Software for DVD creation?

Thoth093

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For a while now, the only DVD software I have is the crappy version of My DVD that came with my rewritable. I also have the version of Nero Burning Rom that came with the same drive, but it practically won't do anything DVD-related until you pony up some more cash.

I've decided to end my poverty in this regard, but I need some advice on which software package to use. I'd primarily be burning legal movie and video clip downloads (such as from the Wayback Machine archives) to disc to watch on my regular player.

I'm frustrated constantly by My DVD, which does the job sometimes, mostly poorly. It makes no sense to me. For example: Last night, I was trying to burn Carnival of Souls, a film I downloaded from Internet Archive, AKA Wayback. It's about 650 meg. I selected it, and suddenly my DVD tells me that I'm 800 meg OVER the 4-plus gigabyte capacity of my DVD.

I don't understand this. I know things have to be transcoded or whatever, but how can a 650 meg file become more than 4 gig in a single mouse click?

Any help and advice is much appreciated.

Brian
 

CalvinHobbs

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Ulead 8.0, WinDVD Creator are the two i use...download the trial and have a go...Ulead even gives you option to compress after encoding to fit into one disk
 

marmasatt

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I use Intervideo's WinDVD Creator as well. I find it very easy for a noob.... Check your PM.