Recorded DVD Plays only part of a movie

[imported_Neeraj]

My friend says he burnt a movie onto a DVD. The movie plays on WMP completely while on the PC, but the DVD recorded only plays back "49 mins 52 secs" of the film. He wants to know how to fix this. I'm trying to find out how long the film actually is...

 

[corkyg]

What kind of movie? COmmercial or home?

 

[imported_Neeraj]

He says its a film, but I don't think its a home-made film.

He says that in WMP, it registers as 13 mins 16 secs, but actually plays for 1 hour 39 mins. He said there were no errors while burning, and the disc surface is scratch-free.

 

[corkyg]

I asked because commercial films (real movies) are copy protected, and it takes special software to rip them. And even that does not always do the job perfectly. On sceond read - it sounds like he reached the capacity of a single DVD - and they will not hold a full length movie on one disk. That will require the new dual layer (about 9 GB) burner and disks. With the right software, he could span the movie onto possibly two DVDs.

 

[corkyg]

One other point - chances are your friend tried to copy the movie directly to a standard DVD (4.7 BG limit.) That will result in a partial movie like you described.

To rip an entire movie, you have to first rip it to your hard drive, which does not have the 4.7 GB limit. Then you have to use other software to get it onto regular DVDs or a dual layer DVD. First burn to the HDD, then run in Recode to compress it to mpeg4 and then into VOB so it will play!

It is a complex process.

 

[imported_Neeraj]

Thanks for your help corkyg. I'll let him know about this and reply back soon.

 

[imported_Neeraj]

Originally posted by: corkyg
One other point - chances are your friend tried to copy the movie directly to a standard DVD (4.7 BG limit.) That will result in a partial movie like you described.

To rip an entire movie, you have to first rip it to your hard drive, which does not have the 4.7 GB limit. Then you have to use other software to get it onto regular DVDs or a dual layer DVD. First burn to the HDD, then run in Recode to compress it to mpeg4 and then into VOB so it will play!

It is a complex process.

He said the software he used was Unlead DVD WorkShop 2.0, and that he doesn't think the DVD reached its maximum capacity. It required 3.3 GB of the DVD to be used.