Sometimes it becomes necessary to burn a DVD copy of a disc. Quite often, there are unpleasant surprises when the original movie does not fit on a regular recordable DVD. Of course, you can split the content into parts, but this is an inconvenient way, especially for video content. It is better to use third-party programs for compressing information, which will slightly degrade the quality, but will allow you to fit all the content on one disc.
Instructions
Step 1
Find and install a DVD compression software. One of the recognized leaders in DVD compression is DVD Shrink. Its name is translated as "DVD Compression". The latest version for today is 3.2 - quite old, but stably works with all Windows operating systems. The advantage of this utility is speed, simplicity and free of charge. There are other similar types of tools, such as DVD2one, DVDFab, or CloneDVD. The general principles of use remain the same.
Step 2
Insert the source disc into the disc drive. Run the installed program. Click the "Open Files" button and select your drive, then open the "VIDEO_TS" folder and open all the files from it. Or click the "Open Disk" button. The result will be the same. A window for analyzing the contents of the disk will open, it will take some time, depending on the capacity of your computer. To speed up the process, you can uncheck the box "Enable video preview". Wait for completion.
Step 3
On the left side of the program, you will see a list of disk folders, and on the right side, you will see content files with their size. Above them there will be a drop-down list of compression selection. Leave it as it is if the size does not exceed 4300 MB, or select "Manual" and manually set the percentage size of the DVD with the slider.
Step 4
Browse the list of files. All materials are checked by default. To save space, you can uncheck additional content or audio tracks in the language you don't want. The same can be done with the contents of the "Extra" or "Bonus" folders. This will also reduce the size.
Step 5
When the result is suitable, click the "Backup" button. A window for choosing a saving method will open: write to disk or save to a folder to burn later. The drop-down list is called "Select backup target", select "Hard Drive Folder" and enter the name of the folder below to save. Or specify your burner drive if Nero is installed and you want to burn a new disc straight away.
Step 6
Specify the folder for temporary storage of files below. Be sure to check the free space on your hard disk beforehand. Click the OK button at the bottom of the window. A progress indicator will appear with the option to turn the preview on or off. Turning off view will speed up encoding. It will take several hours, recoding is a long-term action.
Step 7
Wait until the disk is compressed. If you decide to write the result directly to another disc - insert a blank one when the program asks for it and confirm by clicking "OK".
