Need help with burning DVD...

[Hairy Eater]

first when i tried Nero to burn a DVD i got the error that the DVD was protected.... then i got the prog AnyDVD that you run while burning ( it removes the protection and region code it says).... i then was able to burn a copy.... it played real good it my dvd Teak player.... but the prob is.... on the original DVD i can select English or French subtitles or no susbtitles..... on the original the subtitles work fine... but on the copy i cant get them to work from the menu.... do you think i should have used a special double layer dvd blank?...i just used 4.7 gb 4x to 8x DVD-R blank cos this was my first try at burning dvd....

[mattman]

When copying a movie to a standard (4.7gb) DVD you will lose some features as the DVD cannot hold as much as the original DVD (8.5GB).

Usually the first features to be dropped are multiple languages and subtitles, as you have experienced. It's also not uncommon to lose special features.. depending on the space required.

You will fit the full thing on a dual layer dvd,, but prepared to spend $5+ per disc.

[VZCalZone]

This is true. A good indication if that too good to be true price was because was a pirated copy. Not for the this case but in general. who needs subtotals anyway. Plus, i won't go into the legalaties of all this. I'm sure you know.

[gopher]

LMAO i downloaded a movie the other day it took about 2 hours to download but when i tried to burn it onto a DVD it said it was going to take 274 hours to burn.

needless to say i didn't bother

[stocky]

why dont you just download dvdshrink? you can shrink almost any dvd to fit a 4.7gb disc with a bit of loss in quality, and it also decrypts them too

[deserthead]

Agreed I was bout to susgest the same thing.
DVD-shrink if tops!! You cant even really tell the quality loss at all.
Best of all its free. I haven't paid for a DVD in ages!!!

I've got a question though on the same subject. (Dont mean to hijack)
But I've got a few movies downloaded in avi file format. Can ne1 tell me whats a good conversion program is to convert the files to DVD files.

Cheers, Keegan.

[stocky]

i just use nerovision. comes with any version of nero. OEM or full

[Jimboss]

I have a fair bit of experience in burning larger dvd's (DVD-9 (8.5gb)) to smaller (DVD-5(4.7gb)) ... mind you all the dvd's were completely legal to copy.

DVD shrink is your best friend when it comes to a good free dvd ripper, however, it has been shown, in my experience that when you reduce the video quality, not only will it take alot longer, it also has the chance to stuff up during playback. I usually just delete the crappy director's commentary etc until it comes back down to being 100% video quality.

[deserthead]

Stocky, that works?

I got nero but never thought of it. . . .

[stocky]

yeah works for me. not too hard to make simple menus and split into chapters. can have a few problems freezing at times though.

and expect long encoding times, but thats normal with any conversion program

[deserthead]

Where bouts in nero is it?
I seem to have every other thing there but that. . . .

[stocky]

what version do you have?

[deserthead]

6 ultra edition

[minux]

Just use dual layer dvd's...cheap skates. By the way anyone who says shrink doesnt lose quality, try watching shrink movies ona plasma with a decent osund system S.H.i.T

[Friction]

You need to check the options in AnyDVD. There will be options to enable/disable certain languages. AnyDVD is also best used along side CloneDVD.

[stocky]

6 ultra edition

sorry about the late reply. just go to nero in your start menu and go to the photo and video folder. should be in there somewhere

[IanG]

Agreed I was bout to susgest the same thing.
DVD-shrink if tops!! You cant even really tell the quality loss at all.
Best of all its free. I haven't paid for a DVD in ages!!!

I've got a question though on the same subject. (Dont mean to hijack)
But I've got a few movies downloaded in avi file format. Can ne1 tell me whats a good conversion program is to convert the files to DVD files.

Cheers, Keegan.

I've used TMPGEnc 3.0 XPress for a while and found it good value and easy to use. http://tmpgenc.pegasys-inc.com/en/pr...p_feature.html