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donburkard@temple
19th December 2008, 02:05
I have all my movie backed up as .iso's. I play them off my unraid towers on Main Lobby. Untill now that was fine. I will be going on a trip soon and would like to take some backups with me. Im NOT taking the originals because my kids are maniacs! I have a few questions....

1 what is the best program to burn with (IYO)?
i have power2go. it came with a drive i think. is that ok?

2. Can i compress as i burn so i can fit a whole iso on a 4 gig dvd?

3. Is there a way to split the iso in half if not?

Thank you, and if im missing anything please dont hesitate to let me know.:D
dat720
19th December 2008, 05:59
The simplest method for you will be to use DVD Shrink to compress the ISO then burn with ImgBurn (http://www.imgburn.com/index.php?act=download)
CWR03
19th December 2008, 08:45
If you want to keep maximum quality, use DVD Shrink in Movie Only mode, leaving off all the menus, extras and languages you don't need. In most cases you can make a perfect 1:1 copy of the movie that's playable in nearly all standard DVD hardware. If you like the extras you can omit the main movie from a second disk.
donburkard@temple
20th December 2008, 05:21
Thanks Guys.
dat720
20th December 2008, 07:47
If you want to squeeze more rips into your storage device, compress them to h264 in a mkv container rather than taking ISO.

Reason being is your DVD Rips will still be 3-4gb.... depending how much you compress them....
With h264 you'd be able to get them under a gb with much the same quality.
cozandeffect
23rd December 2008, 22:12
Awesome! I really appreciate you clearing this up for me.:thanks:

Is it possible to get it down to around 1/2 GB?
Wombler
23rd December 2008, 22:59
It's possible to compress it to whatever size you want (within reason) but quality will suffer drastically at those sorts of levels.


Wombler
dat720
24th December 2008, 06:26
If your simply transcoding a DVD to a smaller size, 1-2gb would look dredful, you need to use a codec that is more efficient than MPG2, like XVID/DivX or h264, don't get em wrong you can do it, but the results may not be very desirable, especially if it is a action movie or a full frame move (ie not a 2.35:1 aspect movie)