Jim B Posted March 19, 2012 Report Share Posted March 19, 2012 Can I burn more than 1 iso file to a DVD disk? I have 10 of them and would like to burn them 2 per disk. This would give me about 2 hours of video on a disk. Would appreciate any help. Thanks, Jim B. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bimicher Posted March 19, 2012 Report Share Posted March 19, 2012 Can I burn more than 1 iso file to a DVD disk? I have 10 of them and would like to burn them 2 per disk. This would give me about 2 hours of video on a disk. Would appreciate any help. Thanks, Jim B. No you cannot burn 2 iso files to a disc. Remember an iso file is an exact image of a complete disc You could extract the video back to your hard drive and then somehow combine the 2 movies into a single iso file. Also, putting to hours of video on DVD will most likely reduce the quality of the video. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim B Posted March 19, 2012 Author Report Share Posted March 19, 2012 I guess no was the answer I was looking for. It'll save me a lot of time. I'll try something similar to what you suggest and get back. Jim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim_Hardin Posted March 19, 2012 Report Share Posted March 19, 2012 You are not at all clear on what your goal is... Normally an ISO is a disc image and can only be 1 per disc, as Walt indicated... HOWEVER, if you are mounting the ISO's to a virtual drive... Then you could burn as many that will fit onto a DVD (data disc) and pull them one at a time into the virtual drive. More details always help Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim B Posted March 20, 2012 Author Report Share Posted March 20, 2012 You're right I wasn't clear about what I was trying to do that's why I asked the question. I cranked up videowave, opened the episode 1 mpg file and added the episode 2 mpg file at the end of 1. I burnt that to a disk and was satisfied with the results. The videos are of grainy, black and white films taken during the first world war. A little compression doesn't really matter. Jim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim_Hardin Posted March 20, 2012 Report Share Posted March 20, 2012 You're right I wasn't clear about what I was trying to do that's why I asked the question. I cranked up videowave, opened the episode 1 mpg file and added the episode 2 mpg file at the end of 1. I burnt that to a disk and was satisfied with the results. The videos are of grainy, black and white films taken during the first world war. A little compression doesn't really matter. Jim OK, great! It can matter... we see this with converting VHS tapes too. If the Quality of the Source is low to start with, reducing the Output Quality to fit a disc only makes it worse Keep in mind that with digital, you can only hope for equal quality. You cannot make it better but you can easily make it WORSE Trying to pack too much on a DVD is a false savings! Considering the BEST media (Taiyo Yuden (JVC)) is only 22 to 28¢ each for a 100 pack, you can never justify reduced quality... And consider using Double Sided (8GB) discs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim B Posted March 20, 2012 Author Report Share Posted March 20, 2012 OK, great! It can matter... we see this with converting VHS tapes too. If the Quality of the Source is low to start with, reducing the Output Quality to fit a disc only makes it worse Keep in mind that with digital, you can only hope for equal quality. You cannot make it better but you can easily make it WORSE Trying to pack too much on a DVD is a false savings! Considering the BEST media (Taiyo Yuden (JVC)) is only 22 to 28¢ each for a 100 pack, you can never justify reduced quality... And consider using Double Sided (8GB) discs Heard of JVC, not the other two. Haven't even seen them on the shelves around here. I use Verbatim media. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim_Hardin Posted March 20, 2012 Report Share Posted March 20, 2012 Sorry! 'Taiyo Yuden' is "one word" and they are JVC Verbatim is 1st runner up I haven't actually used any TY's since I have yet to exhaust my my stocks of Verbatim's One thing to watch for with Verbatim, is to make sure they are made in Sinapore! Even they have farmed out some work lately Souns like you are on the right track! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ogdens Posted March 20, 2012 Report Share Posted March 20, 2012 Heard of JVC, not the other two. Haven't even seen them on the shelves around here. I use Verbatim media. Have a look at this site for DVD info http://www.digitalfaq.com/reviews/dvd-media.htm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Can I burn more than 1 iso file to a DVD disk? I have 10 of them and would like to burn them 2 per disk. This would give me about 2 hours of video on a disk. Would appreciate any help.
Thanks, Jim B.
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