movie file too big to fit

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What happens if after converting a project to a movie, it ends up too big to
fit on a DVD no matter how much it is compressed?Do you go back to edit the
project somehow or edit the movie? Thanks
 
stack said:
What happens if after converting a project to a movie, it ends up too
big to fit on a DVD no matter how much it is compressed?Do you go
back to edit the project somehow or edit the movie? Thanks
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You'll have to split the video and
use more than one disk.

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Could you be more specific in how I do that?

John Inzer said:
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You'll have to split the video and
use more than one disk.

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******John Inzer********
**MS Picture It! MVP**

*****Digital Image******
Highlights and FAQs
http://tinyurl.com/aczzp

*********Notice***********
This is not tech support
........I am a volunteer.......

Solutions that work for
me may not work for you.

Proceed at your own risk.
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stack said:
Could you be more specific in how I do that?
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Maybe something in the following
tutorial will work for you:

"Splitting A Clip In MM2.1"

Drag the video/audio clip to the
Timeline.

Play the video/audio by clicking the
"Play" button under the view screen.

You will see the Playback Indicator
(vertical line) advancing across the
timeline.

Click the "Pause" button at the point
where you wish to trim and type...
Ctrl+L or click the "Split" button at the
bottom of the view screen.
(you can also make adjustments by
dragging the Playback Indicator)

Make as many splits as you want and
remove the unwanted clips by right
click / delete.

When you save the edited file...use a
different name so the original will not be
overwritten.

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*****Digital Image******
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http://tinyurl.com/aczzp

*********Notice***********
This is not tech support
........I am a volunteer.......

Solutions that work for
me may not work for you.

Proceed at your own risk.
 
Hi,

What version of Moviemaker are you using, as I thought you could only burn
cd's and not DVD's with Moviemaker?

Nick
 
Nick said:
Hi,

What version of Moviemaker are you using, as I thought you could only
burn cd's and not DVD's with Moviemaker?

Nick
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The version of Movie Maker included with
Windows XP Media Center Edition...has
an option to burn a DVD.

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******John Inzer********
**MS Picture It! MVP**

*****Digital Image******
Highlights and FAQs
http://tinyurl.com/aczzp

*********Notice***********
This is not tech support
........I am a volunteer.......

Solutions that work for
me may not work for you.

Proceed at your own risk.
 
I knew I could split a clip but did not realize I could split a project also
using the same button. Thank you
 
How do you know it is too big?
IF your final video is more than 4.7GB that doesn't mean it is too big to
fit on a DVD since your DVD Authoring software will be converting
the video to the DVD format (essentially an MPEG2 file).
A good rule of thumb is to keep your videos under an hour for a full quality
DVD.
 
I knew there was a point when a project would be too big, I just didn't know
what it was. I have half of my project done and it is 1 hour 20 minutes.
Maybe I can see what quality I end up with before I have to do some trimming.
Thanks for the rule of thumb--didn't know that.
 
No problem.
Also in most cases 1'20" isn't too bad. Unless it is a fast paced video with
a lot of scene changes and transitions etc...
you likely won't notice a quality loss.

-Wojo
 
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