How do I compress Recorded TV shows?

Question

I recorded a tv series on my computer and I am wanting to burn them to dvd. The files that I have are to big for the dvd, I can only get one episode per disc. When i downloaded the episodes they are half the file size that I have. How can I compress the files to where I can use Ulead movie factory to make my dvd so I can put 4 episodes per disc?

Answer 1

Did you use compression to record them in the first place?

Most video editing s/w will allow you to reduce the picture resolution and in effect reduce file size.

Note that you can compress more, but the quality will be worse as well.