My movie is too big to save to one DVD

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My movie is too big to save to one DVD. What's the best way to split the
movie up and go and save it to two DVDs?
 
Francis said:
My movie is too big to save to one DVD. What's the best way to split the
movie up and go and save it to two DVDs?
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You actually have a number of options that I know of (Note I use Nero so
it may be that some of the options are not available to you.
The key issues/questions you may need to think about are:
-a. Do I still have the sources (original footage and the project files
set up) or can I recreate them easily
-b. how much time do I have
-c. do I need the highest quality or can I compress (if it is only a
small amount of compression then there may be no issue - I have
compressed footage that was 15min too long and it is unnoticable on my
low def TV, but I ha
-d. If I can compress will my DVD tool compress or will it output to
disk rather than dvd.
Option are:
1. Split it at Authoring (ie in MM2) - this is probably the best as you
have good control on fades/messages('Change DVD Now') etc and reduce the
number of processing cycles(which can reduce movie quality)- of course
it means renedering again and it is obviously a long movie.
2. Some DVD burning allow reauthoring at the time of burning - but in
some cases this means another processing step and also can take a long
time rendering.
3. If your movie is only just too long you could Can you render the
movie at lower quality thre are two options for this:
-----Products like Nero have an option to compress footage - your tool
may do this
-----Some products will allow rendering to the disk - ie you can put the
dvd (vob etc files on the disk) You can then post process with a product
like dvdshrink and burn to disk from there.

Long winded I know but there are some options.
I personally would (and have) either:
-shrink using dvdshink if the movie is just too long
-reauthor in MM2 if it was a lot too long.


Rob
 
Francis said:
My movie is too big to save to one DVD. What's the best way to split the
movie up and go and save it to two DVDs?
Click to expand...
I'll try that again in English:

You actually have a number of options that I know of (Note I use Nero so
it may be that some of the options are not available to you.
The key issues/questions you may need to think about are:
-a. Do I still have the sources (original footage and the project files
set up) or can I recreate them easily
-b. how much time do I have
-c. do I need the highest quality or can I compress (if it is only a
small amount of compression then there may be no issue - I have
compressed footage that was 15min too long and it is unnoticeable on my
low def TV, but I ha
-d. If I can compress, will my DVD tool compress or will it output to
disk rather than dvd.

Option are:
1. Split it at Authoring (ie in MM2) - this is probably the best option
as you have good control on fades/messages('Change DVD Now') etc and
reduce the number of processing cycles(which can reduce movie quality)-
It means rendering again and it is obviously a long movie.
2. Some DVD burning allow re authoring at the time of burning - but in
some cases this means another processing step and also can take a long
time rendering.
3. If your movie is only just too long you could render the movie at
lower quality there are two options for this:
-----Products like Nero have an option to compress footage - your tool
may do this - however you have less control over the quality and
compression levels
-----Some products will allow rendering to the disk - ie you can put the
dvd (vob etc files on the disk) You can then post process with a product
like dvdshrink and burn to disk from there.

Long winded I know but there are some options.
I personally would (and have) either:
-shrink using dvdshink if the movie is just too long
-re author in MM2 if it was a lot too long.

If you dont have DVDshrink - this seems to be the current link
http://www.doom9.org/index.html?/mpg/dvdshrink31-main.htm


Rob
 
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