Movie compression

[zenpsx]

Is there a way to compress a movie so it will fit on a dvd-r disc. Most of the movies I rip (Using smartripper) still come up about 300 meg over the 4.7 so wont fit on a disc. If I cant compress the movie is there a simple way to remove the credits etc to cut the size down. Thanx for any help.

[Gai]

Do you rip just the VOBs from the DVD or are you stream processing it to an .m2v and .ac3 file? If you're ripping the VOB files, you can just create a .d2v file through DVD2AVI, pop it into TMPGEnc, and fiddle around with the settings to lower your movie to a desirable bit rate. 5100 kbits/second usually does it.

[zenpsx]

I have just been ripping the VOB files. Will have a try using your advice. Thanx...

[oddyseus]

if your redundant amount is 300mb u can cut the last cell of the main movie, the credits. Usually they r around 300mb or more of space.

[nickyct]

From Experience. For Video, if the file is bigger than 4.5 gig it's too big to be burnt on 4.7 gig DVD. I believe 4.7 gig is for Data only. Correct me if I'm wrong. I'm using Nero to burn the DVD and there's a red line where it tell you if the file is too big and the red line is right where 4.5 gig