DVD burning - File / Time Size limit

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I've got a WMV file that is 890megs and 1h15m long. When I go to burn it
onto a DVD via MyDVD it says that the file is too large for the DVD. (-250
megs free). The WMV was created using MM2 and saved to my computer using the
standard "High Quality Video (NTSC)". The DVD jewel case informs me that I
should be able to save 60 minutes at 9.7 MBit/s all the way up to 240
minutes at 2.5 Mbits/s. Follow me here? When I play the WMV in media player
it states that my rate is 1161 k bits/s (variable bit rate). In laymen's
terms can someone help me determine why this video does not fit on a DVD and
how to adjust it to fit on one DVD?
 
Hi there,

What are you using to burn the DVD, if you are trying to use Movie Maker
that's a No No

If you are simply copying the file to a DVD it is irrelevant how long in
time that file is, or what the data rate is of the video....as you can store
up to a true 4.45GB of data to a DVD disk and, whatever the DVD burning
package you have either got a duff DVD disk, drive or a configuration issue
with the software.

Best Wishes.....John Kelly
www.the-kellys.org
www.the-kellys.co.uk
 
Providing it's just under two hours long, it should fit on a DVD. Are you
sure Sonic is not misidentifying the fact you want to burn on a DVD and not
a CD?
 
Kevin,

All versions of MyDVD other than 5.x Deluxe,
endodes the audio in uncompressed PCM format,
which uses a huge amount of disc space.

That limits the length of the video that
you can fit on a 4.7GB DVD to approximately
1 hour.

If you were to use MyDVD 5.2 Deluxe, you could
encode the audio in Dolby Digital, and get
approximately 1.5 hours of video on a DVD.

-Bob
____________________________
Microsoft MVP
Windows XP Media Center Edition
www.microsoft.com/ehome
 
I've selected the 4.7 gb option in the drop down list so it knows. I may
have left out an important part here... I'm making a video on a DVD to play
on a DVD player, not a data disk. With that said, From your response may I
derive that a WMV file with the size of 4.7 +/- G should be able to burn
onto a DVD for playback on a DVD player. I'm sorry that I'm not real
technical here. I do not know the terminology used for this operation.
 
I'm using MyDVD.

John Kelly said:
Hi there,

What are you using to burn the DVD, if you are trying to use Movie Maker
that's a No No

If you are simply copying the file to a DVD it is irrelevant how long in
time that file is, or what the data rate is of the video....as you can store
up to a true 4.45GB of data to a DVD disk and, whatever the DVD burning
package you have either got a duff DVD disk, drive or a configuration issue
with the software.

Best Wishes.....John Kelly
www.the-kellys.org
www.the-kellys.co.uk





that
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I believe the older versions of MyDVD did not give an option to change the
quality settings and will only transcribe the movie at the highest settings
(thus allowing only approx 60 minutes) If I am not mistaken, the newest
version of MyDVD does have an option under preferences to change the quality
settings to allow for longer movies. The quality of the source (your movie
from MM2) is irrelevant as MyDVD re-transcodes the file to an MPEG2
compliant file anyway.
I struggle with the same thing, I love nerovision to burn DVD's as it is
very easy to use, automatically adjust quality to fit (when possible), will
quickly and easily add chapters to a movie, but it does not support wmv
files. I really wish Microsoft would just build DVD compatibility into
Movie Maker.

Providing it's just under two hours long, it should fit on a DVD. Are you
sure Sonic is not misidentifying the fact you want to burn on a DVD and not
a CD?
 
Thank you.
So wheather it's "low res" video or "high quality" it's the length of time
of the clip that really matters?
 
In this particular instance that is correct. That's
because no matter what the resolution or quality of
the video you import into MyDVD, it will encode it
in high-quality, high-resolution MPEG-2 video.

I'm not sure if you can adjust the quality to
reduce the file size in the latest version of
MyDVD, but I know that was not an option in
older versions. It always encoded in the highest
quality.

-Bob
____________________________
Microsoft MVP
Windows XP Media Center Edition
www.microsoft.com/ehome
 
What is the best free software recommended to burn DVDs
from?

Thanks,
Eric
-----Original Message-----
In this particular instance that is correct. That's
because no matter what the resolution or quality of
the video you import into MyDVD, it will encode it
in high-quality, high-resolution MPEG-2 video.

I'm not sure if you can adjust the quality to
reduce the file size in the latest version of
MyDVD, but I know that was not an option in
older versions. It always encoded in the highest
quality.

-Bob
____________________________
Microsoft MVP
Windows XP Media Center Edition
www.microsoft.com/ehome


kevin said:
Thank you.
So wheather it's "low res" video or "high quality" it's
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the length of
time
of the clip that really matters?
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long. When I go to
burn large for the
DVD. jewel case informs
me the way up to
240 play the WMV in
media does not fit on
a
.
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