john boris on 14 Dec 2015 09:49:51 -0800


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Re: [PLUG] Looking for dvd shrink software

The video is a football game that Comcast broadcast for us. I took out the commercials but I still can't get it down to the size to fit on a DVD-R. I was going to put it on a flash drive but got outvoted. I still may do the flash drive as it will be much easier. I am making it for our seniors as a gift.

On Mon, Dec 14, 2015 at 12:45 PM, Michael Leone <turgon@mike-leone.com> wrote:
I use Handbrake on Windows all the time. I use the MP4 format most of
the time, because it results in smaller file sizes than MKV, usually.
And MKV is really only needed for advanced audio codec, like DTS or
Bluray audio.

I don't know if you want to burn a DVD capable of playing in a
standalone DVD player, or just a regular data DVD, with the single,
much smaller video file on it.

On Mon, Dec 14, 2015 at 12:39 PM, Chris Norton <chris@nortoninc.info> wrote:
> The program, handbrake, will work on Windows or Linux.
>
>
> On Mon, Dec 14, 2015 at 12:38 PM, john boris <jborissr@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> Gavin,
>> I will give that a try.
>>
>> Chris,
>> AI will try what you say as well. I am usually doing this in Windows but I
>> have VirtualBox on my desktop PC and have a Ubuntu VM so I have the best of
>> both worlds available to me.
>>
>> On Mon, Dec 14, 2015 at 12:35 PM, Chris Norton <chris@nortoninc.info>
>> wrote:
>>>
>>> John,
>>>
>>> You can definitely give that a try. I was trying to offer a gui related
>>> application just in case. Either way, you can get that image resized with no
>>> problem.
>>>
>>> On Mon, Dec 14, 2015 at 12:31 PM, Gavin W. Burris <bug@wharton.upenn.edu>
>>> 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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