# Compressing DVD files.

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/compressing-dvd-files/336420>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [December 20, 2005, 5:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/compressing-dvd-files/336420 "2005-12-20T05:50:52Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![King\_Friday](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/43a26b/32.png) [@King\_Friday](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/King_Friday)\
**Post date:** [December 20, 2005, 5:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/compressing-dvd-files/336420/1 "2005-12-20T05:50:52Z")

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I’m trying to copy a home video DVD onto a CD for use on my computer. The DVD file is about 150MB too large to fit onto a CD. Is there a way to compress these files?

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**Author:** ![fishbicycle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/aeb1de/32.png) [@fishbicycle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fishbicycle)\
**Post date:** [December 20, 2005, 6:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/compressing-dvd-files/336420/2 "2005-12-20T06:18:28Z")

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You could convert it to DiVX format. [This page](http://www.videohelp.com/guides.php?howtoselect=6;33) will give you a lot of very useful information.

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**Author:** ![pool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pool/32/4152_2.png) [@pool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pool)\
**Post date:** [December 20, 2005, 6:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/compressing-dvd-files/336420/3 "2005-12-20T06:22:39Z")

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dvdshrink works well for making movies only take up a few gigs. I don’t know if its available for free or not but if you want i’ll send it to you, its really easy to use.

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**Author:** ![Go\_You\_Big\_Red\_Fire\_Engine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/eada6e/32.png) [@Go\_You\_Big\_Red\_Fire\_Engine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Go_You_Big_Red_Fire_Engine)\
**Post date:** [December 20, 2005, 8:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/compressing-dvd-files/336420/4 "2005-12-20T08:14:00Z")

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> [@pool](#):
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> dvdshrink works well for making movies only take up a few gigs. I don’t know if its available for free or not but if you want i’ll send it to you, its really easy to use.

DVDshrink is for backing up DVD’s. It will do nothing for a normal media file.

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**Author:** ![pool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pool/32/4152_2.png) [@pool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pool)\
**Post date:** [December 20, 2005, 8:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/compressing-dvd-files/336420/5 "2005-12-20T08:16:48Z")

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:smack: