DVD Burning Problems?

[saltman]

If this was a dvd9 (dual layer - 8.5GB) disc and you are trying to put it on a dvd5 (single layer - 4.7GB) disc you will need to compress it with DVDshrink. If you won't to split it up you will lose the menus. I think DVDShrink can do this also.... but someone with more experience may need to comment on that.

I just downloaded my first video from the site. Will any dvd burning software recognize the file types that i downloaded or will i need software to convert the files before i can burn them. Any help would be great.

[saltman]

Originally Posted by mmcneer

I just downloaded my first video from the site. Will any dvd burning software recognize the file types that i downloaded or will i need software to convert the files before i can burn them. Any help would be great.

you should NOT have to convert anythig downloaded from this site. Only pre authored DVDs are for download here. Any software should be able to burn them without issue. However, if you don't want to burn onto dual layer dvds (DVD9 - which are pretty darn expensive) you will have to convert them to DVD5 for burning onto a single layer disc. This conversion will only be required for burning dvd9s onto dvd5 media. does that make sense?

saltman;

thanks for the help. a second question for you. when converting from DVD9 to DVD5, will most burning programs do that, or will i need to find software to do the converting. Thanks again!

[rhundley]

i just explained how to split a dvd9 into two dvd5's here.. http://www.thetradersden.org/forums/...460#post260460

DONT shrink this video..trust me, it's a huge difference in quality wise for this particular show...just follow the directions for ifoedit in the above link, it's easy

[micenzo]

I have this problem: I got original beatles show on 2plies dvd (or whatever it is called), but my player dont support those double dvds. So i found out a friend of mine has dvd rom that can read doulbe dvds. Now what I need is a program that converts double dvd into normal format, so I can burn it and then enjoy on my player(pal). thank you in advance

[saltman]

dvdshrink

"Double DVDs" are more commonly called "dual layer DVDs" or "DVD9s". Normal DVDs are called "DVD5s".

[doberman]

Originally Posted by saltman

dvdshrink

DVDShrink is free for the downloading - the BEST program (gives the best resolution) - it's very easy to use - I think the current version is 4 - you can easily split that Dual Layer DVD onto TWO single layer DVD's with the program without losing any resolution - it does a bunch more as well - you should check it out - look on Ebay and it is available a lot of times on sale at various places on the net via download, so check around.

[reece]

I was under the impression that all players supported dual layer discs. Does your player have any problems with movie DVD's that you have rented or bought? A great many, if not most are dual layer. Especially if they have lots of extra features. Are the DVD's -R or +R? Maybe your player has a problem with one of those formats or with burned DVD's in general.

[gsmyth79]

All players support dual layer, but not all burners are capable of burning dual layer.

[garrettt3]

i have the trey dual layer 10,000 lakes show. i have a dual layer burner and all but I cant add the two folders. set 1 and set 2 to nero becuase set2 has the same vob file names as set 1. any idea how I can burn the 2 folders successfully to one DL disc. Thanks

[diggrd]

Originally Posted by garrettt3

i have the trey dual layer 10,000 lakes show. i have a dual layer burner and all but I cant add the two folders. set 1 and set 2 to nero becuase set2 has the same vob file names as set 1. any idea how I can burn the 2 folders successfully to one DL disc. Thanks

This show? http://www.thetradersden.org/forums/...ad.php?t=13211
If so that's a 2 disc show, Full Size: 10.14 GB won' fit on 1 disc.

[gsmyth79]

Each set is a separate DVD9.

[sadu]

That answers the question in this case.

I think garrettt3 was thinking if he had set 1 and set 2 of a show. Both being 4 gb why couldn't he just put both sets on one cd.

He said he was having a problem with two VTS_01_1.VOB, VTS_01_2.VOB etc in the same folder.

You need to author the DVD as a DVD9. You cannot simply put both folders in the Video_ts. It's a pain to reauthor if you don't have a fast computer so it's not worth it IMO. Plus dvd9's are much more expensive so that's another reason for the time being.