ok ive just done my first dvd9 backup following a guide using the following software.
DVD Decrypter
DVD2AVI
TMPGEnc Plus
ChapterXtractor
Spruce DVDMaestro
Gear Pro DVD

here's my question my finished dvdr is just less than 2 gig in size .
have i encoded it too much ? if so what setting would i have to change.
picture quality is ok..i could of fitted all the extras on

TIA

2gig is very low but if your happy with the quality then does it really matter - goto vcdhelp.com and download the bitrate calculator it will help you get closer to the max limit

thanks yinyan after looking closer at it ,although the dvd was a dvd9 the main movie files were less than 4gig ,so after all that i need not of re encoded after all.
ill check that bitrate calculator out though for future use.