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IM1
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_ 		18. July 2007 @ 03:44 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
I need to fit the (first 4) harry potter films onto 2 dvd's.
the thing is, is that the each film is 1350mb in size and about 2.5 hours long.
when i use ConvertXtoDVD just one film takes 3.2gb.
Does anybody know a way to shrink the files or even get it to fit to a dvd5?
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attar
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_ 		18. July 2007 @ 04:24 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Use ConvertX on your movies and save to individual folders
Run DVD Shrink

http://www.mrbass.org/dvdshrink/
Download, install and run.

Select 'Re-Author', locate the first folder and drag 'Title 1' to the left window.
Repeat for subsequent folders.
Click 'Backup'
Be warned that all that running time is not intended for one DVD-5.
Quality will suffer.

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IM1
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_ 		18. July 2007 @ 05:19 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
will the quality reduce a lot or a little?
if its a lot then i might as well just put em 1 on each dvd
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attar
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_ 		18. July 2007 @ 05:29 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
A lot.
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IM1
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_ 		18. July 2007 @ 07:22 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
isnt there any other way to squeeze them in with minimal quality loss?
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attar
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_ 		18. July 2007 @ 07:42 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
You might get more help in the 'DVD Shrink' or 'DVD Rebuilder' areas at Afterdawn.
Possibly using the newer dual layer disks (DVD-9)- of course they also need a dual layer burner.
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vurbal
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_ 		19. July 2007 @ 05:50 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
As attar mentioned, you could use DVD Shrink (to join the movies with no compression) and DVD-RB to compress at the highest possible quality. You'd also want to have DVD-RB resize to Half D1 because otherwise it will look like complete crap. Even at Half D1 you'd be pushing it, but with a halfway decent bitrate the quality loss should be minimal when viewing on a reasonably small (like 30" or smaller) standard def tv.
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