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I've got a Dvd that i bought recently, unfortunately the rest of the family love it and watch it. In the process it gets a lot of "wear and tear". To solve the problem I decided to copy the Dvd, unfortuneatly it won't fit on the 4.7gb blank dvd disk.

Anyone got any ideas please?

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Originally posted by Silver Slayer
I've got a Dvd that i bought recently, unfortunately the rest of the family love it and watch it. In the process it gets a lot of "wear and tear". To solve the problem I decided to copy the Dvd, unfortuneatly it won't fit on the 4.7gb blank dvd disk.

Anyone got any ideas please?
You're not supposed to put it on the disc!
You put one disc into the player and the other into the recorder...

Man....RTFM! (read the fcuking manual).

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Originally posted by Silver Slayer
I've got a Dvd that i bought recently, unfortunately the rest of the family love it and watch it. In the process it gets a lot of "wear and tear". To solve the problem I decided to copy the Dvd, unfortuneatly it won't fit on the 4.7gb blank dvd disk.

Anyone got any ideas please?
http://www.dvdshrink.org

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Originally posted by Silver Slayer
I've got a Dvd that i bought recently, unfortunately the rest of the family love it and watch it. In the process it gets a lot of "wear and tear". To solve the problem I decided to copy the Dvd, unfortuneatly it won't fit on the 4.7gb blank dvd disk.

Anyone got any ideas please?
Hope that teaches you to actually buy DVD's!

If you'd just illegally ripped it off the Internet like the rest of us, you'd have a nice copy on your hard drive to easily burn onto numerous discs that you can flog down the pub for a fiver.

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dvdshrink is great

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Originally posted by Bowmann
[b]http://www.dvdshrink.org[/b]
Yes, I use dvdshrink and it's better than the $100 clone program I bought.

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Originally posted by arrakis
Yes, I use dvdshrink and it's better than the $100 clone program I bought.
I'll try dvd shrink. I only have one drive which means i have to copy and burn with the same drive.

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it can handle that. no problem,

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Originally posted by celticcountry
it can handle that. no problem,
good and thanks, i'll see how it goes.

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Originally posted by Silver Slayer
...I decided to copy the Dvd, unfortuneatly it won't fit on the 4.7gb blank dvd disk...
Must be a bloody long film; what film is it?

You could get a double layer dvd. They hold 8.5GB on special double-layer discs; that's about 4 hours of DVD video.
You'll need a dual layer burner though.
http://reviews.cnet.com/4520-3185_7-5143047.html

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Originally posted by Dr Strangelove
Must be a bloody long film; what film is it?

You could get a double layer dvd. They hold 8.5GB on special double-layer discs; that's about 4 hours of DVD video.
You'll need a dual layer burner though.
http://reviews.cnet.com/4520-3185_7-5143047.html
It isn't so much length as quality (although all DVDs are "lossy" compressed). Most commercial DVDs are dual-layer now.

The blank equivalents are currently too expensive for most people.

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Originally posted by Bowmann
It isn't so much length as quality (although all DVDs are "lossy" compressed). Most commercial DVDs are dual-layer now.

The blank equivalents are currently too expensive for most people.
the dual layer DVD+R 's aren't that bad.. in Canada they work out to be under 3$ each (tigerdirect has them 67.99$ for a 25 spindle pack) .. I can't find the Dual Layer DVD-R for sale anywhere though, which is what I want.

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Originally posted by Dr Strangelove
Must be a bloody long film; what film is it?

You could get a double layer dvd. They hold 8.5GB on special double-layer discs; that's about 4 hours of DVD video.
You'll need a dual layer burner though.
http://reviews.cnet.com/4520-3185_7-5143047.html
Its a music Dvd!!

The biggest dvds i can find are 4.7gb.
I think the files about 7gb.
I will try compressing it!! I hope it doesnt effect the quality to much😞

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Originally posted by MIODude
the dual layer DVD+R 's aren't that bad...
There are always dirt cheap brands. But I wouldn't touch 'em.

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Originally posted by Silver Slayer
I will try compressing it!! I hope it doesnt effect the quality to much😞
Well get on with it and find out!

Cor.