DVDA Not Enough Space Error

fldave wrote on 1/4/2010, 3:24 PM

I posted this on DVDA forum also.

I have ignored the DVDA space warnings in the past, but this stopped me dead in my tracks.

I have one hour long MPG, plus 31 ~one minute mpgs on multiple menu pages. Each mpg has 4 audio tracks. I added a text object to the main menu, then suddenly each of the 31 mpgs increased in "estimated size" to actual size plus 4.38 GB.

So it was trying to make space for a 140 Gigabyte DVD. Since I didn't have 140 GB avail on that machine, It would not let me Prepare or even Burn the previously prepared version.

I couldn't find anyone else reporting any problems like this, so I reported it to Sony. Glad I backed up several versions. I opened an old file and was able to continue with my work.

Anyone else have a problem like this?

Comments

Rob Franks wrote on 1/4/2010, 5:39 PM

I've noticed every so often that I get some WILD over estimates.... some to the point where it wouldn't let me burn.

After playing around a little I found that when I simply dragged a video(s) to the menu that's when the grossly wild dvda estimates occur.... but if I use the "add media" button instead of dragging then the estimates stayed reliable.

fldave wrote on 1/4/2010, 5:56 PM

Further investigation shows that it is the 3MB AC3 file on track 4 of all of the 31 mpg clips. The estimated file size goes from 3MB to 4.2991 GB. On every track 4 clip.