How can I put 34GB of MPEG-2 formatted video files on one DVD?

[ac26xp]

I guess this is what I don't understand:

The Top Gun "widescreen" movie (which is about 2 hours) uses 8.5GB on a (dual layer) DVD. Am I correct in assuming that?

But yet I have a project rendered in MPEG-2 format that is less than an hour long and is 34GB large, and I am beginning to understand that (no matter what DVD authoring software I use) it cannot be compressed or formatted (and still retain the video quality that the Top Gun movie apparently has) onto one DVD.

Why?

How does that Top Gun movie that is 2 hours long fit on one DVD?

I understand (I think) the difference between commercial movies being pressed onto DVDs and me "burning/lasering" an MPEG-2 file onto a DVD, but does pressing really make that much of a difference on how much video can go on a DVD?

Thanks again for your patience in answering my questions.

AC

 

[TylerD]

You can buy special data cds for your files to be stored on but otherwise it's never going to happen.

 

[TylerD]

You can buy special data cds for your files to be stored on but otherwise it's never going to happen.

 

[fernandooh]

You should try to change the format from MPEG-2 to an iso file or a zip file using winrar(free program) or some other program. Just 'google' changing from MPEG to iso file and you will find free software. It would also help to get a double-layer Blu-ray disc which has 50 GB.