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Posted by Doug Jacobs on 02/23/07 21:00
Terry C <t.cooper@deltatango.freeserve.co.uk> wrote:
> Hi All
> I have Nero Express 6 installed have been making
> copy's of DVD's OK but when I need to copy a
> DVD that is longer than 2 hours it will not copy it
Sounds like the problem is that your burner can only handle the single
layer burnable DVDs which have a capacity of about 4.7GB (~2 hrs of video).
Dual layer DVDs can hold up to 9.4GB.
> What do need to change etc my wife is going
> mad she needs copy's of some R&B dvds that
> are longer than 2 hours need to earn brownie points
> please help
Well, one thing you can try is DVDShrink. It's a freeware program that
will allow you to copy a DVD to your hard drive, then modify it in various
ways. You can instruct DVDShrink to drop certain features like the menus,
special features, addition soundtracks, subtitle tracks, etc. This is
useful for helping trim the size down so it'll fit on a single layer
burnable DVD.
Another thing you can do with DVDShrink is have it re-encode the whole DVD
(or just parts) to use a higher compression rate. This will result in
smaller files, but may also result in lower video quality. However it is a
good way to get the size of your DVD under that 4.7GB limit. Just be
warned, it could take hours for DVDShrink to complete this operation.
You'd usually want to start it before going to bed.
DVDShrink is very easy to use - and will integrate with Nero directly, so
once you are finished tweaking the files with DVDShrink, just click the
"Burn" button, and it'll instruct Nero to do the rest.
Alternatively, you could go and buy a newer DVD burner that can handle
dual-layer discs. There may be compatibility issues with these dual-layer
blanks and your DVD player, so check your documentation first.
If you decide to go this route, I reccomend buying an external USB DVD
burner. This allows you to easily move the burner between multiple PCs or
laptops. Performance is the same, and is only slighly more expensive than
the internal version of the same model.
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