Re: [PLUG] Looking for dvd shrink software

["Gavin W. Burris" <bug@wharton.upenn.edu>]

Typo, there.  You have to specify the disc name after the -V option, something like MY_DVD.  Cheers.

On Mon 12/14/15 12:31PM EST, Gavin W. Burris wrote:
> Hi, John.
> 
> Take a look at the ffmpeg command with the -target ntsc-dvd option for re-encoding video, maybe lower the bitrate until the output video file is small enough.  Then, generate the required directory structure with the dvdauthor command.  Then, create a dvd iso image with something like:
> $ mkisofs -dvd-video -udf -o dvd_video.iso -V my_dvd_dir
> 
> Burn the iso to a dvd, which should be 4.7GB for single-layer.  I haven't done it in a long time, but was using DVD+R discs with:  
> $ growisofs -Z /dev/sr0 -speed=2 -dvd-video -dvd-compat -V dvd_video.iso
> 
> Good luck.
> 
> On Mon 12/14/15 12:11PM EST, john boris wrote:
> > Chris,
> > I have the video in an mpg file. So I am looking for something that will
> > shrink it to fit on a DVD-R disk. That mode has a 2gb size limit. I don't
> > have multiple DVDs.
> > 
> > On Mon, Dec 14, 2015 at 11:44 AM, Chris Norton <chris@nortoninc.info> wrote:
> > 
> > > John,
> > >
> > > You can use makemkv, and then handbrake to pull the dvd's from disc and
> > > then make them a smaller file. This should work on both Linux and Windows.
> > > You would use makemkv which is unlimited use for dvd's but requires payment
> > > after a certain time for blu-rays. Then you would take the decrypted file
> > > and use handbrake to make it a burnable file.
> > >
> > > There are far better tutorials out there then what I typed. What OS are
> > > you doing this from?
> > >
> > > On Mon, Dec 14, 2015 at 11:24 AM, john boris <jborissr@gmail.com> wrote:
> > >
> > >> I was pointed to a piece of software that would reduce the size of a
> > >> video so it would fit on a dvd without losing resolution. I was told it was
> > >> dvdshrink. I did a search for it and found a site but it sets off all kinds
> > >> of alarms on my machine.  Has anyone on the list used such software? I have
> > >> a video that is about 2 hrs 40 minutes long and I am trying to get it to a
> > >> dvd without going to a double layer disk. I want it to be playable on most
> > >> DVD players.
> > >>
> > >> TIA
> > >>
> > >> John Boris
> > >>
> > >>
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