30 min dv footage edited renders out as a ntsc dv 6gigs worth??

david-ruby wrote on 7/16/2003, 10:53 PM

Is this right?
I have 30mins of footage. Then I render the editlist out and get 6gigs worth of rendered file.
I then need to put this on a dvd. I don't think it will fit.
Any ideas on how to keep quality and burn to a dvd?
Open ears are abound. ; )
DR

Comments

John_Cline wrote on 7/16/2003, 11:16 PM

DV is a fixed bitrate and 30 minutes worth of video is indeed 6 gig. In order to make a DVD that is playable on a DVD player, you will need to render the video to MPEG2 and buy a DVD authoring program like Sonic Foundry's DVD Architect.

John

TheHappyFriar wrote on 7/16/2003, 11:17 PM

Do you need to put it on a DVD so it will play in a DVD player? I heard somwhere that DV doesn't fit very much onto a DVD. Try rendering to Quicktime or Windows Media. That will reduce the file size.

jetdv wrote on 7/17/2003, 9:03 AM

Figure 13 Gig / hour for DV footage so about 6 Gig would be correct for 30 minutes.

If you want a standard video DVD, encode to MPEG2 format and create the DVD with a DVD authoring program (such as DVD Architect)