a short method to record dvd.

[pjbhatia]

I have a sony vaio computer with dvd recorder. i can record dvd into a program offered with computer called as giga pocket video recorder. it will record from an attached dvd palyer and not from the computer dvd player. Then I try to record on dvd through dvd recorder with program dvd it. PROBLEM IS THAT IN MPEG2 IT WILL NOT RECORD THE WHOLE DVD SITTING THE LENGTH. MAX IT WILL RECORD IS 160 MIN?. IS THERE A WAY /PROGRAM TO RECORD LONGER THEN GOING THROUGH 24 HRS METHOD OF ENCODING A DECODING WHICH I CAN USE WITH MY COMPUTER
REPLY PLEASE.