[Link83]

I have a bunch of episodes I downloaded onto my computer of a Tv Show.


The files are all roughly 350mb.

When I go to burn them...i can only add one file per dvd. It says there isnt enough room for more!

They are in .avi format.

Is there something special I need to do in order to burn the like 10 episodes on one disk?

Im completely confused as to how 700mb = 4.7g!

I have dvd shrink...but it doesnt let me import .avi's ...it says "invalid file name"

Anyone have any clue here?

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Nero has an automatic fit to disc option but this will reduce the quality

You could also try the results from changing the bitrate

[Retired Tech]

Nero has an automatic fit to disc option but this will reduce the quality

You could also try the results from changing the bitrate

[pip22]

AVI files are compressed and can't be read on a standalone DVD player unless the dvd-writing program uncompresses them to a different format before burning to disc. So if you're writing program thinks you want to make a dvd-player compatible disc, it correctly tells you that it can only fit two of them on the disc when they are uncompressed.

If, however, you want those files to remain compressed (avi) during the writing process and you don't need to watch them on a dvd-player, you need to tell your writing program to make a DATA disc, not a video disc.
Just as if you were making a disc containing program files or MP3 files, for example. Don't use a video burning application since that will always try to create a dvd-video by changing the format of your AVI files (and uncompressing them). Use instead a data-burning application like Nero which will burn AVI files just as they are.

Edited by pip22, 17 December 2006 - 01:22 PM.

[Link83]

Yeah I got them on a disk shortly after I made this post.

They dont play on my dvd player, just on the computer.

Is there a way to fit more of the episodes on a disc? Like at least 4 so I can watch them on my tv?

[Retired Tech]

If you use a DVD player which runs DivX files, you could convert them to the format

[Ozzyb]

HI
I have in the past done just what you are trying.
The majority of DVD players will play the disk when I used Nero vision 4 to create a movie with titles
I had 4 episodes of a TV show I wanted to put on a 4.7 GB DVD each episode was 350mb in avi format.
I used vision 4’s reduce to fit facility and created a title menu for watching them.

[Link83]

If you use a DVD player which runs DivX files, you could convert them to the format

Ill try the divx approach. Will that allow me to put more than one on a disk?

To ozzyb: I cant afford to buy another program =P

[DMME]

Here ya go! http://www.trustfm.n...areAvi2Dvd.html

Keith recently found that program. The program is a Beta though, so it may have a few bugs!
*If that program doesn't work than check the thread/topic entitled: dvd burning. There is another program which I recommended, however, it is not free.*

**Oh, I forgot to add that DVDShrink is no longer in production. That may have been the reason it did not work in the first place. It was probably out-of-date.**

Edited by DMME, 19 December 2006 - 10:07 PM.

[Retired Tech]

Have now put 345 minutes onto a disc, play well with standalone DivX player, not so well using a PC DivX player, though Nero plays them well

Convenient to have 4 films per disc, though possibly only worth it if you already have the PC software for DivX and a DivX capable standalone player, or intend to make enough DivX encoded discs to cover the outlay against the cost of continuing to fit one film per disc

The basic DivX encoding keeps the file size the same, or whatever you want to set the output size / quality as

Nero has a trial version so you could see what you think of the quality when you encode for super long play

[Link83]

Here ya go! http://www.trustfm.n...areAvi2Dvd.html

Keith recently found that program. The program is a Beta though, so it may have a few bugs!
*If that program doesn't work than check the thread/topic entitled: dvd burning. There is another program which I recommended, however, it is not free.*

**Oh, I forgot to add that DVDShrink is no longer in production. That may have been the reason it did not work in the first place. It was probably out-of-date.**

Ill try that.

I have a converter already, Converts files to .avi mpg1 and 2 and .divx

The problem is only fitting more than one 350mb file onto a disk so I can play them on my TV.

I have nero 6.0 as well.

Was just hoping there was something out there so you can make dvds like the ones you buy from the store. Like 4 episodes on a dvd. I hate watching episodes on my computer. 19 inches when i have a 27 inch in the other room and the couch is nice =P

[Retired Tech]

DivX burned an 83 minute file as 857MB

[pip22]

Don't forget that movie DVDs you buy or rent are on dual-layer discs, that's how come they're such high quality playback -- no compression but two layers needed for all that data.
So trying to get same quality video on a single layer is nigh impossible. Compression is what degrades quality.

You can buy dual-layer burners and dual-layer blank discs now, of course, which means you can get more video footage with little or no compression on a single disc --- but getting them to play on a standalone DVD player is a whole different ball game. I read a video mag recently where only 1 out of 12 new video players tested could read a home-made dual-layer DVD video. No doubt the movie companies are pleased about that!

Edited by pip22, 20 December 2006 - 02:11 PM.