Burning to DVD

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I have copied my holiday video to my PC using Win MM..and edited it, but when
it comes to burning it to a DVD it is far too big a file!?...why....when I
have a Blank DVD that is 120 mins, can I not get a 1 hour video on it?

I do not want to compromise the quality of the original DV...PLEASE HELP!!!
 
I'm assuming you edited the movie and then SAVED it in DV-AVI format. In
that case your file will be very large and will maintain the original DV
quality. That size does not mean that it is too large for a DVD. The time
is more the controlling factor. Assuming you have authoring/burning software
to make a dvd, it will convert that file (compress to mpeg) and make it a lot
smaller. If you are using Movie Factory, or Sonic, or the like when you
import the file it will give you an indication of the total size so you can
see if it will fit on a 4.7 gig blank dvd. Proceed further...Go forth...and
you'll see it will fit. Good luck
 
My video is 1 hour long...and when I try to burn the DVD it says that the
disk is too small, and to delete any other files on the disk to make room??

I am using the XP Movie maker to burn it.
Could it be the transitions and effects I am trying to use, that are
'upping' the Gb size?
 
Oh, you must have the new version of Movie Maker that allows you to burn
dvd's too. I don't have that but mostly use Movie Factory. Usually when
the software gets to the first point that it says the disk is too small, the
blank may have already been compromised by the software...i.e. +r and -r may
have been rendered unable to be written to. I usually use +RW or -RW blanks
and then I can 'erase' them...I use 'roxio' or 'veritas record now' to do
that. The effects and transitions would be upping the size, but again it is
the length that should be the controlling factor....and one hour should fit.
Since you have your movie saved, why not try to import it into movie maker
and 'edit' off the second half of it and save the movie as part 1, and them
import it again and take off the first half and save it as part 2. Then
see if you actually can burn the movie to two discs. How does the new movie
maker work? Actually I think a better solution is that If you save the
'movie' first, why not try to save it in the high ntsc quality wmv
format.....a much smaller file size, and I've never really seen too much
difference between it and DV-AVI...just a thought....maybe someone else can
respond with better suggestions. Anyone? Anyone? ha ha Good luck.
 
Well it is either what dickmr said or you are using the "Burn to CD" feature
of Movie Maker which will not work when trying to burn to a DVD.
In either case I agree with his advice, although his fingers were working
pretty fast (I didn't actually read ALL the post in otherwords), that you
should purchase a DVD authoring program.
I don't, however, agree about the difference between DV-AVI and High Quality
NTSC.
I recently did a test where I created a video with very quick transitions
and a lot of color changes etc.. and saved them in both formats. The result
was a significant size difference (NTSC was way smaller) with no noticeable
quality difference when I viewed them using my Media Player. But when I
burned both files to DVD there was a huge difference in quality (the DV-AVI
file was a lot better). So I stick with the standard advice of saving to
DV-AVI. As far as the filesize being over 4.7GB it matters little since the
DVD authoring program converts the video before creating your DVD. Hope this
helps.
-Wojo
 
Wildy and others,

I am new to Movie Maker. I am trying to burn a DVD of our family videos
(have already done capture, edits, etc.) and don't know how. I have 3
questions:

1. Do I need to buy a separate DVD burning software (such as Sonic MyDVD,
$70), or does Movie Maker allows burning a DVD of your movie project?

2. I read somewhere that in order for a movie/video to fit on a DVD and play
on a DVD player, it must be saved in DV-AVI format and MPEG-2 compressed. Do
I need to worry about this, or does Movie Maker/DVD burning software take
care of this?

3. This is a tricky one: we need to take this DVD of our family videos to
our family in India which uses PAL system. So do I have to specify PAL format
somewhere during the output/DVD burning phase?

Sorry if these questions are covered elsewhere. Any help you folks can
provide will be very much appreciated.

Thanks a lot!
 
video-newbie said:
Wildy and others,

I am new to Movie Maker. I am trying to burn a DVD of our family videos
(have already done capture, edits, etc.) and don't know how. I have 3
questions:

1. Do I need to buy a separate DVD burning software (such as Sonic MyDVD,
$70), or does Movie Maker allows burning a DVD of your movie project?
Click to expand...

Depends on your system. If you have a MCE2005 Media System Movie Maker may
have the plug-in built right in to save your movie to DVD. If you don't it
will not. Either way however I still always recommend purchasing a DVD
authoring program as you will have many more options and features available
to you if you do. Before buying one though, since they are an investment, I
would download and try a few to find one that you like and only then
purchase it. I have a list of the more popular programs with download links
on my website in ther "DVD Programs" section:
http://www.remember-christopher.dostweb.com/Wojo's_Place/
Answers to your other questions below.....
2. I read somewhere that in order for a movie/video to fit on a DVD and
play
on a DVD player, it must be saved in DV-AVI format and MPEG-2 compressed.
Do
I need to worry about this, or does Movie Maker/DVD burning software take
care of this?
Click to expand...

It doesn't HAVE to be saved as DV-AVI but doing so will give you the best
possible result.
Movie Maker will save in DV-AVI for you and then your DVD authoring program
will make all necessary conversions to MPEG2 for you.
3. This is a tricky one: we need to take this DVD of our family videos to
our family in India which uses PAL system. So do I have to specify PAL
format
somewhere during the output/DVD burning phase?
Click to expand...

You don't have to with Movie Maker (although that is an option for a WMV
file) but you will with your DVD authoring program. Where and how to do this
varies depending on which program you use but it is generally self
explanatory when going through the DVD creation wizards with most software
packages.
Sorry if these questions are covered elsewhere. Any help you folks can
provide will be very much appreciated.

Thanks a lot!
Click to expand...

Hope that helps you.
 
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