I found this technique once on thinkdigit forums.
Herez how they said to do it...
Please Remember its illegal to Backup Movies on DVD ..unless you Legally Own Them!!!
What you need:
1 ) 3-4 Movie Files which you want to Cram in 1 DVD
2 ) Nero Vision
3) DVD Santa
4) A Fast PC (p4+ Least 1 GB Ram) ..to make the Encoding Faster
5) Atleast 5-10 GB of Free HDD Space
6) DVD Writer to Burn your Compilation on the Disk
Before Starting Remember the Thumb Rule ..Dont Expect "608 x 332" OR "688 x 284" Resolution Movies in the DVD ..there will be some Quality Loss ..so bear with it
Ok so lets Start ...there are 2 Parts of this Tute...1st Part is Encoding Movies with DVD Santa & 2 nd part is Adding Visual Effects & Authering & Burning with Nero Vision
1) Install / Open DVD Santa
Click on Video Files 2 DVD
Note there are Many Settings on the Window..we will come back to these Later ......
2)First Click on Add Media-> Browse And add files ..for First Timers i will suggest Dont Add More that 2-3 Movies
Note : Dont Worry about the Size/Resolution of Movies DVD Santa will take care of them
3) Now You have added the Files...lets Move to the Settings Part ...
1st Change Video Standard from NTSC to PAL
Now i have tried to Fiddle around the Other Settings but there was no significant Difference so lets Keep the Resolution Settings As it is..unless you have a Plasma / LCD TV ...Keep the Next Setting as Full Screen 4:3
Next Click on Advanced Settings
4) Now as you see There are many Adv Options Available..
Unless you know about them lets keep them as it is ...we will consentrate on the Target Disk Size ....Now there are many ways to Set the Disk size...you can Individually select each movie and target it to a 650 MB or 1.4 GB Size..and add the files later on to Project..but for Simplicity sake ..lets just take the 4.7 GB Size ...Click 4.7 GB then OK
5 ) Now all set Hit Make DVD ..lets keep the Default Destination Path as it is ...
Now your Video's are being Encoded
6) after the encoding is complete, it'll ask you if you wish to burn the DVD. say no.
All done. your movies are ready to burn.
Lets keep them aside for a While ....
Lets More to 2nd Part Now...
Start Nero Vision
Click on Make DVD Menu
Browse to your TempDVD Folder & Then Video_TS Folder..
You will Notice That Insted of 10-15 files there are only 2-3 Files (Depending on the No of Movies you have added)...Add All of them
Once your Files are Added Click on Video Options & Under general Select India (Pal)
Now There are More Option under DVD Video Button...but Dont Fiddle with them unless you know what you are doing.
Next you will be taken to the Display /Menu Template Section..
Here you can select how your Menus will look..you can play with Layout..header-footer ...just let loose your Creativity ...
After Done Playing ..Hit Next and then Burn.
Done your DVD is ready to Be Played on your Standard DVD Player
Ohh Dont Forget to Put Blank DVD in the DVD Writer
PS: I did not write this tutorial. I found this like a year ago on the forums. I simply saved the page. I just copied it's contents and pasted it here. SPECIAL THANKS to user saROMan on Thinkdigit forums for writing this post.
This works btw. so no issues there!