Largest Capacity For Dvd-r?

[jaideeguy]

I need a larger capacity dvd-r to burn a video file just over 5g. Do they make larger capacity DVD-r's

[PattayaDavid]

The largest capacity I've seen thus far is 8.5GB. I believe it is a dual layer or dual side, maybe both, I'm not sure. I bought one, a Mitsubishi brand, at ITCity last month. The Mitsubishi brand was the only large capacity brand offered. They're not cheap; a single DVD+R 8.5GB will cost you some where between 120 - 150 baht.

Pattayadavid

[angiud]

DVD-DL, 8.5GB. But you need a DVD dual layer burner.

[Guest Reimar]

HD and Blue Ray as well whit an capacity above 20 GB but much more expensive.

Cost of the DL DVD Burner is around THB 1,000.

Cheers.

[jaideeguy]

"Cost of the DL DVD Burner is around THB 1,000."

Do you mean LG??

So, there are no larger capacity discs that i can burn on my standard dvd burner??

all i need is an extra .5gig to burn a movie.

[jeffer]

Just about every new DVD burner on sale is going to be dual layer, LG, Asus, Samsung etc. etc. 1000 baht or less.

If you don't want to burn a DL DVD disc then use some software to reduce the size of the movie to make it fit.

[jaideeguy]

Duuh, DL is dual layer.....not ready to get a new burner now. may try to resize it, but i'm already converting the movie from avi format to DVD format. It's a 3hr 22min movie, Apocolypse Now.

[PattayaDavid]

Duuh, DL is dual layer.....not ready to get a new burner now. may try to resize it, but i'm already converting the movie from avi format to DVD format. It's a 3hr 22min movie, Apocolypse Now.

Jaideeguy,

Is there an advantage to converting a movie from avi to DVD format.  I had recently downloaded a 22 episode TV series torrent that was formatted in avi format.  I was going to convert these to DVD format, but I could only burn 2 episodes on a DVD for best quality or 3 episodes per DVD for average quality.  I ended up using Nero and just copying the avi files to DVD enabling me to put 12 episodes on the first DVD and 10 episodes on a second.  The picture quality is good although there is some slight stuttering during playback.  I don't know whether converting an avi file to DVD format would have eliminated this since the avi file is was the original source.  Since your movie is also sourced via avi, have you considered just burning it on a single DVD and try playing it.  I didn't have any problem playing back my burned avi files on my home Denon DVD player; it even transferred the menu for the episodes.  If the picture quality will be better converted to DVD format then that's another story.

Pattayadavid

PS. If you have a very old DVD burner in your computer, an upgrade to a new burner will not only allow you to burn dual layer DVD's; it will also burn much faster. Also, you can use your old burner as the player and the new model as the burner when copying DVD's. Just a few suggestions off the top of my head, sorry if I'm rambling.

Edited July 4, 2008 by PattayaDavid

[sniffdog]

Get a video splitter and burn result on two dvds.

[Daffy D]

I have a copy of “Apocalypse Now” in avi format that is 824Mb and using Nero burns nicely onto a 4.7gb DVD.

Nero has an option whereby if what you want to burn is beyond the disc capacity it will warn you and give the option of deleting some items or taking a chance to continue with the burn.

I have never tried this myself but have found that if you exceed the capacity of the disk the quality of the burn deteriorates. Looking at the last page before burn I noticed “Quality Automatic – Fit to Disk” and depending on the amount of overburn the quality would be Good – Average or Poor.

As I said I have not actually tried this but it seems Nero will try to fit an oversize movie onto disk at the expense of some quality.

If this is the case the 5Gb of the OP is not much more than a 4.7gb DVD disk so the loss in quality should not be very noticeable.

Now I’m not very techi so I may have got this all totally wrong, no doubt those with more knowledge will provide more accurate info.

[Veazer]

Just about every new DVD burner on sale is going to be dual layer, LG, Asus, Samsung etc. etc. 1000 baht or less.

If you don't want to burn a DL DVD disc then use some software to reduce the size of the movie to make it fit.

It would NOT be a wise move to convert to a size larger than 4.7GB and then use yet another program to recompress again to under 4.7 GB. Compressing material that has already been compressed only leads to further compression artefacts.

The best option is a DVD player that supports MPEG-4 AVIs, second best is to ensure your AVI to DVD format conversion is done such that the final file fits on a 4.7GB disk.

[sniffdog]

I have the HD version of Apocolypse Now. The original file (mkv) is only 2.2Gb and fits on a standard dvd using ConvertXtoDVD.