Make DVD Dialog Box (Prepare)

tothemoon wrote on 10/28/2005, 11:42 AM

OK, I'm a newbie. That being said, I've read postings on my problem, read the documentation, but can't figure out how to work through my problem.
In DVDA, I'm trying to do a Prepare of an mpeg2 video (same thing happens with an .avi) before burning, but I get "The estimated total size of all menus is greater than the maximum of 1 GB" error. The video is just a volleyball game, no titles, menus or fancy stuff. Just the match. How do I rectify this error so I can burn the DVD? Optimize tells me I'll only be using 50% of the 4.7 GB DVD. I've burned a number of DVD's in the past, but this is the first time I've hit this problem. Thanks for your help in advance!

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ScottW wrote on 10/28/2005, 4:14 PM

What you've most likely done is set the video as the background video for a menu.

Start with a new project, then using the DVDA explorer window, locate the MPEG file and drag it onto the menu page. This should cause a thumbnail of your movie to be placed on the menu page.

Alternatively, on the File pulldown, select New... and specify a single file movie (if you don't need a menu), then using the file browse dialog locate the mpeg and you should be good to go.

--Scott