Burning DVD movies - saving space ?

[Sextent]

I used CloneDVD2 for converting to DVD5.

I've got a dual layer burner, but I don't really see the point in paying the extra for discs. There's not enough difference on a normal DVD player and TV to make it worth it. Perhaps with HD, BluRay etc but not until then. I don't think dual layer writers took off enough to make the media as cheap as the normal stuff became.

[fstrulz]

burning movies on a DL disc is not so simple. nero is not capable of doing it, and you have to be careful not loosing the layer break information (which will tell your DVD player where to switch layers). although if you loose that information (and some say that dvdshrink won't read it out properly), you can still use PGCEdit to find good layer break points on the DVD.

I've been using the latest version of Nero in burning movies on DL discs and never had any problems... I just enable its "Verify written data" option to make sure data of the movie is burned correctly and completely to the disc.

[Demigod]

Guys, also take into account that the quality of the media is very important.

Crappy DVDs can turn up a lot more coasters than Quality DVDs.

[digmen1]

Thanks for all that guys.

I think I will a few blank DVD9's (top quality) to use on a few movies I really like that are very large and would shrink to 50% using DVDshrink.

Kind Regards

Digby

[peat moss]

Thanks for all that guys.

I think I will a few blank DVD9's (top quality) to use on a few movies I really like that are very large and would shrink to 50% using DVDshrink.

Kind Regards

Digby

Buy a couple of DVD-RW just till you get the hang of it , they burn slower but a lot more forgiving .

[unattended]

I use DVDFab Platinum and it does everything for you. If you try to burn a dual layer dvd to a single layer, it will just down-sample it all for you (you can also choose which parts to down-sample how much). It also lets you cut out trailers, special features, etc...or JUST copy the main movie. It honestly takes me about 2 clicks to fully copy a regular dvd.