Movie duration in WMM

[Guest]

I have recently started using WMM to transfer my DV video onto DVD. After
creating the projects and editing the movies, WMM will only allow me to burn
60minutes of video to a standard 4.7GB DVD. This means that for some videos I
am having to cut them short or burn them onto 2 DVD's. Is there any way I can
burn a longer movie using WMM as the editing tool?

 

[Wojo]

Sure but you need to save the video to your hard drive and then import it
into your DVD Authoring program. Some allow you to change the quality
settings to allow longer than an hour on a DVD but 1 hour is the standard
for a full quality video.
-Wojo

 

[Guest]

Sorry about this but I thought that i was authoring the video through WMM
after capturing.

Would it be better to use something like Sonic or Nero to edit the movie and
then burn to DVD?

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Many Thanks

Trevor

Sure but you need to save the video to your hard drive and then import it
into your DVD Authoring program. Some allow you to change the quality
settings to allow longer than an hour on a DVD but 1 hour is the standard
for a full quality video.
-Wojo

 

[Wojo]

You can since you apparently have the "Burn to DVD" option that only comes
with Media Edition computers but you have no settings for fitting more than
an hour on a DVD doing it through WMM. If you instead save it to your hard
drive and then import it into Sonic MyDVD (that is really all that saving to
DVD direct from Movie Maker is doing anyway) you can then adjust settings to
fit more video on the DVD if you wish.
-Wojo

Sorry about this but I thought that i was authoring the video through WMM
after capturing.

Would it be better to use something like Sonic or Nero to edit the movie
and
then burn to DVD?

 

[Marcy]

I just have a weird question in your response.
If it is so that only one hour is the usual, how is it that you can
rent/buy movies that are more than 2 hours long. are those dvd's a special
length.
Just asking! thanks

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Thanks so very much for your help-! ! ! !

Sure but you need to save the video to your hard drive and then import it
into your DVD Authoring program. Some allow you to change the quality
settings to allow longer than an hour on a DVD but 1 hour is the standard
for a full quality video.
-Wojo

 

[Guest]

If i then import it into Sonic, does that then mean I have to edit it in
Sonic as well? At the moment i only have the version of sonic that was
installed with my PC and it doesn't allow me to edit movies unless i upgrade

 

[Wojo]

No you do all your editing in WMM and import the final movie into Sonic. All
Sonic is going to do is create a basic DVD menu for you, convert the files,
and burn your DVD.
-Wojo

 

[Wojo]

Yes in most cases those are dual layered disks plus they do compress them
more to fit more on a DVD.
1 hour is the standard for FULL quality. I can actually fit 6 hours of video
on a DVD using Ulead DVD Workshop but the quality is horrible.
-Wojo

I just have a weird question in your response.
If it is so that only one hour is the usual, how is it that you can
rent/buy movies that are more than 2 hours long. are those dvd's a special
length.
Just asking! thanks

 

[Guest]

Excellent, thanks for your help. To compound my problem now, Sonic has
seemingly disappeared from my PC. I have this evening tried to burn a DVD
using Sonic. When double clicking on the desktop icon for MyDVDLE, Sonic
does not open up. Firstly it tries to configure Sonic recordnow data which it
has never previously done. Then i get the following message:

The feature you are trying to use is on a CD-Rom or other removeable disc
that is not available. Insert the Sonic RecordNow Data disk and click OK.

I do not have the disc as it was preinstalled on the PC so my only choice is
to cancel. Then I get the following error message :

An installation package for the product SonicRecordNow Data cannot be found.
Try the installation again with a valid copy of the installation package
BMPLE.MSI.

It then trys to install MyDVDLe and i get the same error message. It then
asks for a valid copy of the installation package MyDVD.MSI

The same errors then occur when it then trys to configure
SonicRecordNowdata, SonicRecordAudio etc.

It seems as though Sonic has completely disappeared from my system. I tried
the restore restore function back to December 17th, but this didn't help to
reinstall Sonic and this is very frustrating!

 

[Wojo]

System restore will not actually re-install a program but it may in some
cases fix a problem with a program. Since this didn't work for you we need
to look at other options. Even though Sonic came preinstalled on your
computer you should still either have a disc or a utility installed on your
computer that will allow you to make a disc. This is required by law so
unless you bought this system from some work from home guy that is ripping
people off you should have it someplace. It may be bundled right along with
the OEM software and in that case you can usually put that disc in when
asked for the original disc.
-Wojo

 

[Guest]

Bought the PC direct from Dell. Didn't get any bundled software with the Pc
apart from Norton disc, soundblaster card disc, Microsoft Works and Monitor
software.

Where may i find the utility to make the disc?

 

[Wojo]

Dell doesn't do it that way. Some manufacturers, I know Compaq used to do
this, would actually include the necessary disks as ISO files on the
harddrive along with a utility to burn the disks. And HP used to have a
hidden partition that had all the necessary software on it (worked great
until your harddrive crashed). But Dell includes the disks with their
systems. The MyDVD light disk should have been included with your package so
if it wasn't you need to contact Dell to send you one. I will recommend
however that you purchase a good DVD Authoring program (see the list in the
"DVD Creation" section of my website) instead though. I am not a big fan of
MyDVD to begin with because of the lack of features and control but the
light version is worse yet. It is fine if you just want a DVD that plays
when it's put in the DVD Player but if you want any sort of control over how
the DVD looks and plays then do yourself a favor and buy a better program. I
personally highly recommend the Ulead programs. Either Movie Factory4 or DVD
Workshop2 are great programs.
-Wojo