editing and burning from a movie dvd

Bill Myrick · Post by **Bill Myrick** » 22 May 2011 7:19 am

I have a dvd of a movie that runs too long ( over two hours) to copy onto a regular 120 minute dvd blank. Can I load the movie into my computer in some place and edit it down to less minutes then make a dvd of that ? What programs, how to, etc. Help appreciated . Bill.

Gary Shepherd · Post by **Gary Shepherd** » 22 May 2011 6:42 pm

DVDFab

Steve Norman · Post by **Steve Norman** » 22 May 2011 10:11 pm

on linux vobcopy
need to have lib libraries installed

Michael Maddex · Post by **Michael Maddex** » 23 May 2011 5:01 am

FWIW: Why shorten the movie? It should fit on a dual-layer DVD. HTH.

Bill Myrick · Post by **Bill Myrick** » 23 May 2011 6:43 am

Michael:
I wonder if my stand alone dvd copier would copy it on a dual layer ? When I try to copy it now on my regular 120 minute cd's it says not enough room . I have no knowledge of this as you can tell. Thanks for the info.

Gary Shepherd · Post by **Gary Shepherd** » 23 May 2011 6:56 am

DVDFab (and most of the other DVD copying software) will copy bit-for-bit the original to the new disc. If needed, it will also compress the original to fit to a smaller disc. If that's done, it will tell you the compression rate. There's a 30-day free trial that will work for you. You can buy later if you like it or just uninstall it if you don't.

Michael Maddex · Post by **Michael Maddex** » 23 May 2011 7:26 am

Bill Myrick wrote:When I try to copy it now on my regular 120 minute cd's it says not enough room .

That sounds like your copier can read the original. The documentation should tell you if it can write to dual-layer media. If it doesn't, I'd say buy a small pack of discs and give it a try. You can't lose, you'll find a use for those DVDs sometime -- even if it's just target practice :-)

My PC is kind of old and I couldn't find any info on whether or not the burner would handle dual-layer so I just gave it a try and it worked. That makes me think that the hardware capability has been around for awhile. HTH. Good luck.

Bill Myrick · Post by **Bill Myrick** » 23 May 2011 7:41 am

I just talked with Sony Techs and they assured me my duplicator will indeed copy dual layer but most of the blanks I find are +RW I recall someplace in my player literature that it prefers -RW but the tech allowed any house player that plays the original movie should also play the copy on a +RW disc. We'll see--I got some coming. Thanx guys.