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Old 02-06-2007, 03:12 PM   #1
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AVI 2 DVD Burner

I have a program called AVI DVD Burner 2007. I want to burn 22 episodes of Law & Order: SVU (7.52 GB) on to DVDs.

The program will only let me burn 6 at once, any more it will say it wouldn't fit. This would only be 2.05 GB. I have DVDs 4.7 GB.

What does it do with the other 2.65 GB? Is this the best way to burn AVI to DVDs?
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AVI 2 DVD transcodes the .avi files into .mpeg files that are required for DVD playback. This results in a significant increase in file size.

When I've done this conversion, I've always selected 'best' quality. I've found file size to triple in the conversion process. Obviously, lower quality transcoding will result in smaller .mpg files, but it's not something I'd recommend doing. You're going to be losing quality anyway with this conversion, it's by no means an ideal.

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AVI 2 DVD transcodes the .avi files into .mpeg files that are required for DVD playback. This results in a significant increase in file size.

When I've done this conversion, I've always selected 'best' quality. I've found file size to triple in the conversion process. Obviously, lower quality transcoding will result in smaller .mpg files, but it's not something I'd recommend doing. You're going to be losing quality anyway with this conversion, it's by no means an ideal.

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So I should just do 6 per DVD max quality? That would be 4 DVDs.
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Do however many you can get on a DVD using the best possible quality.

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