How to Compress DVD9 Movies to DVD5 Disc on Mac

In this article, you will get some information about DVD 9 and DVD 5, then learn how to compress D9 to D5 on Mac with a Mac DVD Copy Software.

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Part I. Information about DVD9 and DVD5

DVD-5 (Single Side Single Layer): D5 holds around 4,700,000,000 bytes and that is 4.37 computer GB where 1 Kbytes 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. A DVD-5 disc will hold nominally 133 minutes of high quality MPEG-2 encoded video, together with three surround-sound audio channels and four subtitle channels. (Without video compression one DVD-5 disc would hold only about 3 minutes of video).

DVD-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.

Part II. How to Compress DVD9 to DVD5 on Mac?

If you own 7.9G DVD9 movies, how to compress it to a 4.3G capacity DVD5 disc?

Common DVD Copy software can support to Copy D5 to D5, D9 to D9, D5 to D9, but can't Copy D9 to D5, because there are losing during the backup process. DVD Copy Pro Software supports D9 to D5 compression and can fast copy and compress DVD9 Movies to DVD5 without losing quality.

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Step 1. Choose Copy Task

To copy DVD movies, you have 3 selections: Copy to DVD, Copy to Local and Copy to Devices. Here you should select Copy to DVD.

Step 2. Select the Option "D9 to D5 Compression"

There are also 4 types of mode to copy your movies: Full Copy, Main Movie Copy, Customized Copy and Split Copy (D9 to 2xD5). Here do remember to check the "D9 to D5 Compression" option.

Step 3. Start to Compress DVD9 Movies to DVD5 Disc

It will take you about 70 -- 80 minutes to finish the whole backup, compression and burning process, (the time needed depends on your DVD movie file size.)

After burning finish, you can play the DVD on your home DVD player, enjoy and share it!