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Okay, I can't figure this one out. I have blank DVD's rated at 4.7 Gb and 120
minutes. Why is it that I can't record a home video which I transferred to my
computer onto one of these disks, when the file size is a little over 3 Gb, and
the run-time is 90 minutes? Is that much of the blank taken up with formatting
or something? Also, I just saw a 25 pack of dual-layer DVD blanks for $80 at
CompUSA's site. Has the price of these things come down that fast ? I thought
sure the movie industry would keep the price of blank dual-layer media high
enough to protect their movie investments. Thanks.

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> Okay, I can't figure this one out. I have blank DVD's rated at 4.7 Gb and
> 120
> minutes. Why is it that I can't record a home video which I transferred to
> my
> computer onto one of these disks, when the file size is a little over 3
> Gb, and
> the run-time is 90 minutes? Is that much of the blank taken up with
> formatting
> or something? Also, I just saw a 25 pack of dual-layer DVD blanks for $80
> at
> CompUSA's site. Has the price of these things come down that fast ? I
> thought
> sure the movie industry would keep the price of blank dual-layer media
> high
> enough to protect their movie investments. Thanks.
>

Firstly,which program are you attempting to burn the disc with ?
Second,what format is the video file in ? MPEG2,DIVX ? etc
Thirdly,when you put the video file into the burning program project,does it
tell you the amount of space it will take up ? You said it's going over 4.7
GB,but by how much ?

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>> Okay, I can't figure this one out. I have blank DVD's rated at 4.7 Gb and
>> 120
>> minutes. Why is it that I can't record a home video which I transferred
>> to my
>> computer onto one of these disks, when the file size is a little over 3
>> Gb, and
>> the run-time is 90 minutes? Is that much of the blank taken up with
>> formatting
>> or something? Also, I just saw a 25 pack of dual-layer DVD blanks for $80
>> at
>> CompUSA's site. Has the price of these things come down that fast ? I
>> thought
>> sure the movie industry would keep the price of blank dual-layer media
>> high
>> enough to protect their movie investments. Thanks.
>>
>
> Firstly,which program are you attempting to burn the disc with ?
> Second,what format is the video file in ? MPEG2,DIVX ? etc
> Thirdly,when you put the video file into the burning program project,does
> it tell you the amount of space it will take up ? You said it's going over
> 4.7 GB,but by how much ?
>
>
>

I also forgot to mention that if the video file is in MPEG2 format(which i
have my doubts about,but correct me if i am wrong) then it should fit on the
disc by only taking up about 65% of the disc space. If it is in another
format this may be why you get this error.It may be that the file needs to
be re-encoded to MPEG2 first