Overburnng a DVD

mick_dundee · Post by **mick_dundee** » Fri Feb 09, 2007 7:46 pm

Anyne done it? I've done it with a CD plenty of times but seems this compilation I wan to burn beig some 60MB over the 4.5 or so limit won't overbun it

mike-s · Post by **mike-s** » Fri Feb 09, 2007 9:57 pm

take a punt and do it, its in the settings somewhere if its nero or the like.
worst case scenario it makes a coaster of your dvd.

Rossi · Post by **Rossi** » Fri Feb 09, 2007 10:03 pm

Worst case scenario is you f**k your drive

Run it thru DVD Shrink ya wally

mick_dundee · Post by **mick_dundee** » Fri Feb 09, 2007 11:52 pm

mike-s wrote:take a punt and do it, its in the settings somewhere if its nero or the like.
worst case scenario it makes a coaster of your dvd.

Tried, 2 different media and no go.. the DVD shrink is a damn fine dea Mr Rossi, i'll give that a run

ok so DVD shrink works with DVD's only, this is a series of files ie one season of Seinfeld that I want to burn as 1 season on 1 DVD, looking like a dual layer job for 60 friggin MB

aardvark · Post by **aardvark** » Sat Feb 10, 2007 3:47 am

mick_dundee wrote:ok so DVD shrink works with DVD's only, this is a series of files ie one season of Seinfeld that I want to burn as 1 season on 1 DVD, looking like a dual layer job for 60 friggin MB

Just use two discs ya cheapskate!

mick_dundee · Post by **mick_dundee** » Sat Feb 10, 2007 6:38 am

It's not about cost Aardy it's the conevenience of using 1 disc. I'll use a dual layer if my dvd player can play them.

MickLC · Post by **MickLC** » Sat Feb 10, 2007 7:47 am

mick_dundee wrote:It's not about cost Aardy it's the conevenience of using 1 disc. I'll use a dual layer if my dvd player can play them.

So you get some exercise getting off the couch and changing DVD's....harden the fuck up

I'm loving that saying, thanks Uncle Chop Chop

ozx6r · Post by **ozx6r** » Sat Feb 10, 2007 9:07 am

if ur using nero to burn just go into nero options, expert features, tick enable dvd overburn and set the size

mick_dundee · Post by **mick_dundee** » Sat Feb 10, 2007 11:08 am

Done that Oz, for some reason it doesn't let me overburn a DVD no drama with a cd..

Woody69 · Post by **Woody69** » Sat Feb 10, 2007 11:15 am

did you try changing the settings in nero to long play ? I know there's an option somewhere to fit files bigger than the 4.5 gig limit !

Woody

mike-s · Post by **mike-s** » Sat Feb 10, 2007 12:54 pm

ah dude, i dont think this was burning it as a dvd player disc, but using it as a data storage medium to toss .avi files onto. Perhaps if the rest fails, recompress a few of them with the newest divx or something to save space? some of the codecs in use nowdays are comparatively inifficient.

aardvark · Post by **aardvark** » Sat Feb 10, 2007 2:21 pm

Overburning to DVD is quite difficult. You need to have the right media, the right drive and the right software. If any one of those is wrong, it won't work.

If you get it right, the most you'll be able to overburn is 80 to 100Mb. Hardly worth it.

I would create a DVD, to your hard drive, with all the episodes using some DVD authoring software. If it's too big, then use DVD shrink on it. If it's still too big, DVD shrink the shrunk version.