Can I reduce quality of one vob to save space?

I used ifoedit to extract movies and created new vob files, get vts sectors and all. My file is too big 4.8, and too big even with the credits removed. 1. How can I save time by reducing quality of one of the vob's by a tiny bit, to save some room? 2. If you do the above, do you have to go through the entire process of creating new vobs and get vts sectors again? 3. How can I test my new TS_VIDEO directory? I notice it will play fine in my pc DVD player and still not play in other DVD players. Thanks

Read the DVD guides at Doom9. There are many ways to do what you ask. Mark

The real DVD burning size max is about 4.38GB not 4.7GB. The DVD people use the same MB size as HD people do. They consider a MB as 1000KB's and not the Microsoft way of 1024. So you will need to reduce that 4.8Gb about 500Mb's to fit. Mark

use dvd2one. peroid.

Chumboy I am glad you like it, but many seem to find the quality lacking at times. I much prefer the manual way, myself. There is no period here. It maybe good, but there are other choices out there. Mark

markrb, i agree about the quality and i prefer ifoedit. the period was meant just for litlin. not everybody else. i was trying to give him a pain-free option by suggesting something as simple as dvd2one. perhaps it was presumptious of me to assume litlin was new at this, since he has 10 posts. no offense intended to ifoedit or other methods.

HI all, Thanks for your responses. Yes, I have lots of posts. I am new at this and am trying to figure it all out. I do follow the tips here and the guides here, they are helpful but I have tons of questions. I need a dummies book on this topic. But if anybody wants to make 20 or 40 bucks in paypal and tutor me for an hour or two or answer my questions, please let me know and we can do it via instant messenger. I dontk now anybody in my town or at work who knows this stuff at all. You guys seem to know the details. The guides are great but I need experienced users to help clear things up. Thanks again

litlin just take your time and practice. I know it seems daunting. Where it comes to DVD I am just beyond your point now. Just a few weeks ago I started doing DVD myself. My background here is for DVD2SVCD and not DVD. Start reading the easier guides and then work your way to the more complex ones. It will take time for it to sink it, but it will. Once it does there will be a lightbulb going off in your head that all of a sudden you understand. The best way is by doing along side the guides. Be patient. Keep in mind that IFOEdit is not an authoring tool. It is powerful for what it does, but it is no Maestro or Scenerist. Mark