Could this really be true???

[Limeia]

As you know I have finally gotten over many hurdles, now another one! I'm
ready to burn my DVD but it said there was not enought room! Really! My MM
project contains about 300-400 still pictures, alot of transitions and 3
overlays.

My project says it's 5.2 GB and my DVD's are for 4.7 GB. It's only about 29
min. long, can it really be 5.2 GB? If I get a DVD in larger GB will it
still work the same way to burn it? Thanks, again!

 

[LVTravel]

If you are burning a DVD as a playable movie the amount of GB of file size
doesn't matter. What matters is the length of the video. A standard DVD
will hold about 1 hour of high quality video. When I say playable movie I
am talking about a standard DVD that is put in a player with a menu, etc.
WMM 2.1 in XP doesn't have this capability and the ones in the versions of
Vista and XP MCE will burn the DVD as a viewable movie. The finished DVD
would have file extensions like .BUF, IFO & .VOB in a folder called
VIDEO_TS.

If you are simply trying to save the created WMV or AVI file to disk then a
standard DVD won't hold it.

 

[Limeia]

John,
Yes I did save each segment (10 of them, 2-3 min. long) as DV-AVI.
The previous poster said I would not be able to save a WMV or AVI file to a
disk, but you say I can?
My pictures were originally jpegs at the high ratio setting (something like
2900x1700)
and then I transfered them all over to bitmp format (don't know the ratio of
how that is saved then). Could this be the problem? My file actually does
say it's 5.2 GB and the DVD's are 4.7GB.

Thanks

 

[LVTravel]

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Not only do I say you can but I provided links
to a free Program and some instructions on
how to use it.

Here they are again...

DVD Flick
http://www.dvdflick.net/

Be sure to read the Guide:
http://www.dvdflick.net/guide.php

Good luck...

--

John Inzer
Digital Media MVP

Notice
This is not tech support
I am a volunteer

Solutions that work for
me may not work for you

Proceed at your own risk

John, I think I may be the previous poster in the OPs reply to you. I am
sure you read my response posted before your original one to the OP.

As I said in my post, saving a .AVI or .WMV file directly to the DVD won't
work in her case 5+GB file to 4.7 GB DVD but if she is trying to create a
playable DVD.....

I think the OP may still be a little confused. Apparently the OP didn't
follow your links for information before the last post to you.

 

[Limeia]

I guess I am totally confused...I have read the dvdflick guide and it sounds,
to me that I have to add all of the 10 segments into flick and start over
from there?
I have Nero to burn - what can I do with Nero? I understand I'm only doing
a 29 min. movie but it only stands to reason 5.2 GB is more than 4.7GB.

As to LVTravel, I don't understand what .BUF, IFO.... is. I also don't
understand what you mean by a "playable DVD" vs. what I'm trying to do and
why doesn't DV-AVI record directly onto a DVD?

I'm sorry I've caused a comotion and I don't understand completely. :-(
Thanks for all your responses anyway.

 

[Graham Hughes]

Hopefully joining in won't cause mroe confusion

But I'll try to explain what is going on in making dvds.

A data dvd is just that, it is an exact copy of the data on your hard drive,
so 5.2gb on your hard drive is 5.2gb on a dvd, or in this case not on a dvd
because it is too big.

A dvd video is different to a data dvd.
You take your 5.2gb dv.avi file.
Import it into your dvd authoring software, dvdflick or nero and you author
a dvd-video, which means you convert the dv.avi file to an mpeg2 file. A
5.2gb dv.avi file will then become about a 2gb mpeg2.

Your dvd authoring software then wraps these mpeg2 files up into 1gb vob
files, which the dvd player needs to read. It also makes some ifo files,
which are information telling the dvd player what to do, like play the menu
foor 30 seconds then repeat and there are bup files which are back up copies
of the other files.


Nero have some good tuorials on their site for making dvds.

 

[Limeia]

John, Yes it is a video dvd that I want to do. And yes I've come to far
to give up now!

I will have to get back to you later to let you know what version of Nero
I have. And no I'm not really familiar with it. I have never burned anything
before except for copying some music cd's. or copying my photos onto a cd.

I have read the Nero guide - but I'll have to delve into it more. Thank you.

 

[Limeia]

Graham, Thank you.. It does kindof make more sense now, and it won't cause
more
confusion. It's useful info that I (think) I can understand better.
Thank you for your input.

 

[Limeia]

I have "Nero Express 6"

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Okay...that's what I thought...so file size is
not an issue.
==================================
==================================
If you have the full retail version of Nero...it
may be a good choice for you...but first I
would like for you to try DVD Flick...it's easy
to use and I can offer some guidance when
you get ready.
==================================
==================================
If you have "NeroVision"...the guide for that is
the one you need to read.

--

John Inzer
Digital Media MVP

Notice
This is not tech support
I am a volunteer

Solutions that work for
me may not work for you

Proceed at your own risk

 

[Limeia]

Thanks, I will.

==================================
Nero Express 6 does not have the necessary
options to create a Video DVD from your .avi
files.

Best bet at this point would be to download
and install DVD Flick. Let us know when you
have it installed.

--

John Inzer
Digital Media MVP

Notice
This is not tech support
I am a volunteer

Solutions that work for
me may not work for you

Proceed at your own risk

 

[LVTravel]

There is absolutely no reason to apologize to me or anyone else. You asked
valid questions and wanted help. That is why we are all here, unfortunately
my first response to you probably confused you more as it was not as clear
as it should have been. Since John (and Graham) are helping, I will bow out
to John now.

The only other thing I want to explain is one part of my response about
..buf, .ifo, etc. files. They are the final files placed on a playable Video
DVD that can play on a standard TV set type DVD player. They are created on
the Video DVD by the DVD authoring/burning program (DVD Flick is the one
John is recommending.)

 

[LVTravel]

Stick around...

We need all the help we can get.

The way I see it...a response from one contributor
will trigger ideas from someone else and that is
how a correct solution is discovered.

Keep up the good work )

--SNIP


Oh, I'm not going anywhere, just letting you finish handling this one.