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Burning a Super Video CD

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Hey guys now this is the delima im in. I recently ripped a DVD and its on my hard drive. When i "Get Info" about it it say that the file is on 1.2Gb. The file type is a .mp4 extention.

Now I hace Toast 6 Titanium as my burning software and when I click on Video thing up the top and change the settings so that it's set to DVD-video over on the left When i drag the file (the one i ripped) onto the program it goes over the marker. Now this for 1 i dont understand due to the fact that a blank dvd is 4.7Gb and the file is only 1.2Gb.

However if i change the settings on the left (on the Toast application) to Super Video CD and then change the disc option from CD (which is default) to DVD the movie file fits.

Now if i burn this as a Super Audio CD but onto a DVD will it work?

Or is there something that I am missing. Could someone please help me out with this, I would greatly appreciate it. Thanks
 
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DVDs and Super VCDs use MPEG2 as file format, the diference beetwen each is the resolution of the video. Once you ripped the DVD you change it to MPEG4, that makes it a lot smaller, but you are going back to MPEG2 so it will return to its original size.
Most of the DVD players are read VCD and Super VCD also, so it should work but i have never tired that or heard of something similar (burn SuperVCD in a DVD).
My advice split the movie and burn it in 2 DVDs or use a double-layer DVD.
 

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