Help with compression

Weimer wrote on 3/5/2003, 7:03 AM

Recently, I created a file that's too big for blank DVD media (5.0 to 4.7). How do I compress the project without losing the quality?

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Chienworks wrote on 3/5/2003, 7:12 AM

Short answer: you can't; any compression involves a loss in quality.

Are you making a standard DVD to be played in a DVD player? If so, you're encoding to MPEG-2. Reducing the average bitrate will make the output file smaller. You can probably reduce it quite a bit before noticing the quality loss.

Weimer wrote on 3/5/2003, 7:31 AM

Thanks for the quick reply. :) I encoded the file as an mpeg-2 for external DVD usage. How do I reduce the bitrate by using Vegas 4.0?

MaxPower wrote on 3/5/2003, 9:26 AM

There are host of bitrate calculators to help you set a target bitrate. It's based on duration and disk size(CD or DVD). It's great tool to have when your video is close to two hours in length.