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jimmyz wrote on 1/22/2006, 8:40 AM
To make it fit render as an avi clip. In DVD architect there is a fit to disc option. Use make dvd and then optimize and on the bottom left is a fit to disc option.
scout94 wrote on 1/22/2006, 5:08 PM
Thanks Jimmyz

Much appreciated.


Dave
trswartz wrote on 1/30/2006, 6:51 PM
I have tried this method on a movie that is around an hour and twenty minutes and it still doesn't work. It cuts out the last five minutes or so. This is a movie that I shot on DV, edited with Adobe Premiere 4.0 and put the finished version back onto DV. I wanted to create a DVD master to save the wear and tear on the tape. I put the movie in VMS Platinum and rendered it as an AVI file. In DVD Architect I then optimized and clicked on fit to disc option, but no luck. Has anyone been able to put a movie of this length onto a DVD effectively?

Tim
Pugsley wrote on 1/31/2006, 11:33 AM
Try DVD Shrink. Freeware easily found. Your quality is going to suffer. Why not split it onto two DVDs?
Tesgin wrote on 3/17/2006, 10:37 PM
Wait a minute . . .

That would seem to mean, then, that I have to render the project TWICE? Am I missing something?

It would seem to me that if I edit a video file in MovieStudio, and then go to "Make Move" and then "Burn it to DVD" it should render it to be able to fit on a DVD. However, it doesn't seem to do this. And if I render it to burn to DVD (I'm talking a 2-hour video), not only does it not fit, but in addition, since it's not in avi format, now I cannot optimize it. Is that correct?

If it is, that's terrible. It's absolutely ridiculous. That would mean I would have to first render my edited video to avi format, then import it into DVDA, and then fully render it AGAIN?

Please clarify this for me.

Thanks in advance,
Tesgin
Chienworks wrote on 3/18/2006, 12:36 PM
You've got it right. That does seem awkward and like extra work. On the other hand, that could be one of the many reasons that the full version of Vegas costs so much more.
Tesgin wrote on 3/18/2006, 7:50 PM
Is that to say that you don't have to render twice in VEGAS, the full version?

Tesgin
Chienworks wrote on 3/19/2006, 3:48 AM
With the full version of Vegas, you can choose the specific bitrate you wish when you render to MPEG2 from the timeline. This will produce a file that DVD Architect can use without rendering again.
s k r o o t a y p wrote on 3/19/2006, 5:34 PM
there is another thread going on this in the DVDA forum called "render twice?" and there is a link there for an online bit-rate calculator.

<<Has anyone been able to put a movie of this length onto a DVD effectively?>>

you probably have this worked out by now but yes i just burned a 1hr. 20 min. project to DVD. where it says "estimated project size" mine said that the project was over a hundred percent of the disc media (which is 4.7 G). i clicked "optimize" and simply pulled the bitrate slider back until it read under 100% (99% to be safe). nothing was cut off in the finished DVD.

what i want to know is what actually happens when you optimize the bit-rate like that. is quality effected? my video seemed fine. i've started another thread on this for the benefit of others searching the topic if you would like to reply there: "optimizing bitrate: what's effected?"
HaroldC wrote on 4/2/2006, 12:47 PM
Well you know the old saying. If all else fails go to the manual. You might want to look at page 37 in the DVDA manual. I have been having the same problem. Until I upgrade some eqipment, I'm stuck with editing mpeg2 in VMS Platinum. A two hour movie would be about 5.5 gigs or so. Up til now I've bit the bullet and rendered in mpeg1 in order to fit a longer video on a single layer dvd.

After reading the manual this is what I did this morning. I imported a 5 gig mpeg2 movie into DVDA. Clicked 'Make A Movie'. Then to burn. The file is to large to burn. Clicked optimise. The on the right side under the Optimise window click video. Then I selected yes on the recompress pull down. Then I pressed fit to disc. Then DVDA will recompress the video to fit the 4.7 dvd. The render time was about 4 hours or so. But I'm very pleased with the quality of the video. It is a great improvement over the mpeg1. The only pixelation is on action sequences.

Before I found out about changing the recompress selection under video, the fit to disc option obviously would not work. Rather ridiculous I know. But if you don't know something you don't know.