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Can I copy a dual layer dvd to a standard dvd?
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I have a dual layer dvd movie at 11.4gb that I would like to copy to a standard 4.7gb dvd. Is it possible and what app do I need to do it? I have Roxio toast 10 and Visual Hub but I cannot see any options to compress the TS video file down to the correct size.
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Dual Layer DVD maxes out at 8.7 minigigs, so 11.4 sounds strange no matter how you count. I think Toast can recompress to DVD, but I haven't used it in too may versions to remember how.
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The new Mac Pro has up to 30 MB of cache inside the processor itself. That's more than the HD in my first Mac. Somehow I'm still running out of space.
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I have a Video TS folder that when I drag into the Toast DVD-Video window it shows 11.71 on disk (I got the size wrong), although when I "get info" on the Video TS folder prior to dragging across it shows 7.3gb. I'm confused! 
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It depends on what "mode" Toast is in... if it is in a mode where it plans to re-encode the video, then the file size it shows will be a simple product of the video run time and the data rate (the data rate it plans to use). So in this case, its current setting would actually increase the bitrate compared to your source. Try finding a setting to lower the quality (resolution or bitrate). I also haven't used Toast in a long time, but when I did it was limited to constant bitrate, or close to it, which is not optimal for maximizing compression.
Edit: Why can't you burn it to a dual layer DVD?
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I think I used to rely on DVD2oneX to achieve that.
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Originally Posted by Uncle Skeleton 
Edit: Why can't you burn it to a dual layer DVD?
I don't have any dual layer blank dvd's. If it is necessary now to buy some I will .... but can I burn dual layer DVD's on my Intel iMac?
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you do. When you understand why you dismiss all the other possible gods,
you will understand why I dismiss yours." - Stephen F. Roberts
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Popcorn can compress a DL-DVD to fit onto a single layer DVDR. Depending on the machine, that can take a while.
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Do you need it in a DVD-player compatible disc?
If not, you could re-encode it as an h264 mp4, mkv, or avi, with higher quality than mpeg2 and still make it fit in 4.7gb.
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