Too many GB's when rendered

ccrivero wrote on 7/15/2003, 11:31 AM

I have Sonyscreen blast and after rendering a 30 minute movie it saves to Microsoft movie as a 6.3 GB movie. Is there anyway to make this less? I tried to burn this to DVD and it could not burn because it is to big for the 4.3 GB dvd.
I also could not print to tape using a Sony TRV33 mini dv camera.
Thanks for your help!

Comments

Former user wrote on 7/15/2003, 12:00 PM

Were you trying to make a DVD to watch on a TV? If so, you should be rendering to an MPEG2 file.

What codec did you say the video as?

Dave T2

ccrivero wrote on 7/15/2003, 1:22 PM

I am trying to save to a DVD to watch on TV. I have edited several old videos and pictures with music. When I went to Make a Movie I think I chose NTSC format. I will check tonight.

Former user wrote on 7/15/2003, 2:18 PM

Be sure you choose the DVD NTSC template, not the DV Template.

Dave T2

JohnnyRoy wrote on 7/15/2003, 6:59 PM

Let’s be very clear about what you need to do. In VideoFactory the commands would be:

Select Menu Item: Make Movie
Select Icon: Write you movie to file on your disk
From the dialog that pops up select:
Format: MainConcept MPEG-2 (*.mpg)
Template: DVD NTSC

Now you can’t do this in VideoFactory unless you purchase the MPEG-2 encoder ($30). I can’t imaging that Sony Screenblast includes the MPEG2 encoder for only $69 but it includes Chroma Key so it may include the MPEG-2 encoder as well.

~jr