How to Compress DVD Movies from D9 to D5

How to Compress D9 to D5

After knowing about the benefits, now the point is how to compress a 7.9G DVD9 movies to a 4.3G capacity DVD5 disc? What you need is a DVD backup tool with D9 to D5 compressing function. Aimersoft DVD Backup for Mac is such a D9 to D5 compression tool while providing high quality DVD backing up. The following steps will tell you the detailed operations:

1Download this D9 to D5 compression tool

After you download Mac DVD9 to DVD5 Backup (Snow Leopard, Lion included), install and launch it.

2 Insert the DVD9 movie

Insert the target DVD9 movie disc after finished the launch. Just Choose "Backup to DVD" as your output mode, and then it will appear the copy interface.

3Select D9 to D5 compression

Select the D9 to D5 compression item and set your preferred copy mode like "Main Movie Copy" or "Full Copy" before starting as the output option, you can choice the copy speed by yourself.

The newly upgraded Mac DVD Backup adds the new function to "Split Copy", which can split DVD9 Movies to two DVD5 Discs, you can save your DVD Movies with little money.

4Start copying D9 to D5

Tap the "Start" button to begin to copy your DVD9 movie to DVD5 disc on iMac. Of course, you can preview the movie before the copying.

The D9 to D5 copy will be completed in few minutes, and then you can share your copies with your friends or just keep it for collection. It's all up to you.

Note: Windows users please download DVD Copy for Windows to compress D9 to D5 in Windows.

What is the Difference between D9 and D5

D9DVD-9 (Single Side Dual Layer)

D9 holds around 8 540 000 000 bytes and that is 7.95 computer GB. DVD+R support this format. This media is called DVD+R9, DVD+R DL or 8.5 GB Media. A DVD-9 (dual layer) disc and hold 240 minutes of continuous video.

D5DVD-5 (Single Side Single Layer)

D5 holds around 4 700 000 000 bytes and that is 4.37 computer GB where 1 kbyte is 1024 bytes*. DVD+R/DVD+RW and DVD-R/DVD-RW support this format. This is the most common DVD Media, often called 4.7 GB Media.

The Advantages of DVD5

Compared with DVD9, DVD5 has the following advantages that DVD9 cannot reach:

First, D5 is cheaper than D9

If you want to make more copies of your favorite DVD movies, you'd better choose DVD5 disc to backup, it will save a lot of money.

Second, D5 is reusable and environmentally friendly disc

If you want to rewrite your DVD disc, you should choose DVD5 disc, which allows you reuse to backup different movies or data.

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What you need:

DVD Copy for Windows

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