Create Disc Problem

David_Camilleri_140865

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Mar 11, 2013 18:10

I have a divx file of 1.5Gb. When I insert this file to create a DVD disc, the size of the divx balloons to 8.1Gb.

How come?

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James Dotson

Senior Contributor Location: Tennessee Joined: Aug 24, 2009 20:40 Messages: 3066 Offline

Mar 11, 2013 22:12

The DVD file will be bigger than the DivX. However, the file size estimated for create disc are known to be excessive. I generally burn to a folder first using the setting for an 8.5GB disc. Then I burn that to a disc, assuming the real DVD size is small enough. Unfortunately, this requires additional software since PD will not burn the folder to a disc once saved.

I will guess that a 1.5GB DivX will still end up over 5GB as a DVD. I could be wrong. __________________________________
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Carl312

Senior Contributor Location: Texas, USA Joined: Mar 16, 2010 20:11 Messages: 9090 Offline

Mar 11, 2013 22:35

There is plenty of free disk burning software. Cyberlink has Power2Go, there are free versions of Power2Go. If you are a Silver Member you can download a free version of Power2Go.

Just search for Disk Burning software.
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David_Camilleri_140865

Member Joined: Jul 21, 2010 05:22 Messages: 51 Offline

Mar 12, 2013 05:16

Quote: There is plenty of free disk burning software. Cyberlink has Power2Go, there are free versions of Power2Go. If you are a Silver Member you can download a free version of Power2Go.

Just search for Disk Burning software.

I usually use Nero Burning Software however it cannot circumvent the problem. Power Director 13 LIVE 13.0.2104.0 64 Bit
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Carl312

Senior Contributor Location: Texas, USA Joined: Mar 16, 2010 20:11 Messages: 9090 Offline

Mar 12, 2013 10:16

Quote:

Quote: There is plenty of free disk burning software. Cyberlink has Power2Go, there are free versions of Power2Go. If you are a Silver Member you can download a free version of Power2Go.

Just search for Disk Burning software.

I usually use Nero Burning Software however it cannot circumvent the problem.

I also use Nero Burning ROM. (It is not free).

The problem of final size on the DVD is because of the standard for a DVD Video Disk.
Only MPEG2 is used. The Bit rate is about 8-10 Mbps.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DVD-Video Carl312: Windows 10 64-bit 8 GB RAM,AMD Phenom II X4 965 3.4 GHz,ATI Radeon HD 5770 1GB,240GB SSD,two 1TB HDs.

David_Camilleri_140865

Member Joined: Jul 21, 2010 05:22 Messages: 51 Offline

Mar 12, 2013 10:27

Quote:

Quote: There is plenty of free disk burning software. Cyberlink has Power2Go, there are free versions of Power2Go. If you are a Silver Member you can download a free version of Power2Go.

Just search for Disk Burning software.

I usually use Nero Burning Software however it cannot circumvent the problem.

I also use Nero Burning ROM. (It is not free).

The problem of final size on the DVD is because of the standard for a DVD Video Disk.
Only MPEG2 is used. The Bit rate is about 8-10 Mbps.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DVD-Video

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