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listed below works very well when the total size of an exported DVD
movie does not exceed too far from the desired disc size, e.g., for
a reduction between 25% to 35%; and it works great if the needed
reduction is less than 15%.
Here, we assume that the input is MPEG-2 video suitable for DVD
production without the need of video re-encoding.
Step 1. Download and install freeware DVD Shrink,
for which the latest version is v3.2.0.15. Do a Google if you
don't know where to find it.
Step 2. Build your DVD project with this editor, and
export the VIDEO_TS with the "automatic" encoder settings, so that
the main video segments, except a few seconds of fades and
transitions, are all stream copy, as indicated by the blue color on
the encoder map.
Step 3. Start DVD Shrink and do the following
steps.
3-a Click "Open Files" and select the VIDEO_TS from Step
2.
3-b Open "Edit -> Preferences..." and select your
desired disc size.
3-b Click "Backup" and select a new export file folder.
For a DVD-5 (4.7GB) export, Step 3 will only take about 10 to 15
minutes.
Step 4. Start your DVD burning software, and burn the
output from Step 3 as a "DVD-VIDEO" project.
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