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Huge File Size?
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DoktorD
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16. January 2009 @ 20:22 |
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I tried to follow the tutorials on here for burning AVI to DVDs, but I'm running into the same problem with every program I try to use.
I'm trying to burn 12 episodes totaling roughly 4.0 GB in size to a DVD. Except every program I try to use to do that, it tells me the size of the selected files is about 10.0GB??
Shouldn't I be able to get all of them on the same single layer DVD WITHOUT heavy compression or is there something I'm overlooking?
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16. January 2009 @ 21:44 |
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Use ImgBurn and burn as a data file. ImgBurn is free and IMHO, the best burn engine out there.
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DoktorD
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16. January 2009 @ 21:50 |
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But after that would the DVD be able to be played through a DVD player?
If so, then that sure sounds like the way to go.
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16. January 2009 @ 22:35 |
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It is the way to go for what you want if your player can play data but, if not, they'll need converting and even if those are 1/2 hour episodes will result in over 4 hour's on a regular dvd even with commercial's removed and that will result in pretty bad quality. I'd shoot for 6 episode's on each and see what you think.
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DoktorD
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16. January 2009 @ 23:14 |
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Worked like a charm. Thanks for your help guys!
One thing though,
It butchered the file names on the DVD that got burned. They arent in order and because the names arent the same, I have no idea which is which... Any setting I can change on ImgBurn to either keep the order of the files or keep the original file name?
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AfterDawn Addict
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16. January 2009 @ 23:37 |
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Sorry, never heard of that happening. Just a guess, maybe alphabetical, numerical?
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17. January 2009 @ 00:07 |
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I have never had that happen either. What exactly did it do? Or what did it change the names to? Were the names especially long or contain odd characters?
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DoktorD
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17. January 2009 @ 01:17 |
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Well all the files were named:
House MD 13 Name
House MD 14 Name
House MD 15 Name
House MD 16 Name
House MD 17 Name
House MD 18 Name
House MD 19 Name
House MD 20 Name
House MD 21 Name
House MD 22 Name
House MD 23 Name
House MD 24 Name
Then they showed up on the disc as...
HOUSE_10
HOUSE_11
HOUSE_12
HOUSE_M2
HOUSE_M3
HOUSE_M4
HOUSE_M5
HOUSE_M6
HOUSE_M7
HOUSE_M8
HOUSE_M9
HOUSE_MD
Any Ideas?
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DoktorD
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17. January 2009 @ 01:23 |
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Originally posted by DoktorD:
HOUSE_10
HOUSE_11
HOUSE_12
HOUSE_M2
HOUSE_M3
HOUSE_M4
HOUSE_M5
HOUSE_M6
HOUSE_M7
HOUSE_M8
HOUSE_M9
HOUSE_MD
This is the order that they appear on the DVD index. However, this list is not the same as the order I put the files on..
Ex.
"HOUSE_11" is not the file "House MD 13"
"HOUSE_12" is not the file "House MD 14"
"HOUSE_M2" is not the file "House MD 15"
etc...
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AfterDawn Addict
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17. January 2009 @ 01:32 |
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Purely a guess but maybe renaming to House 13 - 24 or House 1 - 12, no idea really.
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vballstud
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17. January 2009 @ 08:49 |
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My thoughts...
1.)replace all spaces in the filename with "_" ( the underscore )
2.)It may be using the "old" DOS naming standard. DOS names could only contain 8 characters, if I remember correctly. If that's the case, rename the files from :
House MD 13 Name to House_13
Option 2 has a better chance of working.
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DoktorD
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17. January 2009 @ 12:23 |
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Yep that fixed it!
Thanks for the help guys
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maxikaz
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18. January 2009 @ 16:03 |
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