DVD43 and disc size?

I installed a copy of DVD43. It seemed to be successfully copying a
protected disk . . . . then at the BURN stage it gave a message that the
blank DVD didn't have enough space. I was using a standard DVD-r with 4.76
GB. Do they make larger discs? Am I missing something?

On Mon, 21 Apr 2008 07:21:40 -0500, "Bubba" <rhl@hal-pc.org> wrote:

>I installed a copy of DVD43. It seemed to be successfully copying a
>protected disk . . . . then at the BURN stage it gave a message that the
>blank DVD didn't have enough space. I was using a standard DVD-r with 4.76
>GB. Do they make larger discs? Am I missing something?


DVD43 only take away the DVD protection so you can copy/ripp
it to your harddrive.
If the orginal disc is over 4.6Gb large then you have to burn the
copy onto a DVD+R DL (8.5Gb) disc .
Or you can shrink the ripped DVD with DVD Shrink,
so it fits onto a DVD+R (4.7Gb) disc.

DVD Shrink
http://fileforum.betanews.com/detail...k/1050004458/1

"Bubba" <rhl@hal-pc.org> wrote in message
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>I installed a copy of DVD43. It seemed to be successfully copying a
>protected disk . . . . then at the BURN stage it gave a message that the
>blank DVD didn't have enough space. I was using a standard DVD-r with 4.76
>GB. Do they make larger discs? Am I missing something?
>
>



if the original dvd has a gold sheen ( assuming it's a shop bought dvd) then
it's dual layer - so you need a dual layer blank - either that or software
to re-encode it.



--
Gareth.

That fly, is your magic wand.....

"CoMa" <hubbabub-nys@algonet.se> wrote in message
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> On Mon, 21 Apr 2008 07:21:40 -0500, "Bubba" <rhl@hal-pc.org> wrote:
>
>>I installed a copy of DVD43. It seemed to be successfully copying a
>>protected disk . . . . then at the BURN stage it gave a message that the
>>blank DVD didn't have enough space. I was using a standard DVD-r with
>>4.76
>>GB. Do they make larger discs? Am I missing something?
>
>
> DVD43 only take away the DVD protection so you can copy/ripp
> it to your harddrive.
> If the orginal disc is over 4.6Gb large then you have to burn the
> copy onto a DVD+R DL (8.5Gb) disc .
> Or you can shrink the ripped DVD with DVD Shrink,
> so it fits onto a DVD+R (4.7Gb) disc.
>
> DVD Shrink
> http://fileforum.betanews.com/detail...k/1050004458/1

There's another possibility: Divide the movie and put it on 2 separate
discs. Is there any freeware that will work this way?

Norm

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>
> "CoMa" <hubbabub-nys@algonet.se> wrote in message
> news:nl4p041g691v8vv0mn7hk5q6q83devkbfn@4ax.com...
>> On Mon, 21 Apr 2008 07:21:40 -0500, "Bubba" <rhl@hal-pc.org> wrote:
>>
>>>I installed a copy of DVD43. It seemed to be successfully copying a
>>>protected disk . . . . then at the BURN stage it gave a message that the
>>>blank DVD didn't have enough space. I was using a standard DVD-r with
>>>4.76
>>>GB. Do they make larger discs? Am I missing something?
>>
>>
>> DVD43 only take away the DVD protection so you can copy/ripp
>> it to your harddrive.
>> If the orginal disc is over 4.6Gb large then you have to burn the
>> copy onto a DVD+R DL (8.5Gb) disc .
>> Or you can shrink the ripped DVD with DVD Shrink,
>> so it fits onto a DVD+R (4.7Gb) disc.
>>
>> DVD Shrink
>> http://fileforum.betanews.com/detail...k/1050004458/1
>
> There's another possibility: Divide the movie and put it on 2 separate
> discs. Is there any freeware that will work this way?
>
> Norm
>

I have never done this, but it should be possible to reauthor a disk using
DVD Shrink.

My preferred method of copying a disk is to use 1-Click DVD Pro, which
allows me to copy the entrie disk, or just the movie portion. Some of the
choices allow you to compress the file so it fits onto a regular-size DVD-r.
I haven't noticed any real problem or loss of quality with the compression,
but I suppose there is some.