I have a 19.1GB MPG file that I'd like to split and burn on several DVDs

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Chakravartin wrote:
Maybe a little late for this...

If I wanted to make 3 playable video DVDs of the highest quality (least amount of transcoding) and the least amount of effort then I'd probably use QuickTime Pro 7 to create 3 reference-movies of roughly equal durations from the original MPEG.

Then I'd burn each with Toast Pro.

(You could do it all in Toast 10 or 11, but Toast's editing tools are nowhere near as precise as QT Pro is.)

Thanks, but it was a bit late. I copied the full 8 hours in real time to the Panasonic and then split the resulting file into 4 two hour segments which I burned to 4 standard DVDs. Since BBC on my Comcrap is not HD, the resultant copy is nearly as god as the broadcast quality, even though it was transferred via S-video from the Tivo. Since the recipient is still using a 27" CRT TV, all is well. (And I seriously doubt she'll ever watch all of it - more likely she's already watched the initial 3.5 hour prelude and the 2 hour Highlights DVDs I already gave her and has seen enuf). Sometimes I wonder why I bother but it does keep me off the streets at night.