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Hi, I would like to know if anyone knows a program that will allow me to take two or more dvds from a tv show or other episodic dvd series and combine them on one dvd-r? Many times, the makers of the dvds don't maximize the 4.7gb capacity of the dvd and make 7 dvds instead of 3 or 4 if they did maximize the space. I would like to trim down in that way. Thank you very much.

dvd shrink

try that. also, it is free

can I use dvd shrink with dvd x gold, or do I have to get roxio or nero? Thanks.

i think it has its own buring program inside it

as far as i know, its all in one

You can have it just save to a .ISO file then you can use whatever burning program you want.

How did dvd shrink work out with multiple dvd's? I use dvdshrink and didn't even realize it had this feature. I'll be making good use of it though here shortly. DVD's always seem to be either a half or twice as large. Sucks.

To burn directly w/ dvdshrink you need to have nero, otherwise it will just make the vob files and the iso for you. BTW, the size limit for a commercial dvd is closer to nine 'gig, since it is dual layer. That's why it's called dvd"shrink"...it shrinks it down to a 4.7 gig dvd. With dvdshrink you can strip out all the menus and extras like dubbed languages, subtitles, commentary, etc, and just copy the "main event". That way it won't be as greatly compressed.

Or you can do what I do...rip 'em with dvd shrink and re-encode them as avi files using Dr. Divx.

Yeah... I know what DVD-9 is...

The reason I didn't know DVD Shrink didn't burn DVD's is because the version I've been using is VERY old. Pays to pay attention I guess.