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While burning movies to DVD, you may have encountered one of these frequently asked questions:<br/> 1. How can some people fit 13 movies or more in one DVD? 4.7 GB DVD?<br/> 2. I made a personal video that I want to share with friends and family, but it came out to be roughly 8GB. How can I compress an 8GB movie to fit onto a standard DVD?<br/> 3. I want to burn some of my videos but it's too large to fit into one DVD. Is there a way to compress the videos to fit?<br/> 4. I have video files that are AVI and are 100 to 110 MB each. How can i compress them to burn onto DVD-R and watch it on a normal DVD player? </em></p> <p> </p> <p>There are much more similar questions asked again and again on the net. This article will include the detailed information on how to compress video to DVD in three parts:<br/> <em><strong>Part 1</strong></em> <a href="#marker">DVD Media Formats and Choosing DVD Disc</a><br/> <em><strong>Part 2</strong></em> <a href="how-to-compress-videos-to-dvd.html">How to Compress Video Files to Fit on a DVD?</a><br/> <em><strong>Part 3</strong></em> <a href="how-to-split-video-to-burn-dvd.html">How to Split Video Files to Burn Multiple DVD? </a></p> <p> </p> <p>To find an effective and easy solution to these circumstances that fits your need, let's first have a quick look at DVD format. </p> <p> </p> <a name="marker"><h2>Understanding the Types of Recordable DVD Media Formats</h2></a> <p> </p> <p>Generally, there are two kinds of DVD disc we may use in regarding to sizes:<br/> <strong>DVD-5</strong> holds 4.7GB and is supported by the DVD+R/RW and DVD-R/RW formats. It is also known as Single-Sided Single Layer. Most often when we are talking about DVD disc, we mean DVD-5, which also called standard DV disc. In theory, a DVD-5 is able to hold up to 120 minutes of videos.</p> <p> </p> <p><strong>DVD-9</strong> holds 8.5GB and is supported by the DVD+R and DVD-R formats. It is also known as Single-Sided Double Layer (sometimes called Dual Layer). The official names are DVD-R DL and DVD+R DL. DVD-9 holds less than 240-minutes of video files. </p> <p> </p> <p>Besides, there are also DVD-10 and DVD-18 which is not commonly used. (More on <a href="http://www.dvdvideotool.org/resources-and-knowledge/what-is-dvd-format.html" target="_blank">DVD Format Knowledge</a>.)</p> <img src="../images/dvd-creator/dvd-media-format.jpg" alt="dvd-media-format" width="550" height="270" /> <p> </p> <h2>Which DVD Format Should I Use?</h2> <p>Now back to our point – How to compress video files to fit a DVD disc? If you are trying to make a DVD for watching on DVD player and television, you will need a <a href="../dvd-creator/index.html">DVD authoring program</a>. To decide which typed of DVD you need depends on a few factors:</p> <p> </p> <p>1. <strong>The File Size</strong>. Obviously, a less than 1GB movie doesn't need a DVD-9.<br/> 2. <strong>DVD Burner</strong>. When choosing DVD-9, you need to check with your DVD Burner of your PC to see if it supports burning Double Layer and/or Double-Sided DVDs. <br/> 3. <strong>DVD Burning Program</strong>. Some tools are able to burn DVD-5 and DVD-9, some only support DVD-5, so make sure you don't miss this point. Latest DVD burning tools should all be able to handle with DVD-9. <br/> 4. <strong>DVD Player</strong>. Trying to burn a movie for DVD player? Then read the manual or specs to see what DVD formats it supports. 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