Burning DVD

[alengee]

I have a movie I want to put on to DVD but it is too big for the DVD.  Is there a way of doing it?  I hope there is.  Please help
 

[Deerpark]

Lots more information is required.
What file extension do the movie you want to burn have? (Avi, mpeg, vob, etc)
What is the size of the file?
What program are you using to burn it?
What is the size of the DVD you want to burn the movie to? (4,7 or 8.5)
Should the resulting DVD be able to play on a standalone DVD player?

[alengee]

It is AVI and the program I am using is Nero, The DVD I want to burn it on to is 4.7 and to play onto a stand alone DVD player and I am sorry I am not very smart when it come to computers but when I tried to burn it it came up about 4.9 on the scale on the nero burn scale.  I hope this helps.

[Deerpark]

That's a huge AVI file.
Could you please right click the file, select properties and then post the number written next to "Size:".
What version of Nero is it?

[Broni]

You'll need AVI splitter, like this one: http://www.download.com/AviSplit/3000-13631_4-10674145.html?tag=lst-2

[alengee]

I am using Nero 7  and the size of the movie is 697MB  or 731,594,752 bytes.

[Deerpark]

What option in Nero are you choosing when you got to burn the movie?

[alengee]

Make your own DVD movie

[Deerpark]

Hmm then Nero should automatically adjust the video quality so it fits on a disc.
When your on the screen where you add files to the disc.
Click the More button
Click Video Options
Click the DVD-Video tab
Make sure Quality setting is set to Automatic (fit to disc).

This should make sure the file always fits on a disc.

[alengee]

Done that and it still says too big

[Broni]

You'll need AVI splitter, like this one: http://www.download.com/AviSplit/3000-13631_4-10674145.html?tag=lst-2

[patio]

Another option would be a new dual-layer DVD burner from newegg.com for about 40 bucks U.S. if you're in the States...
This will increase the storage capacity to roughly 8.4 G

[alengee]

I want to thank you all for our assistance.  I have decided to try AVI splitter and see if that works.  Once again I thank you

[Broni]

Bring back some good news

[elxr06]

If you are ok with having your movie cut into two pieces and burned to two disks, AVI splitter will do ok.

If you want entire video on 1 disk, maybe get dual layer dvd (DVD DL) with the 8.4gb of space.

or if you are ok with converting file to a smaller file that is compressed and quality of video is acceptable to you, then just use mediaconvert to convert AVI to other format being sure that u reduce quality a bit to save some space.