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  Over 4 Hour DVD

  Posted by Chris Bryan on October 31, 2009 at 3:15 pm

  Hello,

  I am wrapping up editing a Hindu wedding that I shot over the course of two days. The final edited product is going to be about 4.5 – 5 hours long. Will it be possible to fit this on a DVD? I think the max you can fit on a dual layer disk is 4 hours.

  I’m coming out of FCP 6. Generally I just use iDVD to burn disks, but I could use DVD Studio Pro as well.

  Any suggestions as to how I can get this video to fit on one disk would be greatly appreciated. I really don’t want to split it up onto more than one disk.

  Thanks!

  Noah Kadner replied 16 years, 6 months ago 3 Members · 2 Replies
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  Eric Pautsch

  October 31, 2009 at 5:05 pm

  You need to do a bit budget first. Here’s a good calculator:

  https://www.videohelp.com/calc.htm

  For 5 hours you’re look at a avg bitrate of 3.5
  For 4 hours you’re look at a avg bitrate of 4.0

  These are both DVD-9

  Compressor doesn’t do a very good job at these bitrates so I’d seriously look at using another encoder like Bitvice or Cinemacraft MP plug-in for the Mac

  https://www.innobits.com/bitvice.html

  https://www.omni-cinemacraft.com/
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  Noah Kadner

  November 1, 2009 at 7:47 pm

  Yeah it kind of depends on some factors- number one is this a dual layer disc and also what can you live with in terms of lowered video quality. At 5 hours on a dual layer Compressor can look pretty decent as long as you keep your expectations in check.

  Noah

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