Noob DVD burning question?

lost0822 wrote on 3/29/2004, 6:02 AM

I just recently returned from a trip to Hawaii where i filmed guys surfing. I also just finished editing the tapes, added music tracks and what not and everything worked out great. Well when i went to burn it, using the "make movie" button, it transfered it to and .avi file. For some reason, after researching it, i found out that the .avi can not be over 4 gigs or so, which in my case is only about 18 min. of footage. It made two .avi files, basically cutting the video into two parts one 18 min. the other only about 4 min. which is the rest of the video.

Now i don't want these to be two seperate files, plus the Sony disks i'm using are 4.7 gigs and will only fit that one 18 min. file on it with nothing else which is insane to use one disk for only 18 min. of footage.

So i went, did some research, found out that i can render it to an mpeg-2 file since that's what MyDVD does anyway later, plus the file ends up being much smaller. Well i got all the footage onto one disk, but now my audio/music tracks i guess are not compressed, because they are extremely loud and distorted. So my questions are:

1. How do i ge the audio to be compressed or not as loud/distorted on an mpeg-2 file before i burn it to a DVD.

2. Is there a way to make the .avi files smaller or compressed down so i can get more footage onto on of these 4.7 gig disks. thanks for any info.

Comments

GerryLeacock wrote on 3/29/2004, 6:15 AM

There is a free program called ReJig that will compress your file. Get it at http://www.rejig.org/

lost0822 wrote on 3/29/2004, 6:25 AM

Thanks, what order do i go about doing this now. I guess i should render my video using Screenblast into an mpeg-2 file. Then take that file and run it thru the program you suggested right? Then take that compressed file and run it thru MyDVD(which i think sucks, any programs better then MyDVD?) and burn it to a DVD? All my audio file should be compressed then right? thanks again.

lost0822 wrote on 3/29/2004, 12:25 PM

help!

IanG wrote on 3/30/2004, 3:35 AM

First off, file size shouldn't be a problem - you need to render to MPEG2 format, not avi, and you've got plenty of room for 22 minutes of video. The limit's normaly about an hour. If you need to go beyond that, programs like Rejig are useful.

I don't know why your audio is distorted - I assume it's ok before you import it? What does it sound like when you preview it? There are volume controls on each audio track, plus a master - have you tried adjusting those?

Ian G.

lost0822 wrote on 3/30/2004, 4:41 AM

Thanks, i got it. I'm a moron. I just was getting sick of wasting DVD disks. Thanks for your help.

djcc wrote on 3/30/2004, 6:28 AM

Use RW discs until you are sure everything works as expected - then write an R disc for the final.

Ralph413 wrote on 3/30/2004, 5:37 PM

Just curious are you using windows xp? I think there's some sort of size limitation with the others. Win98 ect.

sre7 wrote on 4/14/2004, 7:24 PM

Greetings....

Would you mind sharing what you were doing wrong so I can learn from it???

Thx for any and all help

Steve

anthony-chiappette wrote on 4/14/2004, 7:34 PM

The size limitation applies to ALL versions of Windows using an FAT or FAT32 file system. NTFS file system does not have the 4GB file limit, so Windows NT / WIndows2000 / WindowsXP systems with NTFS don't face this problem.