DVD questions.

Kor · **on:** October 15, 2007, 01:26:54 AM

I've noticed it seems they have combined 2 movies onto one disk. I was just curious if these are double sided disks, single sided.

landbeforetimelover · **Reply #1 on:** October 15, 2007, 02:06:39 AM

Are you talking about the dvd's you buy in the store or something else? I know for a fact that even if there's only one movie on a dvd that you buy from the store, it is at least 8gb and is a dual layer. It's technically called DVD-9 format. They do this so you can't just drag the files on the dvd to a blank one and sell them!

It's still pretty easy to convert a DVD-9 to DVD-5 so you can copy a dvd, but I won't go into that here.

: Decrypting the dvd's are easy so long as you know the format, but yeah, they're DVD-9 format on regular ones. I haven't seen any disks bigger than 8.7gb(except blu-rays) so unless it's a blu-ray, it's still just a dual layer disk.

Kor · **Reply #2 on:** October 15, 2007, 08:07:19 AM

I saw some dvd's listed on Amazon and by the description it seems to be that some have 2 movies on one dvd, unless part of the description is wrong and the package comes with 2 dvd's. Some of the descriptions can be wrong now and then.

landbeforetimelover · **Reply #3 on:** October 15, 2007, 12:08:51 PM

Even a dual sided disk is still only 8.7gb max. I don't see how they could have fit 2 of them on there unless the quality is crap. If they're animated, then I think they could be, but typically, they just include 2 disks.

Kor · **Reply #4 on:** October 15, 2007, 03:29:35 PM

Thanks, was just curious and thought I'd ask before I started buying more movies in a few months or so.

I know the listings can be not accurate. I forgot which book it was but their listing had the book as being 3 pages when it was more then that.