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Posted by metalandi on 06.04.2010 at19:24:

  Question about DVD burning

Hey guys..i have a problem, i downloaded a few dvd's, but they have a size that won't fit on the usual 4,7 GB blank dvd disk. One is over 5 GB and 2 are over 7 GB. How do i burn something like that? Are there blanks that can take more than 4,7 GB?

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Posted by martin6762000 on 06.04.2010 at19:38:

 

try it with DVD shrink
its an very simpel tool to change the size of dvd´s

http://www.dvdshrink.info/chetwood/

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Posted by metalandi on 06.04.2010 at19:54:

 

Thanks, but how does that work? I don't understand what i have to do when i installed it. I checked this here http://www.dvdshrink.info/chetwood/readme.html but i don't get it..what self extracting rar archive are they talking about?

nevermind, i downloaded the wrong thing

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Posted by martin6762000 on 06.04.2010 at20:00:

 

you have download the wrong file i think

try it here

http://www.dvdshrink.info/chetwood/downloads_redirect.php?download=dvdshrinkdecssfrei

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Posted by metalandi on 06.04.2010 at20:14:

 

Yeah, i recognized it now It should work now.

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Posted by norbinho19 on 06.04.2010 at23:01:

 

andi,

i would not shrink a dvd of a size around 7gb as you told...it will get to compressed and the picture will be pixelated.

for the 5gb dvd it should be ok.

if you don't want to compress the dvds, you need a dvd burner who can use double layers.

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Posted by metalandi on 06.04.2010 at23:13:

 

Thanks for that info bernd! Can you tell me how i can find out if my dvd burner can sue double layers? I'm pretty sure mine is not, though

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Posted by norbinho19 on 06.04.2010 at23:16:

 

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Original von metalandi Thanks for that info bernd! Can you tell me how i can find out if my dvd burner can sue double layers? I'm pretty sure mine is not, though

don't really know, andi...but maybe your burning software shows infos about the brands you can use with your burner.

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Posted by damageinc on 07.04.2010 at12:58:

 

If your dvd burner can do DL discs then there's a logo at the entrance. Something like this (2nd from the left):



Mine also has a "Multirecorder R DL" logo on it.

BTW, I'd definitely split and reauthor the 7 GB dvd to 2 single sided dvds, only if it's allowed though.