problems. You don't want to burn too close to the outer edge of the DVD, burn errors can occur that may showup as skipping or freezing of the movie during playback.
If you want the best video quality possible on DVD+/-R media, always reauthor and backup the main title only getting rid of the extras you don't want, or you can buy dual layer media.
Yes but remember I said the movie I backed up was 144 minutes long and the blank I am burning to is only 120 minutes. Thats 24 min longer then the disc is so if I am burning 1 to 1 what's the deal. It must be that the quality of the burn is not set right ,other wise I would have used up the whole disc when I burned. Am I right or am I right? It must be that if I can get 2 hours of burn off my blank at the SP speed then I must be in the LP mode. Can any one follow this?
I think what I want to know is if there is a flexable recording mode I can use so I can take full advantage of my burning space. Thanks.
I certainly understand what you are saying and follow your thought process.
You stated in your origonal post that you re-authored main movie only. When looking at the shrink screen does the bar at the top show full green, or green and grey? I know of no way to adjust the burning space in shrink if shrink indicates that no compression is being utilized. I wish I could have been of help.
Have you viewed your burn yet? How did it turn out?
I think you're getting a bit confused. The fact that some blank DVD+/-R's say they will hold 120min of video has ABSOLUTELY NOTHING to do with how long a movie you can actually fit on the disc using DVDShrink. Ignore the SP/LP mode on blank discs, it's irrelevant when doing backups of movies.
The whole point of Shrink is to compress your commercially bought DVD's (which are mostly DVD9 standard) and fit them on writeable disc as a backup (mostly DVD5 standard unless you are using Dual Layer). It's perfectly feasible to get a 180 minute movie (or longer) onto a DVD5, it depends on many factors, such as the quality of the original movie, the sound streams, compression used etc.
The advice on setting your burn size to 4300MB is good. That's because a DVD5 disc actually holds 4486MB (or something like that, don't quote me here guys!) and burning too close to the edge can cause problems, particularly with cheaper media.
I do understand your point. You are saying that when 'reauthoring' the disc, your 144 minute film fits onto your blank disc with no compression. As johnl123 stated, this means that you are getting a 1:1 backup of the movie only without extras such as menus, languages, subtitles etc.
You cannot get any better than that, it's the same quality as the original movie.This is perfectly feasible as the movie's DATA size is obviously less than the blank DVD5 size. As I stated earlier, forget about running time, it has nothing to do with it.
The fact you are seeing an 'unburnt' area at the edge of the disc is because you have the target burn size set at 4300MB. It will not go over that size. If you selct the DVD5 option in the Shrink preferences then it will use the whole data area available IF necessary. That is to say if your reauthored movie's data size is less then the 4486MB of a blank DVD5, then your burn STILL WONT USE THE WHOLE DISC and you will still see an 'unused' portion at the edge of your disc. You can't make the data size any bigger, that's just the way it is.
Just to add to what has been said, it is not the length of time that determines DVD file size, but the bitrate it was recorded at. A DVD5 will take 120 minutes of video recorded in SP mode. Go to XP mode, and you will only be able to fit 1 hr on that disc. LP mode will give you 4 hrs on that disc, and i think EP gives you 8hrs. Besides setting the target to 4300, some movies don't even come near the 4300 target when using movie only, and there will be space left over on the disc. If you get 100% on shrink, that means NO compression was used, and that is the best you can get.
