Working with large files

ed12 wrote on 9/23/2004, 4:21 AM

I have a big 5.2 Gb mpeg2 file, rendered by Vegas. How can I cut it in DVDA or Vegas to fit 4,7 Gb DVD disk without rerendering?

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ScottW wrote on 9/23/2004, 5:13 AM

If you are just looking to trim off part of the beginning of ending, you can set in and out points in DVDA.. Navigate into the movie, position the cursor on the timeline where you want to set your inpoint and hit the I key; position your outpoint and hit the O key.

If you want to fit the entire movie, then you have no choice other than re-rendering at a lower bitrate. If you do this, I would suggest re-rendering from your source material rather than having DVDA re-render via the "fit to disk" option using the MPEG.

--Scott

ed12 wrote on 9/23/2004, 5:27 AM

I do looking to trim off part of ending. I tried to do this by setting in and out points, but after preparing DVD size of project remains the same: 5.2 Gb.?!

ScottW wrote on 9/23/2004, 5:35 AM

Well, it could be that I was wrong. I was under the impression that DVDA would only keep what was needed, but it may be simply inserting a navigation frame at the appropriate point in the stream to specify the out point.

If that's the case then there's some utilities on the internet that will allow mpeg joining/splitting. Do a google search using mpeg splitter freeware

ScottW wrote on 9/23/2004, 6:05 AM

Was just reading your post on the Vegas board. Why have the hassle associated with a second DVD? Dropping down the bitrate slightly to accomodate your entire project on a DVD isn't going to result in that much loss of quality.

bStro wrote on 9/23/2004, 8:01 AM

Setting the In / Out points will not "chop off" parts of an MPEG2 flie in DVDA. That only works with AVI files, since they haven't been rendered to MPEG2 yet.

If the file's already an MPEG2, DVDA will start and end the video where you want, but it will still put the whole thing on the disc. Annoying in a way, but also a good thing in a way: Since it uses essentially the same encoding capabilities as Vegas, surely DVDA would re-render the MPEG2 if it "chopped off" part of it. And that's not really something we want it to do.

Rob

bStro wrote on 9/23/2004, 8:06 AM

but after preparing DVD size of project remains the same: 5.2 Gb.?!

As reported by DVDA or as reported by Windows Explorer? DVD Architect's size estimates are not to be trusted.

If you've actually prepared your files and Windows Explorer reports it to be more than 4.37GB, then I recommending using DVD Shrink to get it down to size. And in the future, you can use an MPEG editor like one of the Womble products or TMPGEnc MPEG Editor on your video before bringing it into DVD Architect.

Rob

johnmeyer wrote on 9/23/2004, 9:50 AM

I tried to do this by setting in and out points, but after preparing DVD size of project remains the same: 5.2 Gb.?!

Setting in/out points (unfortunately) does not trim the size of the finished project. It should, but it doesn't. You have to trim before importing the MPEG/AC3 files into DVDA.

Womble