How can I determine how large my file will be?

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I have put roughly 100 still images in a slideshow with
some songs playing. Each image is 12.96 in duration with a
2:00 overlap fade between the images (giving 8.96 for each
image to actually be 'still' i.e. no fade transitions).
The total length of the movie is < 28 minutes.

I wanted to export the movie as an AVI (highest quality)
but apparently I don't have enough disk space. How can I
determine what the AVI file size will be before I try to
export? Otherwise I try to export and wait for 20+ minutes
to be told that I can't do this.

Should I just send this to my Digital Camcorder instead?
 
Figure 13 GB per hour and at least double that for space needs due to
temporary files. So yours might need 13 GB free.

The export process saves it to a temporary DV-AVI file first, and then
copies it to the camcorder. Seems best to do it that way yourself. Save to
your hard drive and then use WinDV to copy it to the camcorder. That way, if
the copy to tape isn't smooth you can redo it without having to wait for
another rendering.

PapaJohn
 
Good to see the quick response. This would explain the
problems I encountered. I only had 9GB free on my C: and
1.27GB free on second drive. I'll pop a 20GB drive in there.

The project is a slide show of different nativity scenes
with christmas music playing in the background. My plan
was/is to import the AVI file into my DVD creation software
and burn the files to a DVD+R for playing. So I don't need
any high-res since the final audience would be viewing on a
television.

BTW, love www.papajohn.org! Good stuff there.



Christopher
 
Thanks and good luck with it.

PapaJohn


TofuTheGreat said:
Good to see the quick response. This would explain the
problems I encountered. I only had 9GB free on my C: and
1.27GB free on second drive. I'll pop a 20GB drive in there.

The project is a slide show of different nativity scenes
with christmas music playing in the background. My plan
was/is to import the AVI file into my DVD creation software
and burn the files to a DVD+R for playing. So I don't need
any high-res since the final audience would be viewing on a
television.

BTW, love www.papajohn.org! Good stuff there.



Christopher
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