So I wanted to give a friend an old series on DVD. I thought since I have the series ISOs I can just burn them to disc. BUT the blank DVDs I have are 4GB DVDs and the ISOs are 8GB each. Now I have some spare BDs but apparently the work involved in migrating DVD ISOs to BD is not worth it. Is there no way I can fix this without having to search for higher capacity DVDs?

  • retro@infosec.pubEnglish
    34·
    12 hours ago

    You have two options:

    1. Compress the video using something like Handbrake. It won’t look as good but you can give it a test pass to see what it looks like
    2. Buy DVD 9 Double layer discs that will actually fit the contents

    Suprise 3rd option: Split the ISO over multiple discs /s

    • Creat@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
      13·
      9 hours ago

      Compressing it with handbrake will probably not look worse. MPEG2 used in DVD is notoriously inefficient by today’s standards. Depending on the codec selected, it’ll be a fraction of the size with no visible differences.

      Unless you mean to keep the DVD structure and playability in DVD players (including menus and everything), but I don’t think handbrake can do that.