Help!!! copy to DVD says 4.38 wont fit on a 4.7 gig disc

[Fogoftheworld]

Well I gave up on dvDx copy platinum

(If you seen my other posts you

know the headaches that gave me &

IFO edit wouldnt work either) .

& tried a Dvd decrypter , Dvd2one

& copy DvD combo

I want the entire movie intact on 1 disc

(as why I tried DvDx copy platinum till

my head hurt) .

& Tutorials all say this is possible.

All goes smooth until copy2DvD

goes to burn the DvD

There i`m told the file is over 4.37

Gigs (it`s 4.47) , & wont fit on disc

which is 4.7 gig memorex DVD-R

Do I want to continue burning

& even if I set copy dvd to required

size & continue anyhow , another error

message pops up saying I need @ l

least 4.48 gigs of disc space

& it wont fit on my media (memorex

DVD-R , 4.7 gigs in size) .

I`m banging my head on the monitor

by now . What gives here .

Please give some much needed &

appreciated advice

[nwg]

The maximum a DVD can hold is 4.37GB not the advertised 4.7GB. That is really 4.7 billion bytes.

[ormonde]

"tried a Dvd decrypter , Dvd2one & copy DvD combo"

You should use DVDShrink. Going from "4.38 gig" to "4.37 gig" and below is a very easy job for Shrink.

[Fogoftheworld]

Thanx I`ll try that

Does DvD shrink keep entire

DvD intact , menus/extras etc...?

No matter how low I set DvD2one

I get 4.38 Gigs

[nwg]

Have you changed the size in DVD2One? I use 4452MB which gives me 4.34GB

[ormonde]

Does DvD shrink keep entire DvD intact , menus/extras etc...?

Yes–if you do a "Full Disk" backup.

[Fogoftheworld]

It worked . fanx I have 1 more inquiry

Fanx 4 all your advice

shrink did it -

I`m not overly pleased with the quality

But it`s well enough . I copied entire

DvD intact , so I lost some quality

I just had a bright idea that may work ,

so I`ll ask here it it may work

Can I copy main movie uncompressed

to one disc , & go back to those

(DvD decrypted) files in shrink another

time & choose only the extras .

I did this once in DvDxcopy platinum ,

uncompressed the quality was

awesome , but on extras disc

everything was all over the place ,

I had credits & end splash screen ,

& lots of copyright stuff normally @ end

@ beginning & throughout the disc

But all was there , & it looked bang on

to original DvD , but ya can imagine

it was a pain to sort through .

Platinum , after 1 week of errors ,

finally did 1/2 a split DvD for me , but

didnt load 2nd portion .

Can I do as I asked , & have control

over how it all copies to disc , in logical

order . As ya know all that menu can

be confusing , & easiest is just to

compress & take it all . But I dont mind

using 2 DvDr`s if I can do as I asked.

If I can how may all this look/work

out in the program ? The guide has

no instructions on such .

Cheers -

[ormonde]

"But I dont mind using 2 DvDr`s if I can do as I asked."

There is also a nice little program called "DVD-replica"–it's not free that will do what you are seeking. Visit the following link below:

http://www.dvd-replica.com/

[Fogoftheworld]

Fanx I`m on it

Cheers -

[ormonde]

"Fanx I`m on it. Cheers"

Glad to be of help