compressed dvd

[yao90]

hello guys, do anyone know how to make a compressed dvd? just like having a dvd that contains a lot of episodes, hehe, thanks! :D

[Raymond]

Why a compressed DVD? If I want to place Heroes episode 1-5 in DVD, I'd use Nero Vision, go to Make DVD, Add the 1-5 Video Files, wait for it to convert and then create a simple menu.

[yao90]

oh, ill try that, haha, coz when i burn dvd as video files, they counted it using the mins. in the dvd, so when i burn a dvd, i can only burn 1 episode, :D

[yao90]

oh, i tried it, but only 5 episodes, i saw other DVDs that can burn upto 10episodes with only 4GB, how did they did it? hehe, :D

[Raymond]

I am not really sure how they did that too. Just like some DVDs, they are able to put up to 3-4 movies in them...

[yao90]

yes, that's what im asking, hehe, :D

[Michael Y]

trading quality of the video files for more space. That's what I noticed when I watch the 5 in 1 movie dvds.
Sometimes you are able to keep the quality of the video BUT the end result is a format that's not supported by many dvd players.

[In-f3st]

If you have movies in .avi, .mpeg. or .divx you can fit 4-5 on a DVD.
But that depends on how big each one is and here I am not talking about DVD movies...

You can fit 10 episodes on a DVD if it's a double layer DVD (for which you need a DVD player that is able to do that...).

Otherwise, the highest compression is somewhat what can be achieved with standard DVD shrinking tools (DVD Shrinker etc.).

[yao90]

so how can i burn those 10 episodes in a DVD? hehe, :D

[In-f3st]

Well, you need a double layer DVD-R/+R and a DVD burner that can burn double layer DVDs.