DUAL LAYER DVDS?

by **HOLYSPIRIT** on Mon Sep 22, 2003 1:31 pm

Before I buy a DVD burner...

Whats the deal with dual layer dvds?
Can I make proper back ups of my dvd movies
do I have to make it across multiple disks?

by **dhc014** on Mon Sep 22, 2003 1:57 pm

There are no dual layer recordable DVD's. There are dual sided recordable DVD's. You need to either split the DVD or recompress it so that it fits on a single disc with the expense of some video quality.

by **tazdevl** on Mon Sep 22, 2003 3:00 pm

dhc014 wrote:There are no dual layer recordable DVD's. There are dual sided recordable DVD's. You need to either split the DVD or recompress it so that it fits on a single disc with the expense of some video quality.

IMO you have to be either sitting next to the screen or be looking at it with a microscope to see a difference these days.

by **HOLYSPIRIT** on Mon Sep 22, 2003 3:57 pm

thanks,

I geuss I should look into the software side of things then.

by **burninfool** on Mon Sep 22, 2003 4:34 pm

For more info. about DVD writers and backing up visit these sites:
www.doom9.org
www.dvdrhelp.com

by **BurninMan921** on Mon Sep 22, 2003 9:28 pm

Use DVD Shrink: www.dvdshrink.org.

It's the best program for compressing movies...

by **hoxlund** on Tue Sep 23, 2003 11:17 am

I second that motion about dvdshrink, if you need extra help with dvdshrink go here: www.dvdshrink.info

ive burned around 170 dvd movies with dvdshrink and nero express, so i can say dvdshrink rules

by **HyperYagami** on Wed Sep 24, 2003 12:52 am

tazdevl wrote:IMO you have to be either sitting next to the screen or be looking at it with a microscope to see a difference these days.

yes you can. try compress any tv series dvd9 disc (friends, alias, etc.) into a dvd5 and you'll see the difference even on a 13" tv.

by **hoxlund** on Wed Sep 24, 2003 10:26 am

for some reason your right about tv shows, for some reason if you compress it easier to see the compresssion although its still excellent quality

happened with my Sopranos Season 1-3, so i just made the 4 disk seasons into 8 disks each without compression

by **HyperYagami** on Wed Sep 24, 2003 12:16 pm

hoxlund wrote:for some reason your right about tv shows, for some reason if you compress it easier to see the compresssion although its still excellent quality

happened with my Sopranos Season 1-3, so i just made the 4 disk seasons into 8 disks each without compression

it's because most tv-shows are running 29.97fps interlaced, while most movies are 24fps progressive. also most of the time tv-source isn't as clean as movie-source and thus the source is not really good to start with.

by **hoxlund** on Wed Sep 24, 2003 12:24 pm

i can understand that, thx for the tip

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