film file too big for dvd?

[berniecuddles]

Hi all just downloaded an old film i have been after (avi) file,its only 1hr 24 mins long i am trying to burn it to dvd using nero 10 its telling me the file is to big to fit on the dvd,
actual size is 4.97gb trying to fit on 4.7 dvd blank disc how can i make it fit the dvd please
thank you

[MarkRae]

Get one of these: http://www.amazon.co....idually/dp/B0009N0POE

[berniecuddles]

cheers mark i have thought of that after reading about it earlier, but is there any way i can shrink it down to fit have tried dvd shrink but no good!

[berniecuddles]

as we speak nero has decided it will burn it to dvd after telling me it wont fit how strange is that?

[MarkRae]

Possibly, but when you can subsequently play it is a different matter...

[berniecuddles]

ok thx again mark dvd done and is playing ok (old beatles) movie have a good weekend m8

[Red_John]

is burning it in DVD format or is it trying to write it as data to a DVD? I would have thought it should fit easily.

[berniecuddles]

dvd format john by the way it has burned it

[AlBags]

Of course it's not DVD format.
You started with an avi file .. To change this to DVD format means that the whole movie has to be re-rendered into MPEG2 format .. and the DVD authoring with a software conversion pprogram.
So you are playing the file with a dvd player that will play avi, jpg, mp3 files.
To make a proper DVD requires the conversion program.

DVD format is nothing to do with the burning process.

[AlBags]

PS. A 1hr 24min avi file that will play directly as data avi on a home player cannot be nearly 5 Gb.