Advice - Compressing Special Features Discs to 4.36Gb

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imcville

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5. June 2003 @ 08:29

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Having a minor problem with DVD2One (v1.1.3), when compressing dedicated bonus / special features discs to fit on one DVD-R.

The problem I've got is that sometimes, the end result comes out larger than 4.36Gb, and therefore is not much use to me since it won't fit on one DVD-R.

The problem is fixable either by setting the limit to a lower number of Mb (I've found that 4450Mb usually covers it), or by performing additional passes on the compressed files (although I don't like the idea of compressing already compressed files).

My theory of what's causing the problem is this :-

Generally, I've found that these dedicated special features discs contain a lot of VOB, BUP and IFO files (in comparison to discs that contain just the movie), and I reckon the more files the program has to deal with, the less accurate it's file size calculations become.

Hopefully this will be fixed in a later release, but just in case anyone else should come across this, I'd recommend setting the program to compress to 4450Mb, just to be sure.

Cheers,

Ian.

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Oriphus

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8. June 2003 @ 08:55

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2pass and even 4pass compression isnt a bad thing. Its not just a case of compressing already compressed files, it increases the quality of the compression. Liken it to a paint roller - the more you role, the better the finish.

I've never had this problem with DVD2One, but as you say, it could be due to the larger number of files

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imcville

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11. June 2003 @ 03:54

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I can see the logic behind your point about multi-pass compressing, but in any case it's not really an option for me, given that my PC is just a lowly P3 450Mhz. It can take anything up to 100 minutes to compress a DVD on my machine, so doing multiple passes is something I'd rather avoid...

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Oriphus

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11. June 2003 @ 05:28

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True, a 450MHz processor would take a lot longer. Do multi pass at night time for movies you wish to have the quality for.

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