Posted by mwebsurfer on 02/25/07 00:50

Doug Jacobs wrote:
> 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.
>
I use dvdshrink and it usually takes 15 min. or less to shrink a dvd. My
pc is a 3.4 ghz intel.

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