OK - I am going to explain this is perfect detail - so it may be a bit long...
A friend of mine burnt me DVD's of shows that I was interested in. Everything went great - except he put 2 or 3 shows on each disc.
However, I did not want that. I wanted a separate DVD for each show (for various reasons - not really necessary for this discussion). I guess it was my fault for not telling him to do that in the first place, but it's too late now...
I thought about it for a while, and thought "maybe I can ask him to burn all the DVD's again, a DVD for each show". But I realised that would be time-consuming and tedious.
Then I remembered I had Nero Recode installed. A lightbulb suddenly went off in my mind, "hey... maybe I can fix this problem with Recode".
After experimenting with the first 3 tasks a bit (shown on the main menu), it seemed like 'Compile a DVD' was the best fit for my situation.
So I went into the task 'Compile a DVD'. I added/imported a "title" to the project (title = show, in this case). So, out of the 3 shows on the disc, I selected 1 "show" (or title).
(does 'Fit to target' [in this case, single-layer DVD] change quality at all, if it's only about 1.7GB ? Is it possible to make that 1 show (1.7GB) physically fill the entire disc? Would quality differ?)
Then the last screen popped up - the screen which details what to burn to. I selected 'burn to DVD'. I also selected the last two checkboxes - 'High quality mode' and 'Advanced analysis'. (should I check these items? I want perfect quality - the exact same from the original DVD. I don't mind how long it takes.)
Then I played the new DVD I just burnt (with only 1 show on the DVD like I wanted in the first place). I did not see any noticeable decrease in quality. Is there any, at all? "Nero Recode allows you to recode non-copy-protected DVD movies to DVD without any noticeable loss of quality". Is that statement in effect for what I just did?
So, that's the entire story. Now, did I do everything alright? Was 'Compile a DVD' the correct task to execute this situation of mine? Everything seems good, but I posted this message to make sure I did everything the correct way, mostly quality-wise (because this is quite important). This was my first time ever with Nero Recode.
Many thanks for any comments - this will greatly help me with various things. Cheers.
Sounds like it worked for you and if you're happy with the results then you cant ask for anymore. Congratulations for being successfull on your first attempt.
I was mostly wondering if I could somehow compare the original DVD (with 3 shows) to the DVD I just burnt (with 1 show). Would there be any difference in quality (video or audio)?
In the end, "Compile a DVD" was the correct "task" to do this project? Would the other "tasks" do something similar to what I desired? Or even more efficiently?
