Supported files in 4.5?

burgmanguy wrote on 11/12/2008, 9:50 AM

Are mp4 files supported in DVDA? The reason I ask, is that I want to burn 3 mp4 files with one menu.

The total file size is 226.7 MB

However, DVDA says that the project size will be 4.3 GB

Comments

TheHappyFriar wrote on 11/12/2008, 10:09 AM

for DVD's use the DVDA mpeg2 templates, those work great.

burgmanguy wrote on 11/12/2008, 10:37 AM

Thanks for the quick response. Can you be more specific , with examples, ... I must be a bit slow.

bStro wrote on 11/12/2008, 10:45 AM

DVD Architect will accept several formats.

Where the confusion is coming in for you, I think, is what it's going to do with those files in order to produce a DVD. No matter what you give it, it has to convert those videos into MPEG2 because MPEG2 is what DVDs use.

And when it re-encodes those files to MPEG2, it's going to do so at a much higher bitrate (this is how many bits per second the file will be) as required by the DVD specifications ("rules" that govern the standards of the DVD format). The default bitrate for files re-encoded in DVD Architect is 8Mbps. I'm guessing your MP4 files are encoded at less than 1Mbps, which is why you're seeing the jump in file size.

You can go to File > Optimize Disc and decrease the bitrate if you're worried about space, but don't expect to get anywhere near that 226.7MB per file.

Rob

burgmanguy wrote on 11/12/2008, 11:47 AM

Ah ha! Thanks!