My video is now 68 gigs! Where is setting to change uncompressed back to compressed? Perhaps this was the problem?

njnj wrote on 5/3/2004, 8:10 AM
2 wks ago, I burned a video that I edited onto dvd perfectly using Sonic MyDVD. Now, the same video will not work b/c it is now 68 gigs!!! I'm thinking that I must've changed the compressed setting to uncompressed by accident? I can't even find that setting to change it back. Can anyone point me in the right direction?

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Chienworks wrote on 5/3/2004, 12:06 PM
A video file won't change in size unless you render it again with different settings. Did you render a new version that is now 68GB? If so and you used uncompressed AVI then that would be about 40 minutes worth. Does that duration sound correct?

If you want the file to be smaller probably DV .avi would be a better choice. This is the default when you "Make Movie" to your drive with .avi. A 40 minute file would then be about 8.3GB.

You can't convert the uncompressed file into DV. However, if you don't have your original project files anymore you can place the 68GB file on the timeline and render it to a DV file.
njnj wrote on 5/3/2004, 12:16 PM
Yes, Chienworks, 40 min would be about right. Btw, all the videos I have rendered, since 2 wks ago are now unusually large, I'm sure it is being rendered as UN-compressed AVI as you say. But, how would I go about changing the setting back to compressed AVI?
Steve Grisetti wrote on 5/3/2004, 12:31 PM
In the first window that comes up when you press Make Movie, you'll see a drop-down menu for file format. Make sure it's set to NTSC-DV AVI and you should be fine.
njnj wrote on 5/5/2004, 6:08 AM
Since I export my videos to DVD, in Make Movie, I don't see the option to for NTSC-DV AVI under "Burn to DVD".

Should I render it under "Save to hard drive" where there is that option to select NTSC-DV AVI, even tho I am burning it to dvd?