gotdamojo06 Posted September 25, 2006 Posted September 25, 2006 I have an .iso file that I would like to burn to a DVD, yet the .iso file is large, it is 4 GB. Is there any way that I could compress the file to make it fit on the DVD? If this is in the wrong spot, you can move it, didnt know where to post it at Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
martymcfly Posted September 25, 2006 Posted September 25, 2006 So what is the problem? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
cdoggown Posted September 25, 2006 Posted September 25, 2006 DVD's are 4.7GB (or 4.4, depending on your definition of a gigabyte). You should be fine. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sdy284 Posted September 25, 2006 Posted September 25, 2006 last time i checked blank single layer dvd's hold 4.7gb of data so like marty said...what's the problem? Do you need help on knowing how to burn an .iso? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gotdamojo06 Posted September 25, 2006 Posted September 25, 2006 I put a DVD in and it said that it was too large to burn to the DVD, so I dont know why it is saying this. I do also have a 6 GB iso i would like to burn to a DVD, can that be done? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sdy284 Posted September 25, 2006 Posted September 25, 2006 what are these ISO's you're trying to burn to DVD's ? if they're games just donwload alcohol 52% or 120% or daemon tools & mount the ISO's on a virtual drive & install them Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SMeeD Posted September 25, 2006 Posted September 25, 2006 It might be the media your using, if your using cheap media try and buy a couple of the more expensive disks and see if it works. I know you can overburn CDs but overburning a DVD to 6gb doesnt seem possible. Your going to need a dual layer DVD for that. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gotdamojo06 Posted September 25, 2006 Posted September 25, 2006 I have alcohol 120% and I use that to mount the images, but I would like to burn them to watch them on the tv they are movies Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BTSchnarfy Posted September 25, 2006 Posted September 25, 2006 For $30 PowerISO is a handy-dandy little program. It'll compress an .iso file pretty well. However, I don't know if it'll get the 6 gig file down enough to fit on a single layer DVD, though. Anyway, what software are you using to burn the image that is giving you errors? The 4 gig image shouldn't have any problems burning to a blank DVD. Also, what media are you trying to burn to (brand, DVD-R or DVD+R, etc.)? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gotdamojo06 Posted September 25, 2006 Posted September 25, 2006 im at the library right now but if i remember correctly, i use the alcohol 120% to burn to the dvd and i think that htey were dvd+r, but these are not for sure right now, because im not at home Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BTSchnarfy Posted September 25, 2006 Posted September 25, 2006 Is it the full version of Alcohol 120%? 'Cause I'm pretty sure that the trial version only lets you burn an image up to like 300MB or something like that (I may be wrong though, been a while since I've used it). Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
henbenley Posted September 25, 2006 Posted September 25, 2006 I have alcohol 120% and I use that to mount the images, but I would like to burn them to watch them on the tv they are movies Since they are movies I would extract the files (using MagicISO) and then open up the files in DVD Shrink. Using DVD Shrink you should be able to compress the files to fit onto a single layer DVD. The 4gb one shouldnt be a problem but the 6gb one would be. In the end you should have a bunch of .vob files and then an .ifo file or something. Then you can burn them to a DVD and it should play in your DVD player. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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