After rendering I can't make a DVD, file too big??

RockerVid wrote on 3/25/2012, 4:06 PM

Hi I am new here, so yep! I will have ALOT of questions but will try to utilize previous forums as much as possible for answers! I just completed a video project that I spent HOURS on, rendered it in a MPEG 2-720x480-60i 16:9 (NTSC). The vdeo is of a band I taped, added a few fade effects and titles to. When I go to Make Movie, I get a warning that the DVD image is too large to fit on the blank disc I am using. I have NEVER had this problem when I used Pinnacle (which I hated by the way!) The video is just over an hour long. I tried re-rendering numerous times lowering the quality thinking that might decrease the size of the file. Nope. I don't really want to do that anyway! These are professional videos and I just can't have this issue happening! Any ideas?? Thanks!, Carrie

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Steve Grisetti wrote on 3/25/2012, 5:54 PM

How long is your movie? You can fit about 70 minutes of full quality video on a standard DVD.

If your video is a bit longer, you can even squeeze it down fit on a DVD using DVD Architect Studio.

If you don't own that (and you really should) you can use a free program called DVD Shrink.

But you really shouldn't squeeze more than 90 minutes of video on a standard DVD in any event (or about twice that on a dual-layer disc).

RockerVid wrote on 3/25/2012, 7:18 PM

HI Steve, thanks for replying! I deleted a scene from the video and it is now One hour and a minute. It still is telling me the file is too big! I don't know what's up! Maybe therre is a bookout there for the program? I must be doing something wrond:(

MSmart wrote on 3/25/2012, 7:51 PM

Since you have a MiniDV cam, render your video the same as your source, Video for Windows (avi). In DVD Architect Studio use the Optimize > Fit to Disc option.

That's what I do and can get 2 hours of video on a DVD (at about 6 Mbps).

The first render in VMS will go quite fast but when you bring it into DVDAS, it will encode the video using the bitrate needed to fit on the DVD, that will take some time. Then to burn, use the "From previously prepared folder" option.

Former user wrote on 3/25/2012, 8:21 PM

The size of a file is determined by two things Length and Bitrate. If you don't want to change the length to fit the disk, then you have to change the bitrate. You can fit 90 minutes on a DVD and still retain high quality. There are many free bitrate calculators online that you can download that will help determine the minimum, maximum and average bitrate to use to fit on your disk.

Dave T2