Why is a 700mb AVI too big to burn to DVD

[Fred]

I am new to burning AVI to use on my DVD player (stand alone) , but why do i
get reports off Nero, that an AVI that is 699mb is too BIG to put on a 4.7
gig dvd writable blank dvd disk?
Also, i don't know how to delete all the credits etc. from certain media to
make it smaller, the last time i did this, in MOVIEMAKER, the windows 1, it
ended up taking hours to produce 750 different 'clips' to put into the
timeline, etc. IS there an easier way to just shorten a film or home movie.
Any help will be appreciated, know of any freeware Apps?
Thanks - Fred

 

[Burgy]

You should be able to use Nero Recode. It recodes the file to fit on a
single dvd.

 

[eeyore]

Hi Fred;
You seem to be raising two points:

1. Cant burn AVI
If the movie is DV-AVI I dont understand - it sounds less than 5 minutes
long.
If it is compressed avi - the key question is 'how long (in time) is
your movie?'(see reason below***). Nero does have the ability to
compress long movies (with loss of quality) but it is limited. A
realistic limit is about 180 minutes. If your movie is longer than 180
minutes forget it - you will need to cut it or use dual layer. Nero will
recode to 240 minutes but with significant loss of quality).If not then
try (assuming you are in Nero Vision):

more -> video options -> [dvd-video tab] and change the quality
settings drop down box


2. Moviemake produces 750 clips
When you are importing clips: file->import into collections....
uncheck the box down the very bottom 'create clips for video files' it
should come in a lot faster.



***Note: this is a bit of a simplification but it gives the gist: The
size of your avi file doesnt matter when it is being put to DVD the time
does. The reason is that it is recoded to mpeg2 file format. Nero in
reformatting will put so many seconds per megabyte. Nero can take action
to give more compression and so get more seconds per megabyte but at the
cost of quality. If you have gone to the section in Nero described above
you will see an option 'super long play' - look at the bit rate and
resolution settings and you will see that nero has actually halved the
vido resolution to fit it in. I have not seen a dvd longer than 180
minutes look any good.


Hope this helps



Eeyore